Business funding

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

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.

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.

A government scheme to reduce the purchase and installation cost of workplace charging stations for electric vehicles.

Countryside Stewardship gives incentives for farmers and land managers to look after their environment. The land parcels you want to include must be registered by the Rural Payments service and linked to a Single Business Identifier.

The centre encourages innovation and collaboration between the knowledge base and rail supply businesses within the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire rail supply chains.

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

The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF II) provides commercial finance through Small Business Loans, Debt Finance, Proof of concept and Equity Finance funds.