Business & economy

  • 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 →

  • B Corp: using business as a force for good

    This initiative offers five B Corp certified businesses the opportunity to advertise on TV, granting them free advertising across Channel 4’s streaming platforms, as well as a special ad break takeover during one of Channel 4’s popular primetime shows. B … 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 →

  • James Dyson Award

    The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. The award is open to product design, industrial design and engineering students (or recent graduates). This year’s competition is asking entrants to design … Continue reading →

  • Carbon13 Venture Launchpad

    This is an accelerator programme to help pre-seed / early stage businesses to launch high-potential, global impact ClimateTech ventures. It is delivered by Barclays Eagle Labs and Carbon13, a venture capital investor. The programme aims to support 15 ClimateTech start-ups … Continue reading →

  • Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Enterprise

    The Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Enterprise help creative entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality. As well as 12 months’ of business support, the successful entrepreneurs will be awarded up to £20,000 to start or grow their creative enterprise and … Continue reading →

  • High Street Rental Auctions Fund

    High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs) are a new power for local authorities to require landlords to rent out persistently vacant commercial properties to new tenants such as local businesses or community groups. If a commercial high-street property has been vacant … Continue reading →