Business Grants Consultants

Welcome, Hellen Consulting offers specialist support to businesses searching for, and applying for, business grants or other sources of finance and funding. We primarily target small and medium sized businesses in all industry sectors, in particular we have extensive experience in working with early stage technology companies and start-ups. In addition we provide a range of business support services and help businesses to innovate to improve profitability.

Business Grants

Latest grant news (update 16 February 2011):

Due to the current situation with business support in England there is no generic business support grant at this time. We can assist with technology grants from the Technology Strategy Board, Carbon Trust, Large Scale GBI, Regional Growth Fund, ERDF, ESF and EU grants including Framework, CIP and Eurostars.

Small scale GBI has been closed to new applications across England completely now. Large scale GBI is available on a discretionary basis from BIS.

Grant for Research and Development is being passed from the RDAs to the Technology Strategy Board. The latest information is that it will be available for new applications in the spring. Contact us to be kept informed.

Business Grants in the UK are available from a variety of sources including local authorities, regional development agencies, central government and the European Union. If you are looking for a business grant we can advice what is available and fully support you during the application process. Grants usually only fund a percentage of the work i.e the business will have to "match" the grant with private funds, and grant supported projects uusually have a defined outcome and end date. We can also advise and aid with finding the match funding if required.

Small Business Grants

We have extensive experience of working with small businesses and recognise the particular difficulties they face in many areas including experience and funding, and that applying for small business grants can be a daunting and off-putting experience. As such we provide much a more handholding, or even hands on, approach to small business grants applications to alleviate your concerns and ensure you gain the funding you require.

Grant Consultancy

Grant consultancy is a major part of our offering. If you have used such support before you may have found the value to be patchy and the service variable. We have a different approach as grant consultants as all of or staff have extensive experience being on the "other side" and running grants schemes and appraising applications. This give us a unique insight into what is required and what is being looked for. We believe we can offer better value and a more thorough service allowing you to focus on running your business. Two of the main business grant schemes that may help you are Grant for Research and Development and Grant for Business Investment.

So if you are looking for help please feel free to contact us and see how we can help your business to develop. Even if you are not yet ready to start searching for funding feel free to contact us now with a suitable future start date and we will contact at that time.

All conversations are held strictly confidential and our initial consultation is without obligation. Note that although we are located in London our services cover the whole of the United Kingdom.

Your satisfaction is our primary concern.
We look at all aspects of your business.
We advise on business grants and funding.
We will devise a package of support solutions.
We will represent and negotiate for you.
We will search for contacts, partners or support for you.
We have extensive network of contacts, if we can't solve it, we will find the person that can.
We can provide an ongoing watch service to advise you of government schemes that apply to you.
We do the legwork you do what you do best- run your business.

Your business is unique, your dreams are unique, and your vision is unique, our solutions have to be unique for you. Your time is valuable and you don't want to waste time on government schemes or bureauracy. We work with you to develop a range of options and solutions to enable you to achieve your vision and aims. We do the legwork, we will tell you what is available, how to get it and work with you to gain grants, funding, partners, links, contacts or opportunities.

bussiness grants

Assess your current position and business aims
Identify your needs including planning, finance, technology and processes
Optimise performance and reduce wastage in time and materials
Bring components together to build you a solution

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