Business & economy

  • Santander X UK Awards 2025

    Santander is offering early-stage startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK the opportunity to win a share of £135,000 in funding and business support through the Santander X Awards. Shortlisted businesses will pitch across a series of … Continue reading →

  • Regulators’ Pioneer Fund

    The Regulators’ Pioneer Fund has a budget of £5.5m from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The fund will support innovative, ambitious, collaborative projects that make it easier for businesses to navigate the range of business regulations and, in … Continue reading →

  • Net Zero Living Tech Trials

    The aim of this competition is to conduct extended field trials to evaluate and enhance any emerging technological solution focused on helping Local Authorities in the UK to meet their net zero ambitions. The idea is that this will provide … Continue reading →

  • Circular Electricals Fund

    Material Focus is offering grants of up to £150,000 to support new ideas and innovative approaches aimed at keeping electricals and their materials in use for longer and reducing e-waste. The new Circular Electricals Fund has a budget of £1million. … Continue reading →

  • Greener Homes Alliance (Phase 2)

    The Greener Homes Alliance provides loan finance to small and medium-sized (SME) housebuilders to facilitate the construction of sustainable homes that meet high environmental standards. Phase 2 of the programme has now launched with a total budget of £150m. To … Continue reading →

  • Creative Enterprise Business Builder

    This opportunity is for small businesses working in ‘moving image’ for storytelling. If you run a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in the screen-based sector you may be able to get a grant from the Business Builder fund to develop … Continue reading →

  • QantX

    QantX invests in early-stage businesses in high-growth, innovative sectors in the South West. Investment takes the form of debt or equity and can be worth up to £750,000. The aim is to help growing businesses with high-impact innovations developed in … Continue reading →

  • Updates from Defra on funding for farmers

    Defra has announced several reforms to the range of support available to farmers including changes to some of the funding schemes. The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is being extended until March 2026. This programme supports nature recovery, climate change … Continue reading →

  • Farming in Protected Landscapes

    Farming in Protected Landscapes is a grant scheme for farmers and land managers in National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly AONBs). There are two National Parks and five National Landscapes either wholly or partly in Devon. The programme has been … Continue reading →