New Grants Added This Week – 14th August 2025 to 21st August 2025
There were 108 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £2,625,514.
The amounts available range from £14 to £200,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Overseas Markets Development, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Starting a Business.
Money is available for the following business types: Academic, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Midlands Engine Investment Fund II – Debt Finance – Business Growth
This scheme is providing loans and debt finance for SMEs to help them undertake projects that will drive forward their expansion plans. Eligible expenditure can include, but is not limited to, hiring a new team, launching a new product or service, funding marketing costs, or purchasing new machinery or equipment.
Midlands Engine Investment Fund II – Debt Finance – Job Creation
This scheme is providing loans and debt finance for SMEs to help them undertake projects that will drive forward their expansion plans. Eligible expenditure can include, but is not limited to, hiring a new team, launching a new product or service, funding marketing costs, or purchasing new machinery or equipment.
Midlands Engine Investment Fund II – Debt Finance – Purchasing Capital Equipment
This scheme is providing loans and debt finance for SMEs to help them undertake projects that will drive forward their expansion plans. Eligible expenditure can include, but is not limited to, hiring a new team, launching a new product or service, funding marketing costs, or purchasing new machinery or equipment.
Restless Egg Artist Accelerator – Business Growth
This six-month incubator programme is providing funding and support to artist-founders for product development, strategy and fundraising.
Restless Egg Artist Accelerator – Research and Development
This six-month incubator programme is providing funding and support to artist-founders for product development, strategy and fundraising.
Agri-Environment Initiatives Grant Scheme 2025 – Pest, Disease, Nutrient Monitoring or Sampling for Animals, Soils, and Crops
This scheme will provide targeted support for active farmers towards protecting and enhancing the environment and improving the efficiency and sustainability of their farming business. This strand will support expenditure which aims to optimise production and reduce the use of Pesticides, whilst maximising returns to the farmer.
UK Horizons: Frontier Research Contractors
This scheme aims to bring together elite engineers and researchers to build Frontier Research Contractors that accelerate breakthroughs and translation in ARIA’s opportunity spaces.
SoilTribes | Open Call to Support Initiatives Led by Multi-Actor Teams – Experimental Development
This call is inviting submissions of ideas for lump sum grants aimed at supporting innovative, multi-actor initiatives that foster soil literacy, raise public awareness, and engage diverse communities in the protection and restoration of soil. The call is divided into two LOTS: Development of New Ideas and Improvement and Scale-Up.
Midlands Engine Investment Fund II – Smaller Loans
The scheme is providing loan funding to support entrepreneurs wishing to start their own business, as well as early stage or more established businesses looking to grow.
Business Energy Advice Service
This service offers businesses free energy assessments and grant funding to implement energy efficiency measures.