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How do I access business grants in the North East?

If you’re a small business owner or thinking of starting a business, funding is probably one of your biggest concerns. When they realise I have been successful in raising grant funding, most business owners ask me if there is any grant funding available for them.

The simple answer is yes, but getting your hands on it can be a complex and rather stressful process. There are various schemes, each with their own set of criteria, which you can apply for depending on your stage of business.

Grant funding is out there to be claimed, yet every year we receive stories of piles of cash sitting in accounts and not being invested such as this one.

It’s not because you don’t need the cash, but unlike this article it’s usually because navigating through the grants maze is difficult and most people give up before they’ve started!

All grant funded schemes are designed to encourage new and growing businesses, to bring wealth and ultimately create and safeguard jobs. To help achieve this, the government makes available a portion of taxpayers’ money to help and encourage enterprise through small business grants.

Most businesses are eligible at any one time to apply for a number of different business grants and support schemes which are distributed in a wide variety of forms. At our recent finance workshops in partnership with NE Finance (http://www.northeastfinance.org/) and Hitachi Capital (http://www.hitachicapital.co.uk/) we shared our views and news on what funding is available to north east businesses as we are lucky enough to have some exciting schemes if you know where to look.

At the event I shared my top list of grant options for Growing businesses and I’ve shared 2 of these below for you also;

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This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Harlands Accountants .