Grant Consultants
Grant consultants save you time, finding appropriate grant providers and helping you with your application.
www.uk-grants.co.uk/ : UK Grants Limited
www.pnoconsultants.co.uk/frameset.htm : PNO Consultant
www.milwainadvisory.co.uk/about.php : Millwain Advisory
www.strategyconsultinglimited.co.uk/ : Strategy Consulting
www.grantaid.com/ : Grant Aid
www.gra-ukgrants.com/ : Growth Resourcing Associates
National government and grant information sites
www.businessadvicebureau.com : Business Advice Bureau
Provides advice on all areas of business, including on how to raise finance through grants and other means.
www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073866776 : Business Link
Set up by the Government, Business Link’s purpose is to aid businesses on a local level. Has information on grants, including a grants and support directory.
www.bgateway.com/bg-home/pg-bg-finance-and-grants/bg-grants-and-loans.htm : Business Gateway
This business advisory service has information about grants, including the Social Entrepreneurs Fund.
www.sbs.gov.uk/sbsgov/action/layer?r.l1=7000000140&topicId=7000000142&r.s=tl : Small
Business Service
Set up by the DTI, the Small Business Service has information on a range of grants.
www.dti.gov.uk/ : Department of Trade & Industry
Website of Government department with information about its research and development grants and Capital
Grants Scheme.
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/ourservices?_nfls=false&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=market_entry : UK Trade and Investment
Set up to assist UK companies doing businesses internationally, UK Trade and Investment offers grants of £1.8k to help businesses acquire knowledge and experience of exhibiting at overseas trade shows and other exhibitions.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/16879/6780 : Scottish Executive
Provides grants, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, aimed at fostering innovation.
www.grc.cf.ac.uk/lrn/resources/business/financeandgrants/index.php?organisation=Welsh%20Assembly%20Government : Welsh Assembly
Provides Assembly Investment Grants of £5k to £50k to businesses anywhere in Wales, and grants exceeding £50k for investment projects that will create or safeguard jobs in any of Wales' Assisted Areas.
www.capitalwales.com/contact/assistance.asp : Capital Wales
Capital Wales coordinates business expansion in Wales, economic development, financial assistance and grants for the South East Wales region.
Development and enterprise agencies, and chambers of commerce:
www.englandsrdas.com/home.aspx : England's Regional Development Authorities
Umbrella site and portal for all of England's RDAs.
www.nfea.com/index.htm?page=find_lea.htm : National Federation of Enterprise Authorities
Umbrella site and portal for all of the UK's enterpise agencies.
www.chamberonline.co.uk/ : British Chambers of Commerce
Umbrella site and portal for all of the UK's chambers of commerce.
www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/services-to-business/s2b_finanace/grants.htm : Scottish Enterprise
Provides a range of grants, on a local and national level.
www.financewales.co.uk/eng/index.php : Cyllid Cymru Finance Wales
Distributes funds on behalf of the Welsh Assembly to encourage innovation and growth in Wales.
www.investni.com/ : Invest Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's main economic organisation. The Funding section.
European
ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm : The European Commission
Administers a range of schemes.
www.eugrants.org/frametemplate.html : EU Structural Funds
Provides funds for entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs and SMEs in economically disadvantaged areas of the UK, and the rest of the EU.
Training
www.lsc.gov.uk/Providers/funding-policy/ : Learning and Skils Council
Set up to raise the skill levels of the UK workforce, this public body funds training for young people and adults.
Social and economic deprivation, and young people
www.princes-trust.org.uk/Main%20Site%20v2/Home.asp : The Prince's Trust
This site, which aims to help young people fulfil their potential, has a section on supporting them in starting a business.
www.nesprogramme.org/ : New Entrepreneur Scholarships
Set up by an alliance of public bodies and the Prince's Trust to give aspiring entrepreneurs in disadvantaged areas a financial leg up.
www.gle.co.uk/services/Programmes/FFG.htm : Greater London Enterprise
Provides information on Fast Forward Grants, which are only applicable to organisations that help the unemployed find employment.
www.surestart.gov.uk/surestartservices/support/funding/ : Sure Start
Aside from helping widen and improve the provision of childcare, Sure Start was set up by the Government to help parents realise their ambitions.
www.lotteryfunding.org.uk/ : Lottery Funding
This site, run by all lottery funders in the UK, allows you to search information on current funding programmes.
Environmental grants
www.defra.gov.uk/funding/index.htm : Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
If you are a farmer, rural organisation or business, voluntary organisation or nature conservation organisation, or involved in forestry or sea fishing, then you may be eligible for a grant from DEFRA.
www.countryside.wales.gov.uk/fe/master.asp?n1=366&n2=718 : Welsh Assembly Government
Environmental grants from the Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside.
Other
www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/index.php : The Arts Council
Funds over 1,100 arts organisations in the UK, on a three-year basis.
