Access to Local Finance

Sources of local funding for businesses in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Find out where you can get financial support to help develop and grow your business.

 

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Invest to Grow: Funding for Your Business

Grants and loans of between £15,000 and £250,000 to support private-sector businesses across the East Midlands to innovate, grow and create jobs....
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First Enterprise Business Loans

Loans to support new and existing businesses secure services, purchase equipment or meet a shortfall in funding for specific new......
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ASCEND

Help for the most promising Derby City businesses to prepare and implement growth plans....
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Bassetlaw District Council Grants

The Bassetlaw Grant scheme offers start up and relocations grants of up to £2,000 for businesses in the area...
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Derbyshire Business Start-Up Support Scheme

Business start-up support for residents of Derbyshire...
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Enterprising Ashfield

Start-up to Scale-up business support programme across the Kirby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield areas...
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High Peak Accelerator

High Peak Accelerator is a fully funded business support project, designed to help businesses across the High Peak to start,......
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South Derbyshire Accelerator

South Derbyshire Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across South Derbyshire to start, sustain, grow and......
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North East Derbyshire Accelerator

North East Derbyshire Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across North East Derbyshire to start, sustain,......
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Derbyshire Dales Accelerator

Derbyshire Dales Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across Derbyshire Dales to start, sustain, grow and......
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Make and Trade Grant Fund

Make and Trade initiative aims to enable the development of new workspaces and studios in empty or under-used city centre......
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Rushcliffe Business Grants

Rushcliffe Borough Council's commitment to supporting businesses ...
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Haatch D2N2 ESAIF

Haatch and D2N2 LEP are collaborating on an Early Stage Investment Fund for emerging startups and entrepreneurial talent in......
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SWEF Enterprise Fund

Grants available to young people in Nottingham City and county areas for new businesses up to two years trading...
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Amber Valley Accelerator

Amber Valley Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across Amber Valley to start, sustain, grow and......
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Chesterfield Accelerator

Chesterfield Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across Chesterfield to start, sustain, grow and innovate....
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Derby Accelerator

Help to sustain, grow and innovate in Derby City....
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Leicester Accelerator

Leicester Accelerator is a business support project designed to help businesses across the city to sustain, grow and innovate...
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Events

Case Studies

Nottingham Zinc Group

Nottingham Zinc Group

Refurbishing steel products prevents them from ending up in landfills, reducing environmental pollution and promoting a cleaner, greener planet.

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News

£500m Funding Boost Offers Support to SME's Facing Global Pressures

£500m Funding Boost Offers Support to SME's Facing Global Pressures

The government has introduced a £500m funding boost through the Growth Guarantee Scheme to help smaller businesses across the country...

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East Midlands Secures Government backing for Shared Priorities to Drive Regional Growth

East Midlands Secures Government backing for Shared Priorities to Drive Regional Growth

Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward has formally secured Government support for a set of shared growth priorities aimed...

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