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GrantfinderThe UK’s most comprehensive grants and schemes database with links to claim forms. -
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Finance and Funding
Raising funding, finding grants and financial support and advice for business start-ups and new businesses in the West Midlands region.
Please Note: Some databases on Business Supporter are subscriber based and will only be available from within Business Insight
- Access to Finance
Regional database of financing for small companies in the West Midlands. - Government Funding
Online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector. - Small Business Finance
Arrow small business finance is aimed at business start ups in the Birmingham area. - Fair Finance Consortium
A collaboration of 10 independent financial services providers providing alternative business loans in the West Midlands. - Bootstrapping
A guide to bootstrapping as a way of financing your new business. - British Business Angels Association
Site explaining all aspects of business angel finance. - Advantage West Midlands
The Regional Development Agency.
Grants
- Cobra
Small grants section provides good general information about UK mainstream business grants with contact details. - Esme Fairbairn Foundation
One of the largest grant making foundations in the UK. - Grantfinder
The UK’s most comprehensive grants and schemes database with links to claim forms. - Government Funding
An online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector. - The Big Lottery Fund
Big lottery money available from the new organisation that hands out half of the Lottery proceeds. - The Scarman Trust
National charity committed to helping people change their communities. Grants available via the West Midlands pages.
Tenders
- Government Opportunities Public Procurement Portal
Search online for new contract notices, 24/7 by registering as a supplier for free access to the site. - TED
Searchable database of all government contracts local, national and agencies, available within Europe. - Contrax Online
Contrax is the UK and Ireland´s leading source of public sector contract information. Established for over twenty years Contrax provides a gateway to new UK and Irish business opportunities for companies large and small who wish to compete for public sector contracts.
