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Summaries of local and national support, funding, events and networking.
CDFI - Community Development Finance Institutions
CDFIs are a type of social enterprise that provides support and lends money to businesses and people who struggle to get finance from high street banks.
Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
Membership organisation providing support to businesses in the county.
Business Gateway - Business Support Directory
An online support finder tool to access funding, advice and more in Leicester and Leicestershire.
Telford Growth Enabler - Good2Great
A programme offering specialist business support for organisations in Shropshire
The Hampshire Growth Hub (DS)
Information on the support provided by the Growth Hub covering Hampshire.
Finding a Health & Safety Consultant
Information, resources and tools to help you to manage Health and Safety for your business.
FLA - Finance and Leasing Association
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) is a UK trade association for the consumer credit, motor finance and asset finance sectors.
National Funding Tools
Grants, Finance & Support Schemes - National Portals
Access to Finance+
A range of support to help businesses of all stages to access finance.
Access to Finance SW
A range of support to help businesses of all stages to access finance.
Trade Associations - Finance (including Accountancy and Insurance)
Websites and contact details for trade associations for the finance, accountancy and insurance sector.
Finding your SIC Codes
Understand how to choose a standard industrial classification code for your business.
Finding premises in Harlow
Organisations that provide support and guidance to businesses who are looking for premises.
Finance Hub
An online hub to help businesses find the right finance programme for their business.
Time Finance
Specialist funding provider for the UK business market.
Finance for Enterprise
Finance for Enterprise provides loan funding and advice across Yorkshire and The Humber, Lincolnshire and East Midlands.
Business Finance and Support Finder
The government's business support and finance finder tool on gov.uk.
Finding a Pension Scheme Through The Pensions Regulator
If you looking for a pension provider the pensions regulator offers a list of providers
SWIG Finance
A range of loans for businesses based in the south west of England.
IP Finance Toolkit
Guidance on understanding the value of your Intellectual Property (IP) to potential lenders.
Business Finance Guide
The Business Finance Guide provides businesses with information on the finance options that are available to them throughout their business finance journey.
UK Export Finance
Information and guidance from the UK's export credit agency to help businesses to access finance and insurance in relation to exporting.
British Business Bank - What is asset finance?
An in-depth article from The British Business Bank on asset finance.
GC Business Finance
GC Business Finance offerers businesses loans across Greater Manchester and Cheshire that are unable to raise the finance they need.
Actionable information, tools and resources
UMi Funding & Grants Finder
Equity finance versus debt finance
BUNDLE: Finance and Funding
Your essential finance glossary
Understanding the different types of business finance
PODCAST: Richard Bearman on what support is available when starting a business?
Finance software to help your business
Choosing a commercial finance broker
An introduction to grant funding
The fundamentals of raising equity
Crowdfunding
WATCH: A guide to business loans
Interest rates: What businesses need to know
A guide to ‘funding jargon’
Why grants are worth the effort
Financial Health Check
WATCH: How to structure your grant application
WATCH: Get the best from your Tide business banking app
BUNDLE: A guide to grants
Get Grant Ready - One to one support and grant writing
Asset-based lending
PODCAST: Shaun Fooy on business banking and start-up loans
UMi Loan Finder
A brief guide to profit and loss forecasting
Inspiration
Finding an opportunity in the face of adversity
Finding opportunities in an uncertain world
Start Up Loans hits £1bn milestone of loans to UK small businesses
Invoice finance provider hits £100m milestone
Optimum Finance uses AI to identify SMEs needing invoice finance
Accessing business finance
Finding Prospero – A mission to clean up aerospace
Finding the right place to base your business
£5bn boost for export finance
Smart finance for a smart energy company
Raising equity finance for your business
Oil company expands with UMi Debt Finance Scotland loan
Using space to solve human problems with support from UMi Debt Finance Scotland
Scottish Export Index Nominee: Articulate Gallery
Finance, science and tech workers see highest pay increases
WATCH: Looking after your mental health when seeking investment
Glasgow company builds innovative ‘QTV Studios’ with UMi Debt Finance Scotland loan
WATCH: How do we encourage more entrepreneurship?
British Business Bank backs asset finance lender to propel SMEs forward
Finding your brand’s celebrity alter ego
Finding my feet through employee ownership
How to Maximise the Value of Your Business
£40 million HSBC UK finance secured by Aston University
Effectively accessing funding options available to SMEs
Events and webinars
WATCH: A guide to business loans
WATCH: How to structure your grant application
WATCH: Get the best from your Tide business banking app
UMi Makes it Easy... to get your business grant ready
WATCH: Looking after your mental health when seeking investment
WATCH: How do we encourage more entrepreneurship?
WATCH: Diversity makes games better
Mythbusting when starting a business
WATCH: THREE Steps to Easier Business Growth
WATCH: How to get started with video marketing
WATCH: How to get started with advertising on Facebook and Instagram
WATCH: How video recruitment makes businesses more human
WATCH: Managing behavioural change when starting and scaling a business
WATCH: Perfecting your marketing action plan
WATCH: Creating a positive induction experience for new employees
WATCH: Understanding website SEO audits
WATCH: Barriers facing women in business
WATCH: Get Your Business Started the Right Way
WATCH: Why you can’t grow as fast as you wish
WATCH: Understanding client psychology
WATCH: Making Google Analytics work for your business
WATCH: Understanding digital PR
WATCH: How to position your PR effectively
