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New Business Growth

When you are looking to grow your business there are always plenty of new challenges. The Growth Hub can help you find the right finance opportunities. We have help with developing your sales and marketing strategies. Growing your business may mean that you will want to take on more staff, we have plenty of advice in recruiting and hiring staff.  You may be looking to take on an apprentice to help develop skills for the future. Building your management skills will be key to your growth and increasing productivity. This may also be the time to start looking to the export market to help develop your business. Having an online presence is now a necessity for any modern business, we have advice for developing this aspect of your business. Government Business Forum provides extensive support for people who are looking to grow their businesses. If you want to find out how the productivity of your business compares to other businesses use our productivity calculator.

The British Business Bank Finance Your Growth Information Hub helps businesses understand and discover the finance options that could enable them to grow.

We have help for businesses for Supply Chain opportunities.

We also have a mine of information in our Knowledge Centre.

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scaleup institiue

The Scaleup Institute provides information and help for businesses looking to expand rapidly. The Growth Hub scale up development programme also has support for local businesses looking to scale up.

Below you will find a selection of both local and national organisations that will help with funding and free business support to grow your business. Click on “Browse all resources” to see the full list of support organisations.

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Government Business Support

This Government Business support has business resources and tools to help start new ventures, build and grow your business and drive rapid growth for your enterprise.

Business Services – East Riding of Yorkshire

Advice from 6 business centres on starting, growing or relocating your business in East Riding. The service is available to all East Riding residents and businesses, including those planning to be resident.

Enterprising Women

At Enterprising Women, our goal is to help women achieve the success they want, by empowering, connecting, training, inspiring, campaigning, promoting, celebrating and supporting them in whatever way we can.

Food Standards Agency

Our fundamental mission is food you can trust. By this, we mean that people can trust that the food they buy and eat is safe and what it says it is, and food is healthier and more sustainable.

HOP-Humber Outreach Programme

HOP (Humber Outreach Programme) is a partnership of Higher Education Institutions, schools, academies and colleges. Our programme aims to raise the aspirations of young people from less advantaged backgrounds

HEY Start-ups

Newly launched on 1st April 2021 this new service is for anyone looking to set up a business, or for those businesses that have been trading for less than a year.

HEY Workforce

The HEY Workforce website is an extensive library of information, toolkits and materials designed to help you implement good employment practices, support your employees and support your organisation to become as productive as it can be.

National Employer Training (NET)

SMEs have access to learning and training opportunities available for their employees who might require upskilling in digital skills to embrace the changes in the nature of their work.

T Level Gateway

T Level Gateway is a free service, commissioned by the Department for Education, that helps SMEs understand the opportunities and benefits of offering T Level industry placements to 16-19 year olds.

Umi

UMi helps businesses go further by providing the best information, support, expertise and finance. Contact us today to get on the right path for success.Whether you’re a public sector partner who wants to help local businesses, or a private sector organisation with valuable experience to share, we can help you make a real difference.We don’t operate a one-size-fits-all solution. Talk to us about your objectives and we’ll tailor our support to suit your needs.

British Business Bank – Funding

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO: Whether you’re looking for finance to start a business, grow to the next level, or stay ahead of the competition, we’re delivering greater volume and choice of finance.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF)

NPIF is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North of England it provides commercially focused finance to help SME’s start and Grow.

Catapult Centres

The Catapult centres are a network of world-leading centres designed to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas and help drive future economic growth.

DASA – Open Calls For Innovation

The DASA Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of maturity.

Supply Chain Network

We work with SMEs in the Humber, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire region to connect them with supply chain opportunities.

Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network is the European Commission’s official business support serverice which helps small business to make the most of the European marketplace.

Enterprise Growth Solutions Ltd

Enterprise Growth Solutions Ltd (EGSL) delivers high-quality business support services helping more businesses make exporting work for them.We inspire businesses in the region to seize the growth that international trade can bring.

For Entrepreneurs Only

FEO is a Community Interest Company. Members give time, energy, passion, resources and commitment to support a calendar of bespoke events and activities that aim to Inform, Motivate, Educate, Inspire and Support others.

HCUK Training – Apprentices

Getting paid while you learn might sound too good to be true but as an apprentice you really do get the best of both worlds.

HCUK Training – Businesses

At HCUK Training, we understand that your requirements are as unique as your business. With this in mind, we are able to develop completely bespoke training packages to suit your business.

Humber Social Enterprise Accelerator

The Humber Social Enterprise Accelerator (Humber SEA) can help social enterprises to take their next steps in their growth journey.

Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme

With HBEES, you can make your business go green, for less.

Hull City Council Enterprise Support Team

The Enterprise Support Team are here to help you, whether you are thinking of starting your own business, are already in business or are considering relocating to Hull. Funding is available for up-skilling your workforce.

Hull Employment Hub

The Employment Hub is a Hull City Council service operating in partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP).

Innovate UK

At Innovate UK we offer guidance for business and academic organisations on how to get funding to test ideas and develop innovative products and services.

Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE)

The IOEE is a web-based educational and professional networking community for anyone thinking about, starting or running their own business and those who support them.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships(KTP)

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is Europe’s leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills.

Konfer – Support

konfer is innovation brokerage at your fingertips. It opens up research, researchers and services in UK universities and research institutions, and for academics, it is a way to find impact partners.

Sirius

Sirius offers FREE business advice, mentoring and low cost business loans for local people setting up a new business, or growing an already successful business in Hull and the East Riding Of Yorkshire.

The Money Advice Service

The Money Advice Service, offer Free and impartial money advice, set up by government providing Advice and guides to help improve your finances. Tools and calculators to help keep track and plan ahead and Support over the phone and online

UK Steel Enterprise – Financing Your Business

At the UK Steel Enterprise scheme We have got great ways to finance your business with both equity finance and Business Loans. We support a range of businesses sectors including manufacturing.

FIC – Flood Innovation Centre

The Flood Innovation Centre (FIC) supports small and medium-sized businesses to develop new flood resilience products and services.

Spark Fund

SparkFund is an ERDF funded innovation and research support programme run by the University of Hull available to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across North Yorkshire and the Humber sub-region.

University of Hull

We can provide a range of core business services that can help you to exploit knowledge, increase profitability and promote innovation within your organisation. Help and advice with sales, marketing, finance and administration.