305 live UK business funding opportunities

British Film Institute

UKGSF P&A funding aims to help secure wider and higher profile international cinema releases of UK films. Funding can support the P&A costs of a grouping of international distributors releasing a UK film, or a single international distributor if releasing an animated feature or documentary feature, in cinemas. Non recoupable grants are awarded to films that have clear appeal to identified international audiences and strong potential for commercial success.

British Film Institute

We make non-recoupable grants to support the marketing, promotional and technical costs associated with the release of a UK game in international territories. We will support games that have clear appeal to identified international audiences and strong potential for international sales. You can apply for support for a single game per application and can only make one application per game. Your game can be in any language.

British Library

Advice, databases, publications and workshops for business owners, innovators and entrepreneurs who want to grow.

Business and Enterprise Finance Ltd

Financial support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Yorkshire and the North East.

Business Energy Scotland (Scottish Government)

Interest-free loans of £1,000–£100,000 for energy-efficiency and renewable-heat measures, with cashback of up to 75% of costs (max £20,000 efficiency / £10,000 renewable heat, £30,000 total per business).

Business Gateway (Scotland)

Free digital skills support for Scottish businesses — CPD-certified webinars, online resources and expert guidance covering digital marketing, e-commerce, websites and AI (successor to DigitalBoost).

British Library

Free business and intellectual-property support — workshops, one-to-one mentoring, market research databases and patent guidance — at the British Library and 70+ partner libraries across the UK.

Business North Tyneside

Free start-up and ongoing support for businesses in North Tyneside

Welsh Government

The Welsh Government's fully-funded business support service: one-to-one advisers, finance and grants guidance, skills, tendering, innovation and sustainability support, plus online courses.

Clackmannanshire Council

Clackmannanshire Works is Clackmannanshire Council’s employability service, designed to help Clackmannanshire residents who want to get into work, as well as to assist businesses to develop and support local employees with jobs and training. Clackmannanshire Works offers a free vacancy matching and job brokerage service, to help your business source, pre-screen and arrange interviews with potential candidates for jobs, work placements and apprenticeships. The service can also provide advice and

Colchester Business Enterprise Agency (COLBEA)

1:1 advice, signposting, start-up services, training and premises.

Coventry and Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust

Loans for companies in Coventry and Warwickshire that can’t get finance from mainstream lenders

Creative Scotland

The Open Fund for Individuals supports the wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland. This fund is designed to support a range of creative activity, such as a specific project, production or a period of research and development. It can support an individual’s time where this is related to specific creative outcomes. The Open Fund will support this creative activity for up to 24 months. You'll need to list the start and end dates

Creative Scotland

The National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations is a funding programme for artistic, creative and cultural organisations based in Scotland. You can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 to support creative activity that runs for up to 18 months. The types of activity eligible for funding are: a specific one-off project or production a period of creative research and development a longer-term programme of work The funding can also support business and organisational development that wi

Development Bank of Wales

Discounted fixed-rate loans (£1,000–£1.5m programme range) plus fully/part-funded decarbonisation consultancy and repayment holidays, for energy efficiency, low-carbon heat, renewables and waste reduction.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Grant contribution to pay towards upgrading business broadband to a high-speed capable connection.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This grant will support veterinary surgeon led review and advice to improve biosecurity on eligible poultry farms. The aim of the scheme is to use improved biosecurity measures to reduce the incidence of disease on poultry farms, including avian influenza, improving animal health and welfare and productivity.The deadline to apply is 30 September 2028.Reviews must be completed by 31 December 2028.Claims must be submitted by 31 March 2029.

Delivered by NBSL and funded by North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.

Grants are available to support projects costing between £3,000 and £6,000 (excluding VAT). The Business Support Fund can cover up to 40% of eligible business spend.

Delivered by Wenta on behalf of Central Bedfordshire Council.

A programme offering grants, free 1-2-1 business advice and skills training to anyone thinking of starting a business in Central Bedfordshire

Department for Business and Trade

Offers funding for civil aerospace research and technology development in the UK.

Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial impact in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more

Department for Business and Trade

DescriptionDRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry. This is achieved by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technologies, and unlocking capital investment in zero emission vehicles, batteries and their wider supply chain.The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovat

Department for Business and Trade

MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial impact in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more

Department for Business and Trade

The visa fees reimbursement scheme for scale ups provides financial support to UK-based scale-ups operating in the Clean Energy, Life Sciences, and Digital and Technologies sectors. The scheme aims to reduce cost barriers to hire internationally, improving recruitment speed and certainty in sectors central to the UK’s growth and innovation ambitions by reimbursing visa fees for eligible hires and their dependants. Qualifying businesses can apply for funding up to £25,000.00/year, with a maximum