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Active Travel Innovation Fund
£1 Million Active Travel Innovation Fund Funding available for bold ideas to improve walking, wheeling and cycling. Open to SMEs and NGOs.
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) North West
Supporting local manufacturers to modernise, innovate, and adopt Industry 4.0 through funded programmes, cutting-edge research, and sustainable solutions.
Advanced Manufacturing Skills Bootcamps
Free Skills Bootcamps in Lancashire Learn 3D Printing, Robotics, AI & more — expert-led, flexible, and includes a free 3D printer!
Apprenticeship Grant
A £3,000 incentive to recruit a young apprentice.
Apprenticeship in Fylde
A £5,000 incentive to recruit a young apprentice in Fylde.
Exclusive to Fylde
Apprenticeship Recruitment & Training
Get help with sourcing and training apprentices.
Barclays Digital Wings
Grow your digital and money skills with us. Our mission is to make learning digital skills and financial literacy easy, accessible, and empowering.
Blackpool Business Growth Academy
Access to start up and scaleup specialists available to Blackpool businesses.
Exclusive to Blackpool
Blackpool Net Zero Business Academy
Funding available for businesses in Blackpool.
Exclusive to Blackpool
Burnley Business Hub
Support available includes one to one advice, facilitated peer to peer learning, expert in-person, best practice workshops and online webinars on the essentials of growing a business.
Exclusive to Burnley
Burnley Start up Support
Burnley Council Business Support team are dedicated to supporting the start-up and growth of businesses in Burnley.
Exclusive to Burnley
Business Support for the Fylde Coast
Whether you’re thinking of starting a business, already growing a business, or are scaling up your business – this Programme can help you on your way. You / Your business must be located in FY1-FY8 or PR3/PR4 (within Fylde, Blackpool or Wyre council di
Business Support Service for England
A free Helpline for small businesses to find the right support and impartial advice.
Centre for SME Development
Connect and learn together.
City of Enterprise service for Preston City Council
Get access to One-to-one support from qualified, experienced business advisors
Exclusive to Preston
Creative Industries Grant
Support for companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries.
Creative Leadership & Management Bootcamp
This 10-session programme is tailored for aspiring and current managers across Lancashire's thriving creative sector.
Cyber Foundry
The Cyber Foundry offers a range of impactful and innovative opportunities to help businesses to defend, innovate and grow. We help businesses to embed these cyber security strategies, enabling them to differentiate and diversify in their market sector.
Cyber Fundamentals Blackburn
Cyber Fundamentals is designed to support Blackburn and Darwen-based businesses, looking to develop their knowledge on cyber security best practices, to help mitigate business threats and risks.
Exclusive to Blackburn
Defence Security Accelerator
Finds and funds innovation to support UK defence and security.
Digital Boost - Begin
Free Digital Mentoring for Small Businesses Access expert 1:1 support in marketing, strategy, and tech — completely free via Digital Boost.
Digital Skills
Digital Boost supports small businesses and charities to develop essential digital skills.
Employer Hub at Lancaster & Morecambe College
Training and development for Lancashire businesses.
Exclusive to Lancaster
Engineering & Tech Scaleup Accelerator
Twelve-month programme that develops, nurtures and strengthens leadership capabilities.
Engineering Pre-accelerator Programme
Transforming great ideas into new engineering startups.
Engineering Startups and Spinouts
Twelve-month accelerator programme for engineering startups and spinouts.
fhunded
Lancashire's dedicated early-stage investment initiative.
Foreign Owned Company Support
A dedicated key account management service for the county’s foreign owned companies to help them invest and expand.
Fuel your Business Growth: Start your business
A free six-part series helping aspiring entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses with expert-led sessions and practical tools.
Funding for Research and Innovation across Europe
Funding for research that improves European research standards or responds to challenges like climate change or food security.
Gigabit Broadband Voucher
Help for those experiencing slow broadband speeds in rural areas.
Health Innovation in the NHS
Support to health and care innovators and businesses across the North West
Help to Grow Management
A national business growth programme designed for senior leaders.
Innovate UK Business Growth
Innovate UK Business Growth is a publicly-funded service available to all high potential small to medium-sized innovation-driven companies.
Intellectual Property - IPO
For those who need help identifying and protecting the intellectual in your business.
International Trade - Chamber Of Commerce Support
International trade services to help you succeed in international markets.
International Trade - UK Export Academy
The UK Export Academy can support your business to grow by giving you the confidence and know-how to land your first, or next overseas deal.
Lancashire Cyber Security Programme
Funded cyber security support for micro, small and medium-sized businesses based in Lancashire.
Lancaster Business & Skills Support Hub
Free support for local businesses to start, grow and succeed.
