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Local and national support

ECF - Enterprise Capital Funds

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth businesses.

Mouro Capital

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm investing in the future of financial services.

Assetz Capital

SME property finance lenders.

CMA - Competitions and Market Authority

Competitions and Market Authority work to promote competition for the benefit of consumers, both within and outside the UK.

British Patient Capital

British Patient Capital, the UK’s largest domestic venture investor, manages £3bn+ to support high-growth companies by addressing late-stage funding gaps and generating competitive returns.

ECAs - Enhanced Capital Allowances

Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) enable a business to claim 100% first-year capital allowances on purchases of qualifying energy efficient technology.

New Anglia Capital

New Anglia Capital supports businesses if they want to kick start a new product or idea.

Shropshire Small Capital Grant

Grant funding for businesses to purchase capital items.

Big Society Capital

Big Society Capital connects capital with social enterprises, charities and social purpose organisations.

Highland Venture Capital

Highland Venture Capital aims to source equity finance for new-start or growing businesses.

Maven Capital Partners

Are you looking for capital investment funding solutions to help your business to grow?

The Young Business Capital Grant fund

The Young Business Capital Grant fund from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) provides grants to young businesses and social enterprises that have been trading for less than 5 years.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS)

Find overseas customers and export opportunities.

Returns and refunds for goods bought in a shop/market stall

Information and guidance on returns and refunds on purchases from a shop or market stall.

Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund - Refurbishment Grants Programme

Programme will award grants of up to £75K towards projects that assist in the refurbishment or extension of rental accommodation that will offer high quality support for veterans with a housing need.

BVCA - British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

An industry body for the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - International Market Guides

Guides to exporting in specific countries.

West Midlands SME Grant Programme

Grant funding for businesses in the West Midlands towards growth and innovation

NI Small Business Loan Fund

NI Small Business Loan Fund provides loan funding to businesses based in Northern Ireland.

Newcastle East High Streets Grants

Grant funding for projects focussed on empty properties in the East of Newcastle City

Marketing Derby

Marketing Derby offers support to those businesses looking to relocate or start-up in the area.

Funding Scotland

Find funding for your charity, community group or social enterprise using this free online search engine.

Invoice trading/selling

If you have a business that is already trading, you might be able to sell/trade outstanding invoices from customers to free up working capital.

Pre-trading Expenditure Relief

Information on what HMRC allow new businesses to claim expenditure relief on.
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