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Research and development (R&D) tax relief is a government scheme to reward companies that invest in research by either reducing a company's tax bill, or, for some small or medium sized companies, provide a cash sum.

Businesses and research organisations can apply to help develop innovations including to test the feasibility of ideas, research and develop it, and demonstrate it in a prototype.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. enable businesses to source University expertise and employ a graduate at for 10 weeks to 3 years for a specific project.

The Invest to Grow is a £16m programme managed by the University of Derby, designed to support private sector businesses, predominantly in the form of loan funding and small percentage of grants, to grow and create jobs.

The first enterprise loans East Midlands is part of a suite of targeted, publicly funded products and services to help individuals start or grow a business

The Home Builders Fund is a government loan fund designed to help restart and speed up smaller housing developments that have slowed down or stalled

Funding Circle is a private investor group who offer loans to Business that are for profit.

Edge Investments, a leading creative industries investor

The Business Growth Fund is an equity investment company established to meet the growth finance needs of UK companies

You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment and occasional incentive payments.