Exclusive to Lancaster
Lancaster University Management School
Helping small and medium-sized businesses seize opportunities.
Leadership Support
Get your own advisory board made up of four experienced business professionals.
Living Wage Foundation accreditation grants scheme
Accrediting with the Living Wage Foundation
Exclusive to Preston
Low Carbon Support
Supporting environmental and energy saving/efficiency good practice.
Made Smarter
Access impartial advice for small to medium-sized manufacturing businesses in the North West.
Manufacturing Smarter Data Hub
Supporting small and medium-sized manufacturers to become more competitive.
Modern Worker for the Modern Workplace Programme
Empowers your workforce through the use of generative AI and foundational data.
Exclusive to Blackburn
National Cyber Security
Cyber security advice for Lancashire businesses.
NatWest Entrepreneur Hub
Whatever size or type of business you have, we've got a range of programmes and useful tools to help you succeed. There's also opportunities to join networks of specialists and like-minded peers who could offer help and guidance as you grow.
Nelson Town Deal Grant
Grants available for businesses to become more resilient and help to thrive.
Exclusive to Pendle
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: Debt Finance
Helping smaller business owners to deliver their business ambitions
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: Equity Finance
For companies with high growth potential
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: Smaller Loans
For entrepreneurs wishing to start their own business, or an early stage or more established small business looking to grow.
Pendle Business Hub - Delivered by Growth Lancashire
Got a spark of an idea or ready to take your business to the next level? There’s a tailored programme of support designed to power your journey every step of the way.
Exclusive to Pendle
Pendle Innovation and Productivity Grants
Available grants for Pendle businesses.
Exclusive to Pendle
Pendle Town Centre Premises Grants
Available grants to improve the shop fronts of businesses.
Exclusive to Pendle
Preston Innovation Programme
The project will bring together extensive industry and academic expertise, state-of-the-art facilities and technology, together with tailored support enabling businesses to turn ideas into realities.
Exclusive to Preston
Productivity Programme - Delivered by Be the Business
Be the Business is spearheading a business-led drive to help companies across the UK improve their performance.
Recruitment Support
View a range of recruitment services that can help you as an employer.
RedCAT
RedCAT works with low carbon technology innovators to take their technologies through commercialisation and investment.
RedCAT Ventures
RedCAT Ventures knows the world of investment and we keep the interests of the planet front and centre; in every deal we create.
Retail Renaissance Programme
Whether you're looking to build your brand online, enhance customer experience, or increase sales, this programme delivers the how and why from retail experts who understand your challenges and can support you to unlock your potential.
Rosebud
Helping Lancashire businesses grow, develop, create jobs and achieve their goals.
Skills Bootcamps
Ease your recruitment challenges by employing a Skills Bootcamp graduate.
Skills City
Leading digital technology Skills Bootcamps
Skills Pledge
Find out more about Lancashire’s key skills and training initiatives.
Social Enterprise and Community Funding
Provide flexible loans and grants to help enterprises startup, become sustainable and grow.
South Ribble Skills & Training Grant
The Skills & Training Grant is to assist South Ribble businesses access funding for employees to gain a vocational qualification or license.
Exclusive to South Ribble
South Ribble Skills Factory
A dedicated skills hub providing free skills and recruitment
Exclusive to South Ribble
South Ribble Vacant Commercial Property Grant
The Vacant Commercial Property Grant is to help reduce the number of empty commercial properties across South Ribble
Exclusive to South Ribble
Space Agency Incubation Centre
Startups utilising space technology in any way at all can take part.
Space Technology
Help for companies to integrate space data and technology into commercial services.
Start Up Loan
Government-backed personal loan available to individuals looking to start or grow a business in the UK.
Startup Support for Young People
If you’re 18 to 30, living in the UK and unemployed, or working fewer than 16 hours a week, and have a business idea or some ideas to explore, the King’s Trust Enterprise Programme could be for you.
StartUp UK
StartUp UK is a pioneering scheme by Enterprise Nation, to provide free tailored support.
Tender Opportunities
Find out details of public sector tender opportunities.
The City of Enterprise
A targeted support programme for Preston-based entrepreneurs and enterprises
Exclusive to Preston
Two Zero
A specialist support service for scaleup businesses to help and inspire business leaders to grow their business.
Watchtower Programme - Aerospace & Advanced Engineering
A fully funded initiative providing support for Lancashire-based businesses to build competitiveness and resilience through insights around digital pathways and sustainability, innovation and diversification.
West Lancashire Collaborative Innovation Programme (WLCIP)
A range of fully funded growth and innovation support services for established SMEs.
Exclusive to West Lancashire

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