Government grants

How do I get Government Grants? Articles and advice on Government Grants for Business. Covering how to apply for grants from the Government and what grants are available to small business.

Comment & opinion

How to get a business grant from the Accelerator scheme

Ben Lobel | 17 Jun 2013

Economics student Zahra Charaffdeen received £2,500 in funding from Accelerator, a specialist business incubator in East London. She talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about the achievement.

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Comment & opinion

Financial assistance for a small business: Regional Growth Fund and council grant

Kent-based indoor family entertainment centre Bumble Beez received an interest-free loan of £30,000 in November from the Regional Growth Fund and also received grant assistance from Kent council. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to founder Sarah Cannon about her funding experience.

Ben Lobel | 14 Jun 2013

Guide

Government grants for small businesses in Scotland

David Kelly applied for a range of grants for his pre-revenue social business platform Shareflow. He tells SmallBusiness.co.uk about them.

Ben Lobel | 26 Feb 2013

Guide

How to get a government grant for business coaching

Liz Mowatt secured a government grant for business coaching for her company A Giving Tribute, which offers tribute cards for funerals. In a Q and A, she and the company's business strategist Joshua Wood talk to SmallBusiness.co.uk about how the grant has helped the business.

Ben Lobel | 20 Feb 2013

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Guide

How to get a business grant from the council

John Wonnacott, founder of Altrincham-based art studio Local Creation, discusses how he got his hands on an £8,000 grant from Trafford Council.

Ben Lobel | 10 Oct 2012

Guide

Grants available to Scottish businesses

Mike Newman, founder of Glasgow-based My1login, received an array of cash grants to develop his small business, which provides an encrypted vault service for logins, passwords and pins.

Ben Lobel | 22 Aug 2012

Guide

Getting a grant from an enterprise agency

Caroline Eccles, co-founder of Lancashire-based film company Huckleberry Films, received a business grant of £2,000 from enterprise agency Hyndburn Enterprise Trust. She talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about the process.

Ben Lobel | 14 Aug 2012

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Finding grants in international countries

Tim Finn, head of EMEA at mobile advertising company StrikeAd, explains why it might be worth investigating grant opportunities for companies looking to open in foreign territories.

Ben Lobel | 24 May 2012

Guide

Help with raising business finance

SmallBusiness.co.uk has released an iPad and smartphone application guide offering advice on finding and applying for government grants for small business.

Ben Lobel | 21 May 2012

Guide

Royal British Legion grant

Former soldier Chris Lait of The Drake Academy, which offers corporate training, development and reward programmes, benefited from a business grant from the Royal British Legion.

Ben Lobel | 30 Mar 2012

Comment & opinion

Grants in Scotland

Louise Guinda, founder of baby product company Safedreams.co.uk, received help from Business Gateway and Scottish Enterprise.

14 Sep 2011

Guide

The green grant

Neil McManus, owner of telecoms provider GHM Communications, won a business grant of £1,000 from Sustainable Routes, an environmentally-friendly project that helps businesses in reduce the cost of business travel.

Ben Lobel | 12 Sep 2011

Guide

Avenues for startup grants

Recruitment consultant MBA & Company won £1,000 throught the Shell Livewire Award, and jewellery retailer Mama Jewels benefitted from a startup business grant from a local council. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to each to find out how the government grants were achieved.

Ben Lobel | 9 May 2011

Guide

How your business can get a grant in 2011

Government grants can be hard to come by - but they do exist and they can benefit your business if you know where to look. SmallBusiness.co.uk provides an essential guide to sourcing and applying for a government grant.

Ben Lobel | 28 Apr 2011