Business Resources and Links
Business Link
The Government's primary access channel for business support in England is Business Link
Regional Development Agencies
The Regional Development Agencies provide business support either directly or indirectly in England including Grant for R&D and Grant for Business Investment.
- The London Development Agency Note that GRD and GBI are currently unavailable in the London region.
- The East of England Development Agency
- South East England Development Agency
- SouthWest RDA
- East Midlands Development Agency
- Advantage West Midlands
- The North West Develpment Agency
- Yorkshire Forward
- One North East
Devolved Administrations
- The Welsh Assembly Government
- Invest Northern Ireland
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Enterprise handles business grants in Scotland
Government Departments
These government departments are the primary grant funders for business, innovation and research and development.
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
- Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Assisted Areas Postcode Checker
If you are considering applying for Grant for Business Investment (GBI) and want to know if your business location, or proposed business location, attracts a grant uplift for being located in a Tier 1 or 2 area then you can check here.
Which region am I in?
Not sure which Regional Development Agency you should be talking to? Then check on the National Statistics website with your postcode on the Neighbourhood Summary page.
Other funding streams
- Collaborative R&D through the Technology Strategy Board
- The Carbon Trust
- The European Framework Programme
My free advice sites
- Grants for Research and Development
- Grants for Business Investment
- Grants Help- A general grants help blog and discussion forum
- Also coming soon finance raising help site, in the meantime contact us for details
