Surrey Hills Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grants

This provides grants to farmers and land managers in the Surrey Hills for one-off projects to make improvements to the natural environment, climate change mitigation, cultural heritage and public access on their land.

Full details are available on the Surrey County Council website.

Business Decarbonisation Loan

The business decarbonisation loan is up to 50% and up to ยฃ15,000 of your decarbonisation project’s costs. You will need to match fund the rest of project’s costs.

The business decarbonisation loan is operated by Surrey County Council and available to small and medium enterprises (SME) and charities located in participating Boroughs of Woking, Guildford, Waverley, Reigate and Banstead, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath.

The first stage is for your business to have a business decarbonisation assessment.

The loan is part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This programme follows the success of the recent Low Carbon Across The South & East (LoCASE) programme.

For full details – including eligibility criteria – visit the Surrey County Council website.

Elmbridge start-up boost

The Elmbridge start-up boost helps start-ups with one off costs such as one-off marketing, purchasing of equipment or anything that would help a business to start operating in Elmbridge. You can apply for a grant of up to 50% of the eligible costs, up to a maximum of ยฃ1,000. Applicants are expected to fund at least 50% of each item as part of the project costs.

Elmbridge business boost grants

The business boost grants help Elmbridge businesses, the local high streets and supports the local economy. The grants can help businesses with ยฃ2,000 to improve shop fronts, bring back empty shops and upto ยฃ1,000 to help town or village wide projects

Elmbridge dgital high street boost

The Elmbridge digital high street boost offers grants to help independent high street retailers establish or upgrade e-commerce websites. Grants are available for up to 50% of the eligible costs, up to a maximum of ยฃ1,500

National Tooling Loan Fund – Englandย 

Loans to help toolmakers and component manufacturers fund the design, development, and manufacture of tooling.ย Loans of ยฃ50,000 to ยฃ2,000,000 are available and businesses would need to show that they have had difficulities in secring funding for the manufacture of tooling.

Fredericks Foundationย 

Provides financial support through revenue share agreements, tailored mentorship, and board level guidance to social enterprises, charities and B-corporations, with a strong track record in supporting female entrepreneurs and a focus on organisations that are led by or support excluded groups. Applicants must have a fundamental vision for social or environmental causes and produce a scalable impact.ย ย 

Crowdfunder UKย 

Includes provision of crowdfunding opportunities for start-up and existing businesses. There’s over ยฃ10million in +Extra funding available from a selection of national and regional partners to help support your charity or community project.

Better Business Financeย 

The Better Business Finance website provides impartial information about commercial finance to businesses, entrepreneurs and their partners. Whether the business is starting up, looking to develop and grow, or exporting abroad, BBF is here to help.

Big Issue Investย ย 

Big Issue Invest helps invests in social enterprises, social-purpose businesses and charities creating core solutions to end poverty in the UK.