305 live UK business funding opportunities

Business Wales / Welsh Government

Welsh Government support for businesses to develop, implement and commercialise new products and processes, co-funding R&D stages from feasibility through to exploitation.

Scottish Enterprise

Supports feasibility studies (up to 70% of costs) and R&D projects (up to 35%) with high commercial potential for Scottish SMEs.

British Business Bank

Personal loans of £500-£25,000 per director (up to £100,000 per business) at fixed 6% interest for businesses trading under 3 years, with free mentoring.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Funding strands (international distribution typically up to £50k-£150k, co-production up to £300k) boosting international commercialisation of UK screen content.

UK Export Finance

Government guarantee (typically 80%) on working-capital facilities from participating banks to support exporters' trade cycles — frees cash to fulfil international orders.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Funded advice and periodic grants for West Yorkshire SMEs spanning productivity, digital and decarbonisation themes.

365 Finance

Finance for SMEs in the UK with no fixed payments, fixed terms or security required. The advance is repaid as a percentage of future card sales.

Acas

Advice on good practice in employment and employment relations.

Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Here’s the corrected version in British English:We empower scientists and engineers to pursue research that is too speculative, too hard, or too interdisciplinary to pursue elsewhere. ARIA’s programmes are shaped and led by our Programme Directors. ARIA’s Programme Directors are tasked with developing a concrete vision for how technology could enable a better future, and they then direct funding into research that can make it a reality. ARIA Programme Directors retain creative control over the d

Ambition North Wales

The Advanced Wireless Grant Scheme is designed to help public and private sector organisations in North Wales to upgrade or enhance their use of advanced wireless systems. With the improvement of digital infrastructure across our region, it aims to help create stronger communities, more innovative businesses and a more resilient economy. Advanced wireless technologies are revolutionising the way businesses operate by providing faster, more reliable and more secure connectivity. In this context,

HMRC

100% tax deduction on qualifying plant and machinery up to £1 million per accounting period — available to companies, sole traders and qualifying partnerships (unlike company-only full expensing).

ART Business Loans

Loans for new and existing small businesses to create and safeguard jobs in the West Midlands

Barking Enterprise Centres

Free support, help to access low-cost flexible workspace for new and existing small or medium businesses in Barking and Dagenham.

BCRS Business Loans

Loans to help small and medium-sized businesses develop and grow.

West Midlands Combined Authority

Free independent energy assessments for SMEs across the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Marches. The linked capital-grant strand (up to £100,000 at 50%) is oversubscribed and closed to new grant applications.

Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest helps social enterprises and charities by providing loans and investments.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Apply for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Standard research grants are available for researchers at eligible research organisations.The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. Funding is available for up to five years. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.

BiP Solutions

Free support to help businesses compete for major public and private sector contracts

British Business Bank

The Growth Guarantee Scheme makes sure UK businesses of any size can get the finance they need to help them invest and grow. The scheme offers term loans, asset-based lending and invoice financing. The UK government will guarantee 70% of the finance so lenders can feel confident in providing the loan. As the borrower, you will still be solely responsible for repaying the full debt. If your business is covered by the Northern Ireland Protocol, which sets out the regulations around Northern Irelan

British Business Bank

A Start Up Loan is a government-backed personal loan available to individuals looking to start or grow a business in the UK. The loan is unsecured, so you won't need to provide any assets or guarantors to support your application. All owners or partners in a business can individually apply for up to £25,000 each, up to a maximum of £100,000 per business. The Start Up Loans Company is a subsidiary of the British Business Bank. How it works First, you'll need to complete an eligibility check onlin

British Business Bank

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

British Film Institute

UKGSF International Business Development provides non-recoupable grants for international growth strategies that span three or five years. The funding will support UK companies to develop and expand their turnover and scale of Intellectual Property (IP) creation, exploitation or acquisition.

British Film Institute

Support from UKGSF International Co-production will be in the form of non-recoupable grants for projects that:have strong export potential and international audience reachare able to demonstrate the potential to generate revenues for the UK producerhave at least 60% of the overall finance secured, or 80% in the case of Fast Track applications (not including the amount applied for and UK tax relief)have secured at least one other source of UK funding (not including the amount applied for and UK t

British Film Institute

The UKGSF International Distribution Festival Launch strand aims to grow the international reach and value of UK films by supporting their launch at international festivals. Non-recoupable grants are available to assist UK sales agents and UK producers with the cost of enhanced publicity and marketing activity, along with the technical and logistical costs involved with a high-profile festival launch. Applicants should demonstrate how they will utilise a festival premiere to enhance the promotio