Finance & Funding

Enterprise Europe Network

EEN supports and invests in innovative businesses with the potential to grow internationally.

Enterprise Europe Network

Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG)

Guarantee scheme to facilitate lending to viable businesses turned down for a loan or other debt finance due to inadequate security or lack of a proven track record.

British Business Bank

Scaleup

Equity Crowdfunding

If you have already secured significant investment in a funding round, the SyndicateRoom can provide equity crowdfunding to help meet the funding target.

SyndicateRoom

Equity Growth Fund

Funding to provide up to £1m of investment capital to growing companies for any purpose as long as it is supporting growth and jobs creation in the region.

UK Steel Enterprise

Scaleup

Fashion and Textile Children's Trust Grants for families financially affected by Coronavirus

These grants can help parents and carers who have worked in the UK fashion or textile industry and whose household income has reduced as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. If you're struggling to make ends meet, these gr

Fashion & Textile Childrens Trust

Coronavirus, Covid19

Finance Durham

Up to £700,000 to support growth of businesses in or relocating to County Durham, to develop new products, enter new markets and/or expand operations.

Engineering and Manufacturing Network

Scaleup

Fleet Revolution

Fleet RevolutionTM is a new programme that makes it easy for your business to save money by making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). With record numbers of EVs on the road, there has never been a better time to go ele

Urban Foresight

Funded support for your business

RTC North offers grant funding to support innovation and new ideas for your business. These grants can be used to help you overcome many challenges and barriers to business growth. From expansion, developing new products/servic

RTC North

Coronavirus, Covid19

Funding Central

Funding Central provides access to information on grant funding opportunities from local, national and international funding sources as well as social investment from a range of providers. “Funding Central picks out oppor

Funding Central

Finance, Funding

Gigabit Voucher Scheme

Through this scheme SMEs can claim up to £3,000 against the cost of full fibre connection, either individually or as part of a group project.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Graduate Internship Scheme

The University of Sunderland's Graduate Internship scheme will place 230 graduates into regional SMEs.  Following assessment, if eligible and accepted onto the scheme, the organisation will receive funding towards the

University of Sunderland

SME, Funding

Growth Capital Fund

The Growth Capital Fund provides businesses with up to £500,000 of the funding needed to achieve growth - this is via a business loan or venture capital.

North East Fund

Scaleup, EU Exit, Coronavirus, Covid19