305 live UK business funding opportunities

Innovate UK

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

Innovate UK

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

Innovate UK

The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment.

Interface

The Advanced Innovation Voucher award builds relationships between small and medium sized companies (SMEs) and universities or colleges in Scotland. This programme bridges the gap between business and academia, making it easier for collaboration on a project. The value of an Advanced Innovation Voucher is up to £20,000 of grant funding. The company match is a mix of in-kind and cash contributions. Interface welcomes applications from all industry sectors and the proposed collaborative project sh

Interface

The Standard Innovation Voucher encourages first-time collaboration between a company and a university or college. The voucher will support the development of a new product, process, or service for their company. The value of the voucher is between £1,000 and up to £7,500 to cover the academic project costs and is paid directly to the university or college. Interface provides support with finding a suitable academic partner who has the right specialist expertise to progress your research and dev

Interface

The Workforce Innovation Voucher scheme can be used to develop a company’s workforce in partnership with a college or university. Its purpose is to support innovation that will develop the company’s workforce in partnership with a college or university – for example, a new or enhanced business process, workplace practice or expertise. The value of this voucher is between £1,000 and £7,500, which covers the project costs and is paid directly to your partner university or college. Interface provid

InterTradeIreland

Funds up to £17,250 toward hiring a full- or part-time sales resource to develop cross-border (NI–Ireland) sales, with recruitment help and sales training included.

InterTradeIreland

Cross-border innovation programme: funding toward an academic expert plus 50% of the cost of a project manager (to a ceiling) for product/process innovation projects — up to £56,000 total support.

Inverclyde Council

This discretionary fund from Inverclyde Council provides financial assistance to help businesses in the area that have been trading for at least 12 months to achieve specific business growth objectives. The fund can cover up to 50% of eligible capital expenditure costs, with a maximum contribution of £5,000. Applicants must submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of trading status the last full year’s accredited accounts and up-to-date management accounts 3 quotes for pro

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a grant for businesses that trade in the area to help them cover the costs of their digital marketing activities. The grant can be used to cover up to 100% of your eligible costs, to a maximum of £2,500. The grant can be used to help fund digital initiatives such as: building an online website developing an e-commerce offering developing and implementing new digital systems training staff on the use of the website and/or social media To apply, you'll need to submit: a b

Inverclyde Council

This discretionary fund from Inverclyde Council provides financial assistance to help businesses in the area that have been trading for at least 12 months to achieve specific exporting objectives. The fund can provide up to £5,000 to help cover eligible costs associated with entering overseas markets, including the cost to: develop and implement an export plan attend overseas exhibitions and trade shows produce the required documentation To apply, you'll need to submit: a business plan a one-yea

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers interest-free loans of up to £5,000 to local businesses, with repayments spread over 3 years. The loan fund aims to encourage the creation and growth of small and medium-sized businesses in the area. Loans can be used for working capital, the purchase of new or used equipment, and the refurbishment or expansion of commercial property. Applicants must submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of trading status the last full year’s accredited account

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a grant of up to £1,000 to help cover the eligible non-digital training costs of businesses that trade in the area. To be eligible, the training should be aimed at management and key workers who have a competency level around Vocational Qualification Level 3. Training that is a statutory requirement or mandatory cannot be funded through this grant. You will need to meet with a business adviser from Business Gateway Inverclyde before you receive an application form. To a

Inverclyde Council

This fund from Inverclyde Council provides financial assistance to help businesses in the area who have been trading for at least 12 months to achieve specific business growth objectives. The fund can cover up to 100% of your eligible capital expenditure costs, to a maximum of £2,000. Applicants must submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of trading status the last full year’s accredited accounts and up-to-date management accounts 3 quotes for project costs proof of busi

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a grant for tourism businesses that trade in the area. The fund can cover up to 100% of the costs of capital equipment and increased marketing activity to attract more visitors, to a maximum of £2,000. Applicants must submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of trading status the last full year’s accredited accounts and up-to-date management accounts 3 quotes for project costs proof of business insurance an uncensored copy of a bank statement, dat

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a marketing grant for businesses that trade in the area. The grant can be used to cover up to 100% of the eligible costs of marketing activities, to a maximum of £1,000. The grant can be used to help fund promotional initiatives such as: vehicle signage taking a stand at an exhibition and other costs directly associated with this (accommodation and travel costs are not eligible) direct mail campaigns You must submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection eviden

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a grant to businesses that are starting to trade in the area. The grant will provide up to £750 and can be put towards the start-up costs of the business. To apply, you'll need to submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of trading status proof of business insurance an unredacted copy of a bank statement, dated within the past 3 months, that clearly shows the name of the account holder, the account number and sort code The grant will be paid into

Inverclyde Council

Inverclyde Council offers a grant to businesses that are starting to trade from commercial premises in the area. The grant will provide up to £2,000 to help cover the start-up costs of the business. The grant will be paid into your business bank account after you submit evidence that your business is trading. You will need to meet with a business adviser from Business Gateway Inverclyde before you can apply. To apply, you'll submit: a business plan a one-year cashflow projection evidence of your

Inverclyde Council

This discretionary fund from Inverclyde Council provides financial assistance to help businesses in the area that have been trading for at least 12 months to improve the wellbeing of their staff. The fund can cover up to 100% of the costs of wellbeing activities to support both the mental and physical health of staff. Examples include paying for an instructor to provide exercise classes, or a practitioner to provide training sessions on managing stress. The maximum grant you can receive is £250.

Inverclyde Council

This discretionary fund from Inverclyde Council provides financial assistance to help businesses in the area that have been trading for at least 12 months to achieve specific net zero objectives. For projects costing up to £10,000, the fund can provide up to £5,000 to help cover the costs. For projects that cost more than £10,000, the fund can provide up to £10,000 in grant funding. Before you apply, Inverclyde Council will arrange a free audit of your business's carbon emissions. You can use th

Invest Fife

The Fife Investment Fund provides financial support to Fife-based businesses looking to invest in and grow their business or reduce their carbon emissions to reach net zero. The fund offers a fully repayable grant of up to £10,000, or 70% of the overall project costs (whichever is lower). The terms and conditions of the fund include: no interest or any other charges an initial payment holiday of 6 months up to 24 months to fully repay the grant following the initial payment holiday The funding c

Invest Fife

Fife Council’s Start-Up Grant supports individuals who intend to start a business in Fife by providing a small grant to help cover the costs of starting to trade. You can use the funding for things such as equipment, stock and certification. The Start-Up Grant is open for applications. The deadline to apply is 14 February 2027. The grants are offered at the discretion of a Business Gateway adviser, so you must be working with Business Gateway Fife to be considered. Your application will be compl

Invest Fife

The SME Development Grant provides financial support to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Fife to develop and grow. The grant is open for applications. The deadline to apply is 31 January 2027. The fund provides small non-repayable grants to help with costs in 7 areas: trade development workforce upskilling the transition to net zero research and development (R&D) and innovation support agriculture business diversification support for studies digital development Trade development

Investment Fund for Scotland

The Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) provides finance options to support new and growing businesses in Scotland. For example, IFS funding can help small businesses: fund expansion projects lease new commercial premises purchase assets hire a new team purchase new machinery or equipment launch a new product or service The fund offers 3 commercial finance options: smaller loans of £25,000 to £100,000 debt finance of £100,000 to £2 million equity investment of up to £5 million The smaller loans a