Gateshead Council’s Enterprise and Innovation Fund was launched last November to stimulate business investment in Gateshead and help local companies to ride out the current recession. This initiative is part of the Council’s £200 million 10-Point...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £20k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- East Gateshead, Gateshead, Team Valley
- Applicable to:
- Any, Established, Expansions, SME, Start-ups
- Sector:
- Design/creative, Digital, Engineering, Environmental, Film/TV, Renewable Energy
What are the size of deals? From £10k – no upper limit. Who can apply? GBI is a discretionary grant which aims to encourage capital investment in projects which lead to long-term improvements in productivity, skills and employment. Most manufacturing...
- Funding range:
- £10k - £100m+
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What are the size of deals? £20k to £250k. Who can apply? SMEs with fewer than 250 employees and with an annual turnover of less than €50m or balance sheet of less than €43m. Assistance to develop a pre-production prototype/pilot plant of a new product...
- Funding range:
- £20k - £250k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What are the size of deals? £250k to £500k. Who can apply? SMEs with fewer than 250 employees and with an annual turnover of less than €50m or balance sheet of less than €43m. This grant is the same as the Development Grant except the project will have a...
- Funding range:
- £250k - £500k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- Darlington
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What are the size of deals? £5k to £20k. Who can apply? SMEs with fewer than 10 employees and with an annual turnover of less than €2m or balance sheet of less than €2m. Assistance for small cost project to develop a lowcost prototype of a...
- Funding range:
- £5k - £20k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What are the size of deals? £5k to £20k. Who can apply? SMEs with fewer than 250 employees and with an annual turnover of less than €50m or balance sheet of less than €43m. Assistance for pre-R&D exploratory research on the market and IP opportunity...
- Funding range:
- £5k - £20k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- All North East
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
What are the size of deals? Hartlepool Enterprise Development Fund invests up to £5k for start up and expansion. Assistance offered to sole traders is up to £2k and other businesses up to £5k. Hartlepool Access to Markets Fund invests up to £2.5k and...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £10k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- Tees Valley
- Applicable to:
- Expansions, Sole trader, Start-ups
- Sector:
- All
The capital Grant is aimed at businesses based or planning to move to Middlesbrough and have been trading for less than three years. It is offered on a 50/50 basis, so business must match the grant award. Funding available between £1k and £5 k on...
- Funding range:
- £1k - £5k
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- Middlesbrough
- Applicable to:
- SME
- Sector:
- All
There is a whole raft of support for businesses in the Northumberland area which is accessed through the council and which also includes the Rural Project Development Fund (RDPE) which covers: micro-enterprise development natural and cultural assets...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £100m+
- Area:
- England
- Sub area:
- Northumberland
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All
RDPE is the mechanism for delivering money allocated to England from the EU and DEFRA via the European Fund for Rural Development from 2007 to 2013. Funding is targeted at making agriculture and forestry more competitive and sustainable, through...
- Funding range:
- £0 - £100m+
- Area:
- All UK
- Applicable to:
- Any
- Sector:
- All