Business funding

The Accelerator project provides support to businesses across the East Midlands to help them start, sustain, grow and innovate.

Made Smarter East Midlands Digital experts will provide advice and support to manufacturing businesses on how to switch to advanced and automated technologies.

Edge Investments, a leading creative industries investor

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.

UK Export Finance is the UK's official export credit agency. It provides government assistance to exporters and investors, principally in the form of insurance policies and guarantees on bank loans

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.

Support includes: Free access to expert support and workshops covering a wide range of subjects. Student and graduate support opportunities Grants between £1,000 and up to £100,000 over up to 18 months for collaborative research projects which demonstrate innovation in technology, processes, business systems, or work organisation

A government backed programme designed to help you learn new skills, reach more customers and boost your profits.