Business & economy

New grants and loan schemes and the latest news on funding opportunities for businesses in Devon.

  • Investor partnerships future economy programme

    This programme brings together Innovate UK’s use of grant funding, and investor partners’ aligned funding and expertise. Its aim is to stimulate research and development in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, while accelerating equity investment into those companies so that they can grow more rapidly through innovation. If you have a highly innovative micro, small […]

  • 100x Impact Accelerator

    The 100x Impact Accelerator Programme is a global accelerator open to ventures from around the world. It provides flexible and unrestricted funding to charities and social enterprises anywhere in the world who offer a game-changing solution that is already driving positive change. Applications will be considered from ‘impact-first’ organisations, registered charities, not-for-profit and social enterprises who are based […]

  • Shackleton Foundation

    The Shackleton Foundation invests in inspirational leaders and early-stage social enterprises with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people. The foundation provides up to £10,000 of seed funding and support to enable aspiring leaders and social entrepreneurs to establish their own ventures to help young people in challenging […]

  • Nuffield Foundation: Research Grants

    The Nuffield Foundation provides funding for research and analysis that has the capacity to make a difference to people’s lives by influencing policy and practice. The Research, Development and Analysis Fund is for projects to inform the design and operation of social policy and practice across three core domains of: Education: with a particular focus […]

  • Start Up Loans

    A Start Up Loan is a government-backed personal loan available to individuals looking to start or grow a business in the UK. The scheme has now been expanded to support businesses that have been trading for up to three years (it was previously two years). The scheme enables individuals looking to start or grow a […]

  • PRISM: for innovation in the metals sector

    Businesses in the metals sector can access funding to support innovation in decarbonisation, digital technologies and circular economy. A Programme of Research and Innovation for the UK Steels and Metals Sector (PRISM) is delivering funded research projects at the Materials Processing Institute. Areas that could be of interest to metal fabricators in Devon could include […]

  • Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments

    Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of its Innovation Investments programme which will invest in early-stage companies commercialising innovative, sustainable technologies that look to reduce operational carbon emissions and water usage. The technology areas are: electricity logistics heating and cooling water and food waste The programme seeks to invest at least £5 million over four years, […]

  • Virgin Money: Agri E Fund

    Farmers in the UK can apply for loans in order to reduce their emissions, with initiatives such as renewable energy, energy efficiency or activities that reduce their greenhouse gases. Virgin Money has launched the new £200million loan fund to aid the transition to net-zero. Loans are available with 0% arrangement fees when a farmer completes […]

  • Square One: North Devon Business Start-up Bursary

    A new, fully-funded bursary for people who face barriers to starting a business has been launched across North Devon. Square One is an initiative funded and run by coworking and small business experts, Town Square Spaces Ltd (TownSq), which also operates the Node Cowork business hub, where the support will be based. The support package contains everything […]

  • Green Heat Network Fund

    Capital grants to support the rollout of the next generation of heat networks that use low- and zero-carbon heat sources