Finance Accelerator — Business Lincolnshire Business Growth Academy
Finance Accelerator

Find the right funding for your next move.

The Finance Accelerator is a set of free, self-guided tools from the Business Growth Academy — built to help Greater Lincolnshire businesses get finance-ready, understand their options, and choose the route that fits.

Work through them at your own pace, then talk it through with a Growth Hub adviser.

Are you ready? Which route? What will it cost? then talk to an adviser

Three steps to funding confidence

Not sure where you stand? Start at step one. Already know what you need? Jump straight to the tool that helps.

Start here
Step 01
Are you ready?
Finance Readiness Check

A quick, honest check of how fundable your business is right now — with tailored pointers on what to firm up first.

⏱ About 2 minutes
Open the Readiness Check
Step 02
Which route fits?
Funding Selector

Answer five questions and get matched to the funding routes worth exploring — from grants to loans to equity investment.

⏱ About 1 minute
Open the Funding Selector
Step 03
What will it cost?
True Cost of Finance

Compare what each route really costs — the true APR hiding behind a flat rate, and the real price of selling equity at exit.

⏱ About 2 minutes
Open the True Cost tool

Each tool ends by pointing you to the next — and every path leads to a free Funding Diagnostic Session.

Built for businesses — and the advisers who support them

Growth Hub advisers can share this page, or any single tool, with clients ahead of a Diagnostic Session — so conversations start from a clear, shared picture of where the business stands.

Ready to talk it through?

Book a free Funding Diagnostic Session — a one-to-one with a Greater Lincolnshire Growth Hub adviser who’ll work through your results and help you plan the right next step.