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202 results

Finance & funding / Business support

CITB Skills and Training Fund

CITB offer support to industry through their grants and funds.
Finance & funding / Business support

Social Enterprise Boost Durham

The Social Enterprise Boost Durham project can help you with free business support and funding to start you on your journey for change in your community.
Finance & funding / Business support

Enterprising Sunderland

Enterprising Sunderland is a project designed to unlock the potential of future entrepreneurs within our communities and to support businesses from all sectors to grow and innovate.
Finance & funding / Business support

Gateshead Start-up Skills

Delivered by Smarta, Gateshead Start-up Skills is all about ensuring startups, sole traders and freelancers in Gateshead get off to the best start with the right skills.
Finance & funding / Business support

Northern Accelerator

Northern Accelerator is an exciting collaboration between the North East’s universities, creating real-world impact from world-leading research, commercialising innovation and boosting the region’s economy.
Finance & funding / Business support

North East Screen

Funded by North East Screen Industries Partnership, North East Screen is a regional screen agency for filmmakers, producers and creative professionals looking to start and grow their careers in the industry.
Finance & funding / Business support

County Durham Productivity and Growth Programme

The Productivity and Growth Programme supports businesses in all sectors in County Durham.
Finance & funding / Business support

Creative Enterprise Business Builder

The Creative Enterprise Business Builder is a grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries.
Finance & funding / Business support

Early Connect

The Early Connect Employer Service is your one-stop-shop for expert apprenticeship guidance and advice.
Finance & funding / Business support

Made Smarter Adoption North East

Made Smarter Adoption North East helps manufacturers in the region increase profits, improve efficiency and grow by investing in smart technology.
Finance & funding / Business support

North East Enterprise Agency

North East Enterprise Agency is a unique collaboration of multi-award winning enterprise agencies supporting businesses across the North East of England.
Finance & funding / Business support

Northumberland Small Business Service

A service of business support to help small and micro businesses across Northumberland to start and grow.
Finance & funding / Business support

Wear Together Initiative

Wear Together provides social entrepreneurs in Sunderland with access to business support and grants assisting them with start, development, and growth of social businesses.
Finance & funding / Business support

Booster Fund

The Community Shares Booster Fund is a funding scheme to support community share offers.
Finance & funding / Business support

BREEZ - Business Renewables Energy Efficiency Sunderland

Sunderland City Council offers eligible SMEs a flexible approach to cutting their energy bills and their carbon emissions.
Finance & funding / Business support

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Finder

Search current funding opportunities from across UKRI, research councils and Innovate UK