Support Schemes
There are a range of schemes currently available to help you grow your business and we have tried to arrange them on this site in a way that we think will help you to find the scheme that can help you.
Funding and Loan schemes can be found in the Finance| section.
Schemes that provide support to train you or your workforce can be found in the Employment and Skills| section.
If you want help and advice to make your business more profitable by reducing waste and becoming more energy efficient there are a number of schemes listed in the Resource Efficiency| section.
In this section you can access details of free and chargeable schemes that provide one to one advice and support to help you grow your business. The list of schemes on the menu to the left is arranged alphabetically and the list below is arranged in easy-to-identify categories.
Our aim is to provide details of all free schemes that are delivered nationally and locally in addition to local chargable schemes.
General support for all businesses
Nottingham Business Venture|
Leapfrog|
Spectrum Futures|
The Business|
Support for Social Enterprises and Cooperatives
Lincolnshire Cooperative Development Agency (LCDA)|
Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM)|
Social Enterprise UK|
Coaching and Mentoring
Business Coaching for Growth|
Mentors Me|
Innovation, Knowledge Transfer and Research & Development
Innovation Advice and Guidance|
Food and Drink inet|
Healthcare and bioscience inet|
Sustainable construction inet|
Transport inet|
Technology Strategy Board, including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and R & D|.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Advisory Service|
Resource Efficiency
Sustain Lincolnshire|
Reducing Digital Exclusion
Online Revolution|
Rural
Rural Development Programme|
Exporting
International Trade Chamber|
UK Trade and Investment|