Funding & support resources

Cranfield University Green Seed Fund gives entrepreneurs and start-ups access to capital, alongside advice and education from the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship to help scale their businesses.

Debt and equity finance for businesses based in or looking to relocate to County Durham.

Eligible homes and businesses can apply for up to £4,500 to cover the costs of a gigabit-capable connection.

The new Start-up Support Programme is available to new retail, hospitality and leisure businesses across County Durham

As part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II NEL are offering Debt Finance from £100,000 to £2m

Flexible Social Finance has been designed with the social sector, for the social sector.

Creative Growth Finance provides scale-up loans of £100k to £1m to UK businesses in the Creative Industries.

Funding for early-stage businesses with innovative, scalable ideas – from software to life science, start-up to scale-up.

Government support towards the up-front costs of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle chargepoints.

£50k sponsorship from NatWest to support ideas and early-stage businesses founded by women.

The CoSTAR National Lab is exploring emergent forms of advanced production that can deliver efficiencies or enhance production workflows in support of impactful audience facing experiences.

Women founders or co-founders with UK registered businesses at the late stage start-up phase can apply for a grant of up to £75,000 and bespoke business support, to further their ambitious growth plans.

Support for UK SMEs to boost their export potential

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) finds and funds exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively, and support UK prosperity.

Funding loans of up to £25,000 available to entrepreneurs within their first 3 years of trading, with potential top up loans within years 3-5 of trading.

Working with UKSE gives you more than just finance. Benefit from the support and knowledge of people who have been there before.