Funding

Business Growth Fund

The Business Growth Fund is a £3.5m investment programme, which is offering businesses grants of up to 30% of expenditure for projects that otherwise would be unable to proceed. Businesses must be planning capital...

Social Enterprise Boost

The Social Enterprise Boost is a funding opportunity from the North East Growth Hub. It's aim is to, 'kick start and accelerate social enterprise activity in local areas and demonstrate social enterprises’...

Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust

The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust makes donations to worthy causes in the UK. Grants are between £100 and £100,000, but occasionally larger amounts in exceptional circumstances. Organisations...

BEST: Business Energy Saving Team

BEST is the Business Energy Saving Team, and can help businesses in the North East save money on their energy. You can apply on BEST's website by providing some information about your business, and your...

Newcastle East High Streets Project Grants Programme

The Newcastle East High Streets Project Grants Programme are currently offering two grant schemes; one to encourage businesses to occupy 'empty properties on Shields Road, Chillingham...

Growth Through Mentoring

Growth Through Mentoring is a programme delivered by North East Growth Hub, and aims to match businesses with mentors who have experience of scaling a business. The programme is for businesses with 5 or more employees, a...

The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust

The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust aims to provide financial support, where other methods of fundraising have failed, and to offer advice to young people from all backgrounds to help turn their business ideas into...

Make Smarter Adoption North East

Make Smarter Adoption North East helps manufacturing businesses go digital by providing organisations in and around Tees Valley with support and funding. Businesses can receive a digital roadmap to help identify...

The North East Ambition Programme

The North East Ambition Programme is offering, ‘free, impartial consultancy service to small businesses in the North East, helping them to identify the skills needs, training and finance options that will...

Vehicle Upgrade Grant

The Clean Air Zone scheme is offering grants to drivers of non-compliant vehicles to upgrade or replace their taxi, private-hire car, bus, coach or HGV. The vehicle being purchased must meet Clean Air Zone emissions...