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#GrowMySME Programme

Doing exactly what it says on the tin, the #GrowMySME Programme provides intensive and tailored support to Small & Medium sized businesses (SMEs) looking to overcome growth barriers. Offering 1:1 advice, workshops & masterclasses, grant funding, and ScaleUp & Supply Chain Support; engaging with #GrowMySME will be one of the best things you’ll do for your business.

Finance for Growth

We understand that small and medium businesses can often face barriers when it comes to finance, but we are here to help you overcome those barriers and achieve your growth potential. From accessing grant funding, to getting to grips with basic accounts and forecasting, to developing financial strategies and accessing financial management information systems, Finance for Growth has got you and your business covered.

Start Up Support Service

Newly launched in 2020, this new service is for anyone looking to set up a business, or for those businesses that have been trading for less than a year.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

Acas aims to give practical, independent and impartial help to employers, employees and their representatives, enabling people to work together more effectively and avoid disputes and and other forms of conflict in the workplace.

Government Business Support

This Government Business support has business resources and tools to help start new ventures, build and grow your business and drive rapid growth for your enterprise.

Business Services – East Riding of Yorkshire

Advice from 6 business centres on starting, growing or relocating your business in East Riding. The service is available to all East Riding residents and businesses, including those planning to be resident.

Enterprising Women

At Enterprising Women, our goal is to help women achieve the success they want, by empowering, connecting, training, inspiring, campaigning, promoting, celebrating and supporting them in whatever way we can.

Business and IP Service

The Business and IP Centre, Hull – don’t start without it!Build the confidence and skills to create a successful business through one to one sessions, workshops, webinars, and online resources.

Start-Up Loans

Start Up Loans are available to businesses yet to launch or those that have been trading for up to 24 months.Start Up Loans are government-backed personal loans for business purposes.

Peer Networks

Peer Networks is a national peer-to-peer networking programme for SME leaders that want to grow and develop their organisation for future success.

Scale-Up Business Development Programme

This programme is targeted at senior leaders of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to develop their skills, knowledge and expertise to enable growth within their business.

British Business Bank – Funding

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO: Whether you’re looking for finance to start a business, grow to the next level, or stay ahead of the competition, we’re delivering greater volume and choice of finance.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF)

NPIF is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North of England it provides commercially focused finance to help SME’s start and Grow.

BusinessDeptLine

Business Debtline offers free expert professional  debt advice. We are a unique service and help the self-employed and small businesses deal with their debts in an informed way.

Catapult Centres

The Catapult centres are a network of world-leading centres designed to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas and help drive future economic growth.

Chapter 3 Networking and Business Club

A not for profit organisation with a strong commitment to communities and society focused on helping create economic and social value through enterprise. We are a community interest company with many years of experience

DASA – Open Calls For Innovation

The DASA Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of maturity.

Export services for UK businesses

Export services for UK businesses is a Department for International Trade (DIT) scheme which helps businesses export and grow into global markets. We also help overseas companies locate and grow in the UK.

Supply Chain Network

We work with SMEs in the Humber, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire region to connect them with supply chain opportunities.

Manufacturing Growth Programme

The grant is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support the cost of working with an external expert/coach of your choice to implement a pre-agreed improvement project.

Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network is the European Commission’s official business support serverice which helps small business to make the most of the European marketplace.

Enterprise Growth Solutions Ltd

Enterprise Growth Solutions Ltd (EGSL) delivers high-quality business support services helping more businesses make exporting work for them.We inspire businesses in the region to seize the growth that international trade can bring.

HCUK Training – Apprentices

Getting paid while you learn might sound too good to be true but as an apprentice you really do get the best of both worlds.

HCUK Training – Businesses

At HCUK Training, we understand that your requirements are as unique as your business. With this in mind, we are able to develop completely bespoke training packages to suit your business.

Chamber Acorn Fund

Are you looking for funding to start a business? Do you need finance growth within your existing business? Have you been trying to expand your company but have been rejected by the banks?

Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme

With HBEES, you can make your business go green, for less.

Hull City Council Enterprise Support Team

The Enterprise Support Team are here to help you, whether you are thinking of starting your own business, are already in business or are considering relocating to Hull. Funding is available for up-skilling your workforce.

Hull Employment Hub

The Employment Hub is a Hull City Council service operating in partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP).

Hull Youth Enterprise

The Youth Enterprise Bank is for young people aged up to and including 21 years old. It offers grants of up to £1,000 for individuals or groups of young people who need finance to help make their idea happen.

Making Changes for Careers – MC4C

The Making Changes for Careers programme is an exciting new enterprise programme aimed at young people aged 16-29 who are not in employment, education or training who would like to start their own business.

Growing Hull & East Yorkshire Business Investment Grants

Growing Hull and East Yorkshire is a £1.5m business investment scheme aiming to provide capital grants to SME businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire to support and incentivise business growth, investment and job creation. Grants of between £5,000 and £250,000 are offered.

The Careers & Enterprise Company

The Careers & Enterprise Company role is “To inspire young people and help them to prepare for and take control of their futures. We will help them make the link between their education and their futures.

Innovate UK

At Innovate UK we offer guidance for business and academic organisations on how to get funding to test ideas and develop innovative products and services.

Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE)

The IOEE is a web-based educational and professional networking community for anyone thinking about, starting or running their own business and those who support them.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships(KTP)

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is Europe’s leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills.

Konfer – Support

konfer is innovation brokerage at your fingertips. It opens up research, researchers and services in UK universities and research institutions, and for academics, it is a way to find impact partners.

North East Lincolnshire Council – Business support

North East Lincolnshire Council works with its partners to provide a range of products and services to help businesses grow and create jobs.

Community Led Local Development Programme – Scunthorpe

The CLLD programme is now open for applications and will run until December 2021. There is £2.2m of funding available for projects that will create jobs and economic growth in certain disadvantaged areas within Scunthorpe.

North Lincolnshire Council

The North Lincolnshire Council’s Business Team offers funding through its Leader Programme, free business support and independent advice to all businesses

The Carbon Trust – Business Fund

Carbon Trust offers tailored expertise, knowledge and finance to help your organisation reduce energy costs and increase profits by implementing low carbon solutions.

The Money Advice Service

The Money Advice Service, offer Free and impartial money advice, set up by government providing Advice and guides to help improve your finances. Tools and calculators to help keep track and plan ahead and Support over the phone and online

The Prince’s Trust

We’ve helped over 86,000 young people to start their own business – and you could be next. We work with 18 to 30-year-olds living in the UK to turn big ideas into a reality.

UK Steel Enterprise – Financing Your Business

At the UK Steel Enterprise scheme We have got great ways to finance your business with both equity finance and Business Loans. We support a range of businesses sectors including manufacturing.

Unity in Community

Are you looking to set up a business or do you already have a business that seems to be treading water? Then Unity in Community has a FREE advice & Funding service just for you.

FLIC – Flood Resilience Innovation Centre

The Flood Resilience Innovation Centre (FLIC) project supports small and medium-sized businesses to develop new flood resilience products and services.

Spark Fund

SparkFund is an ERDF funded innovation and research support programme run by the University of Hull available to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across North Yorkshire and the Humber sub-region.

University of Hull

We can provide a range of core business services that can help you to exploit knowledge, increase profitability and promote innovation within your organisation. Help and advice with sales, marketing, finance and administration.

University of Lincoln

At the University of Lincoln, we are employer-led and informed, sharing our experience and expertise to support businesses to drive forward the innovation agenda, helping to solve industry challenges of all shapes and sizes.

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