The South & East Yorkshire FSB’s latest newsletter is out now, the issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Business event offers chance to inspire next generation of apprentices
Event to boost Hull tourism
Sheffield councillors competition …and the winner is…
International speedway star seeks business sponsorship
Rotherham’s High Street is the best in Britain…. official!
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation seeks new Chair
Made in Hull club kicks off at KC Stadium
Business Sheffield supporting start-ups and business growth in the city
Offshore wind trade mission to USA
Revealed: one

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Round 4 of the Smart Scheme is now open.The scheme tackles the funding gap often experienced by many small and early-stage companies with innovative ideas and high growth ambition and potential. 

It offers co-funding to UK-based pre-start-ups, start-ups, micro businesses and SMEs, to carry out science, engineering and technology R&D projects which could lead to successful new products, processes and services.

Smart helps companies assess potential markets, prove concepts and develop prototypes. By reducing financial risk, it aims to encourage SME investment,

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Mid-sized business specialists are the principal UK Export Finance contacts for businesses with turnovers in excess of £25 million.

UK Export Finance mid-sized business (MSB) advisers are available to assist all sizes of company above £25 million turnover. We cover all of the UK and work with companies to help them access the export finance or insurance they need, either from UK Export Finance or by helping them to access other support from other organisations. This might be from finance providers,

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The South & East Yorkshire FSB’s latest newsletter is out now, the issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Sheffield councillors pitch in to promote Small Business Saturday
Rotherham offers start-up advice on Small Business Saturday
Energy Works secures funding for £200m green energy power plant in Hull
MP to officially switch on Pocklington’s new radio station
Independent review into Police’s handling of child sexual exploitation
Firms believe school leavers are not job ready
Family firms face barriers to trading overseas
HMRC customer service under fire
Cyber security research

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Small businesses can apply for feasibility study funding in advanced materials; biosciences; electronics, sensors and photoncs; or ICT.

Small and micro businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to help them to carry out feasibility studies into technology projects in 4 key areas that underpin the future development of high-value products and services in the UK.

Innovate UK is seeking studies for innovative projects in the fields of:

advanced materials
biosciences
electronics, sensors and photonics
information and communication technology

The funding competition aims

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Summary

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme helps businesses to innovate and grow. It does this by linking them with a university and a graduate to work on a specific project.

Each KTP is a three-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a graduate. The academic institution employs the recently-qualified graduate who works at the company. The graduate, known as the ‘associate’, brings new skills and knowledge to the business.

A KTP can last between 6 months and 3 years depending

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The latest FSB Newsletter is now available, issues addressed in this week’s edition include:

Do you dream of being your own boss?
Forthcoming events at Hull Central Library
Want to meet some of the city region’s brightest stars?
How to grow your Business with Social Media
Rotherham Hospice business breakfast wake up call
Sheffield councillors pitch in to promote Small Business Saturday
South Yorkshire Police urge businesses to join forces in a new crime-fighting superpower.
Beware seasonal van theft
Forty-two per cent in Yorkshire say they’d prefer to be self

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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Innovate UK is funding a special strand of Innovation Vouchers to help UK businesses get expert advice in protecting their business from cyber crime which could help them to achieve certification under the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme is open to Start ups, micro and SME’s.

You can get an Innovation Voucher worth up to £5,000 to pay for an external expert. This expert will give you advice on cyber security for your business

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Innovate UK have a number of exciting funding opportunities for the IT, Digital and Media sector.

Cross-platform production in digital media

This competition aims to support projects that address convergence in digital media technologies. It covers film, television, online video, animation and video games, and includes pre- production, production and post- production processes, particularly for visual effects technologies.

View here for more details.

Intelligent data insights

Innovate UK is offering 6 businesses up to £35,000 (excluding VAT) each to encourage innovation in artificial intelligence, data

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Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency

Working with people, companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy. Providing a range of funding opportunities for your business.

Working to:

determine which science and technology developments will drive future economic growth
meet UK innovators with great ideas in the fields we’re focused on
fund the strongest opportunities
connect innovators with the right partners they need to succeed
help our innovators launch, build and grow successful businesses

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