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0800 488 0057
Welcome to the Boost business support directory. Within here you will further details of our funded Boost programmes, as well as an up-to-date directory of other available business support in Lancashire.
If you are starting a business – or in the first three years - this funded programme will give you the support, knowledge and tools to make it sustainable and grow.
If you’re running a SME business, this hugely successful and popular programme gives you access to a fully-funded, experienced mentor to work alongside your team and support you on your growth journey.
If you’ve been trading for more than three years and employ more than 10 staff, this funded programme is tailored to your needs and will support your ambitious plans to achieve significant growth.
We can help Lancashire SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the digital and creative sector grow with advice, practical help, workshops, masterclasses and research or through collaboration.
AMRC NW, based in Preston, is a world leading advanced manufacturing centre supporting manufacturers to engage with and adopt new technologies, processes and materials to reduce costs and drive efficiencies.
Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) has developed a range of new programmes starting in 2022 to help Lancashire SMEs to innovate, develop and grow.
Online peer-learning programme, from the Lancashire Forum, specifically designed to help Lancashire SMEs understand how they can create, deliver and capture value differently in order to withstand external forces and market crises.
Do you want a tailored business growth plan for your company and introductions to relevant support for growing Lancashire businesses?
Access the capital you need to grow your business. Venture Capital investment up to £200k available for high-growth potential technology and science companies in Lancashire.
We can help Lancashire SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the digital and creative sector grow with advice, practical help, workshops, masterclasses and research or through collaboration.
Are you bamboozled by social media? Mystified by SEO? Know that VR and AR could improve your business but you're not sure how? Digitalplus will give you impartial advice and practical support to learn more about these digital tools and how to use them to boost your business.
Are you a Lancashire manufacturing business needing support with assessing your current technology levels, developing your manufacturing processes, growing your business and becoming 'Industry 4.0' ready?
Become a low carbon business ready for the future! The business landscape has changed. The transition to a low carbon economy has already begun. Let us help you change the way you do business by adopting low carbon business solutions.
Are you a Lancashire based business looking to use digital tools and platforms to grow, streamline processes or become more digitally resilient? This programme of workshops and 1:1 support will help you to find the right digital tools in the areas of productivity, marketing, ecommerce and cloud accounting.
From international transport to rural education, ESA Business Applications has enabled data from satellites to transform businesses. We have already invested over £500m in launching innovative services in businesses.
The ESA BIC UK provides access to funding, expertise and networks to support entrepreneurs and start-ups utilising space technology to grow.
Are you a manufacturing or engineering business aspiring to enter the nuclear supply chain - in new build, operations and decommissioning?
Are you a small business owner fed up with admin taking too much time away from achieving your goals? Receive up to 10 hours of free training worth £1,000 covering finance, marketing, people and time management.
As part of Lancaster University's £41m Health Innovation Campus there are fully-funded opportunities for SME businesses in Lancashire to grow and innovate in health.
Help to Grow: Digital is a UK-wide government-backed scheme that aims to help you choose, buy and adopt digital technologies that will help you grow your business.
Are you the leader of a North West SME business who wants to grow and scale using industrial digital technologies? The IN4.0 ACCESS Accelerator provides access to tools and techniques that can help businesses succeed.
Are you looking to grow your business by launching a new product? Need advice on how feasible your product idea is, help to design, develop and test the product or support in developing a launch strategy?
The Lancashire Cyber Foundry (LCF) has been created to share the expertise of Lancaster University with businesses to prepare them for their digital future.
Are you the owner of or a senior manager in a Lancashire creative or digital business? Would you benefit from sector specific leadership development workshops and the opportunity to network with a group of your peers?
Lancashire Health Matters offers support and development to any innovative businesses across Lancashire capable of moving into the health and care sectors with new or existing products.
Are you a Lancashire digital / technology businesses who is looking for help to develop your software product(s) while scaling up your business?
RKMS deliver 95% funded change management programmes that embed modern cultures of continuous improvement where client organisations embrace new levels of productivity and customer focus from within.
Have you got the leadership skills and know how to manage the adoption of Industrial Digital Technologies by your business?
Manufacturing Connect helps SMEs understand digital business technologies, how these technologies can make business improvements, and how to tackle some of the common pitfalls during implementation. Advice is provided by technology experts and manufacturing SMEs. Manufacturing Connect focuses on customer relationship management, material resource planning and production planning technologies.
NextGenChem is a Lancashire-based Hub for chemistry innovation. Our mission is to help local businesses to develop next-generation technology solutions, improved products and novel materials. We are looking to engage with innovation hungry Lancashire SMEs in chemical-using industries.
Are you a Lancashire business working in, or aspiring to work within, the aerospace sector? Do you need help to promote your business within the sector and to keep abreast of trends and developments affecting your industry?
Which aspects of your business model are hindering your growth? How will you increase and optimise your pipeline of profitable customers and projects? Or are there changes to your service design, structure, or business processes that would improve your productivity? Unsure or need support? The Productivity & Innovation Centre can help.
Do you have growth aspirations for your business, but you need help to unlock its potential? If that sounds like your business, then the Propel 2 Grow programme is for you.
The STFC CERN Business incubation Centre offers extensive support to entrepreneurs aiming to take high energy physics technologies from an initial innovative concept to market.
Tech Nation is the UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs. It empowers entrepreneurs to grow faster through growth programmes, digital entrepreneurship skills, a visa scheme for exceptional talent, and championing the UK’s digital sector through data, stories and media campaigns.
Do you need help identifying and protecting the intellectual property you own and use in your business? When properly managed, the value of your IP can far outweigh the physical assets, accounting for over 70% of your business’ value.
Would you like to find out more about the excellent business support available to you? Or maybe you’d like to find out how we’ve helped over 8,000 businesses since 2013? Contact our team to start your growth conversation.
