Grants and government support
Grants: the basics
Finding a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one
Government support: the basics
Government support available to businesses, including financial support, advice, information and skills training
Grants and Support Directory
Search our database of grants and support - is there help for you?
Government guaranteed lending schemes
This interactive tool determines eligibility for government guaranteed lending schemes
Innovation, research and development grants
R&D grants can finance new products, research or innovations but there is always fierce competition for funds
Support networks and facilities for innovation and R&D
Enterprise organisations and groups that can help your business with innovation, research and development
Find support for inventors
Details of the key sources of help and advice available for inventors and innovative businesses developing ideas
Work with UK universities and colleges
Government-sponsored research and development programmes can help make your business more competitive
Tax reliefs and allowances for research and development
Credits and allowances can reduce your tax bill if you spend money on research and development
Tax advantages for those starting up in business
The tax allowances and reliefs available to new businesses
Capital allowances: the basics
Which purchases or investments you can claim capital allowances for, and how to make the claim
First-year allowances
What first-year allowances are the percentage of each allowance and how to make a claim
Capital and incentive allowances interactive tools
These interactive tools help you identify the capital and incentive allowances that your business can claim
Online transactions with government
This interactive tool identifies online transactions available to your business and explains how to register and enrol
Find out if you can claim R&D tax relief
Determine if you're eligible for one of the R&D tax relief schemes
