Finance & Funding

Access to Debt Finance

Rangewell helps business owners to identify which type of finance is most appropriate for individual business needs.

Rangewell

Analysis for Innovators (A4I)

Analysis for Innovators (A4I) gives UK businesses access to cutting-edge R&D, expertise and facilities to help solve analysis or measurement problems that can't be cracked using standard technologies and techniques. This p

National Physical Laboratory

Angel-led Crowdfunding

Angels Den matches entrepreneurs with experienced angel investors who can provide the funding, expertise and connections to take a businesses to the next level.

Angels Den

Apprenticeship Funding: Employing an Apprentice

Government funding to cover some of the cost of training and assessing an apprentice.

Gov.uk

Apprenticeships

Arrow - Innovation for SMEs

Arrow Innovation Accelerator Grant funding of up to £10k is available to North East SMEs to buy services and/or equipment for research and innovation related activities. Arrow is part-funded by the European Regiona

Newcastle University

Barclays backs UK SMEs through Brexit with a package of support including a £14bn lending fund

Barclays has announced a £14bn* lending fund as part of a series of initiatives to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to succeed and flourish through Brexit and beyond.

Barclays

EU Exit, Finance, SME

BiG Funding

BiG provides equity finance and business support expertise to established owner-managers, or potential managers, who can demonstrate growth potential, coupled with good management skills or an established track record.

Business Investors Group

Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds

Funds invested in ambitious growth companies that are helping to tackle some of our most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Bridges Fund Management Ltd

Scaleup

Business Durham COVID-19 Business Support

Fast tracked funding to purchase IT equipment, SMEs in Co Durham, grant of up to £2000 (40% intervention) for capital equipment, software and consultancy

Business Durham

Covid19, Coronavirus

Business Enterprise Fund

Business Enterprise Fund is a not for profit social enterprise, set up to provide loans to SME businesses that will help them thrive and grow when other lenders can’t fully assist. As a social enterprise, their profi

Business Enterprise Fund

Growth

Business Growth Fund

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is an investment company that provides growth capital for ambitious entrepreneurs running growing UK companies.

BGF

Business Loans

UK Steel Enterprise provides loans from £25,000 for working capital, equipment purchase, premises, relocations, management buy-outs (MBOs), management buy-ins (MBIs), start-ups and much more.

UK Steel Enterprise