The ADOPT (Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies) grant funding opportunity will open for applications on 28 April 2025.

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) SME Programme offers funding for civil aerospace research and technology development in the UK

Join AI Labs, a multi-week virtual programme helping businesses in transportation, agriculture, creative, and construction sectors develop AI strategies in data, tech, and scaling—guided by experts and Innovate UK for long-term success.

London Stock Exchange's market for small and medium size growth companies

The Barclays Black Founder Accelerator is a dedicated 12-week programme designed to champion Black founder-led businesses through a series of masterclasses and one-to-one mentoring to help them accelerate and grow.

Barclays have partnered with Foundervine to run the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator, a programme especially designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship and showcase Black Founder-led businesses

Barclays has launched Demo Directory, a free online service for founders to showcase their business to potential investors to raise capital, helping to unlock growth across the UK

Helping entrepreneurs to navigate the funding landscape.

Bringing together larger businesses and startups to cross-share core strategic thinking and best practices and co-create solutions to help transform the wider industry.

In collaboration with Plexal this six-month programme is designed to support scaleups as they navigate their rapid growth trajectory.

The UK’s independent experts on small business productivity improvement, offering the most effective opportunities for you to improve your business.

Bishop Grosseteste University’s Social Economy Hub, Business Incubator, and home of the Greater Lincolnshire Social Economy Academy

The British Business Bank Angel CoFund makes equity investments of between £100,000 and £1 million in smaller businesses in the UK.

The British Business Bank is a Government-owned, independently run development bank that’s helped more than 74,000 growing businesses find the right finance option to help them reach their next ambition. Its aim is to make finance markets work better for small businesses in the UK at all stages of their development: from start up to scale up.

This UK-wide programme will deliver £375m of government funding via British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank.

Through the Life Sciences Investment Programme, British Patient Capital has been allocated an additional £200m to make cornerstone commitments to later stage life sciences venture growth funds

Practical training, advice and support to help you understand and adopt AI technologies.

Expanding into foreign markets through exports is important for securing your success as an international business, as well as in bolstering your business during domestic downturn. We are excited to bring to you this fully funded International Trade Peer-to-Peer Network.

The Fit for Business series focuses on upskilling current business owners and those who are thinking about starting their own company.

A programme of fully funded, bespoke workshops and supporting materials for businesses on Net Zero, Decarbonisation, Energy Management and Sustainable Supply Chains.