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Need a Business Grant?

Local Business Grants


If there’s an available local business grant deemed suitable for your business and the fact you meet the strict, set criteria. We can help identify and apply for the best-fit grant either as a standalone application or as part of a funding package. This being something which can be required as grant(s) may not provide the overall funding required by some businesses.

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How many business grants operate is done on what’s termed as a match-funded basis. In short, there may be an expectation for the grant applicant needing to contribute a percentage of funds themselves. Additionally, often grants do not retrospectively apply, i.e. will not cover money already spent.

Midlands Business Grants

Should you be interested to know if any suitable business grants are available for which you could apply, and you’re located in either the West or East Midlands region please follow the link below.

West Midlands

East Midlands

Important to Note

To manage any expectations the business grants which we currently have access to, unfortunately, do not apply to the retail, education or public service sectors (i.e. businesses that deal with and/or supply the general public directly), or those businesses which operate from a residential address, or those which are either just starting up or in the early stages of being a startup. However, whilst business grants may not currently be available there may be other funding options via business loans (in the case of many startups – personal loans via the government’s Start-Up Loan Scheme)

Grant FAQ’s

Do you charge to tell me what grants might be available to me?

No, there’s no charge to simply tell you whether or not there’s a suitable grant available. If we feel there is a suitable grant, we then talk in-depth with you about what’s on offer and what’s needed to be able to apply for the grant. If everything doesn’t match we don’t pursue with any grant application(s) and there’s no charge. If everything does match, we make the application in the knowledge it will be successful.

Is it you who provides the grants?

No, grants are not provided directly by us., and therefore we have no say in anything to d with grants. We work with finance partners who have direct access to the grants and as such our duty to them and you is in ensuring that the criteria of the grant(s) are matched by the businesses applying.

How successful are you with grant applications?

Yes, our strength in grant applications is in knowing exactly what is required and expected by all parties. This has resulted in a 100% success rate of all grant applications made by us on behalf of our clients over many years.

I’m a new (start-up) business do any grants apply to me?

The business grants we’re able to access do not, unfortunately, apply to new businesses i.e. those operating for less than 12-18 months although the criteria of any given grant may in very rare cases cater for 12 months or slightly less.

What does match-funded mean?

The term match-funded is used by grant providers when there’s the expectation to be placed on the applicant to part-fund the need/requirement of the grant. As an example: if the business was seeking a £75,000 grant towards the purchase of equipment and there was a contribution requirement of 50/50. To be successful the most the grant award would be for would-be £37,500. As each grant has its differing criteria, totals and values used here are only by way of an example.

What happens if I cannot match-fund the grant I apply for?

Match-funded grants come with a stipulation as to what’s expected of the applicant to contribute i.e. 50/50, 60/40 70/30 etc. As not all businesses have the available funds to do this it’s not unheard of that they need to apply for a business loan in order to cover their element of contribution. This is something we can help with and would identify as part of the assessment of suitability for a grant application in the first instance.

I’ve ordered, started paying for what I need a grant for, is that ok?

The short answer is NO, to be successful with a grant application you must not have started or undertaken any direct purchasing or spending. An example being, if you need a grant for equipment, you can have identified the equipment you need, obtained quotes, but must not have signed an agreement to purchase, made a deposit or any other form of payment against the equipment before applying for the grant, otherwise, you’d be excluded from applying.

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If interested in knowing more about what available business grants there are and how we can help. Please provide a few brief details and we’ll get right back. Being mindful that as the criteria of business grants are strictly set, we’ve tailored the form below to try and cater for current grant availability to manage the expectation of an inquiry.


  • Sorry, we currently do not cater for, or have access to business grants for those buisnesses which are either classed as fresh/new start-ups and/or have been operating for less than 18 months

  • Sorry, the business grants which we currently cater for do not unfortunately include the retail, education or public sector. Regardless of what percentage of the sales maybe to the sector

  • Sorry, the business grants which we currently cater for unfortunately do not include businesses which operate in the business to consumer sector. This means businesses thats sells or provides their services/products direct to the general public. Regardless of what percentage of the sales maybe to the sector

  • If you wish to provide any advance details regarding your grant enquiry you can do so here - although there's no obligation to do so.
  • Sorry, due to what's involved and limited availability, means that we are currently unable to assist with any business grants requirements of less than £20k

  • NOTE: When (before) submitting this enquiry you must ensure that you have read, understand & fully accept our privacy policy.

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Please Remember: Retail, Housing, Education, Motor Vehicle Trade, Haulage, and Leisure Businesses are not eligible.

Please Remember: Spend on the project(s) must NOT already have been incurred

Please Remember: All these business grant funding projects: MUST CREATE JOBS

Please Remember: Businesses must have traded for a minimum of 6 months

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