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Accelerator Programme
Get access to one-to-one coaching, mentoring and networking opportunities.
Apprenticeship Grant
Add new skills to your workforce.
Apprenticeship Recruitment & Training
Get help with sourcing and training apprentices.
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
Business Builder
Access to a range of online tools to help your business.
Business Compliance
Find out more information to achieve/maintain compliance for your business.
Centre for SME Development
Connect and learn together.
Choose Chorley Relocation Grant
Get help relocating to Chorley from outside of the borough.
Exclusive to Chorley
Chorley Business Energy & Road Net Zero Support Scheme
A scheme for businesses based and operating in the borough of Chorley.
Exclusive to Chorley
Chorley Business Investment for Growth (BIG) Grant
Get help expanding Chorley businesses, making capital expenditure, and creating new jobs.
Exclusive to Chorley
Chorley Shop Front Improvement Grant
An available grant for visual improvements to the frontage of Chorley retail properties.
Exclusive to Chorley
Creative Industries Grant
Support for companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries.
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
Cyber Solutions
The Cyber Solutions Centre supports activities comprising of business support within cyber and cyber security.
Defence Security Accelerator
Finds and funds innovation to support UK defence and security.
Digital Acceleration for Professional Services - Preston
Designed for senior decision makers from Preston-based professional services firms in the accountancy or legal sectors, this newly developed programme seizewill enable your firm to seize the growth opportunities presented by digital adoption.
Exclusive to Preston
Digital Accelerator Programme
Use disruptive technologies, including cloud and immersive, to streamline business processes.
Digital Eagles
Make the most out of being online.
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.
Entrepreneur Hub
Offering help and guidance as you grow.
fhunded
Lancashire's dedicated early-stage investment initiative.
Fit For Nuclear
Helping UK manufacturers get ready to bid for work in the nuclear supply chain.
Foreign Owned Company Support
A dedicated key account management service for the county’s foreign owned companies to help them invest and expand.
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.
Good Growth: Burnley
This programme will develop business leaders so they can implement 'Good Growth' strategies within their organisations, paving the way for long-term success through sustainable growth.
Exclusive to Burnley
Health Innovation in the NHS
Support to health and care innovators and businesses across the North West
Health Innovation Network
For health and care businesses and individual innovators.
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
For those who need help identifying and protecting the intellectual in your business.
International Trade
Assists exporters of all levels of experience through advice, mentoring and strategic planning.
International Trade Support
International trade services to help you succeed in international markets.
Lancashire Cyber Security Programme
Funded cyber security support for micro, small and medium-sized businesses based in Lancashire.
Lancashire Universities’ 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.
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.
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.
National Business Support Helpline
A free Helpline for small businesses to find the right support and impartial advice.
National Cyber Security
Cyber security advice for Lancashire businesses.
Nelson Premises Improvement Grant
Available grants to improve the shop fronts of businesses.
Exclusive to Pendle
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.
Numeracy Skills
Fully funded mentoring from successful business leaders.
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.
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 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 Business Energy Efficiency (BEE) Scheme
Support to help businesses reduce their energy use.
Exclusive to South Ribble
South Ribble SCAN Digital
Fully-funded support for South Ribble-based manufacturers delivered by the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
Exclusive to South Ribble
South Ribble Skills & Training Grants
A grant of up to £1,250 is available to businesses in South Ribble to upskill or re-skill employees by helping them to gain a vocational qualification or licence.
Exclusive to South Ribble
South Ribble Skills Factory
A dedicated skills hub providing free skills and recruitment
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.
Two Zero
A specialist support service for scaleup businesses to help and inspire business leaders to grow their business.
Watchtower Programme
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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