Business funding

Grant scheme to fund special equipment, adaptations or support worker services to help people with disabilities access employment

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

The Key Fund can provide investments from £5000 to £300,000 for community and social enterprises.

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

Start-Up Loans is government funded scheme to provide advice, business loans and mentoring to startup businesses, backed by the British Business Bank.

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.

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

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.