Greater London
This list was last updated on 16 May 2023. Use our ‘add source of funding’ form to have a programme added to this page.
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1 Anywhere in the UK
These support schemes and networks are available anywhere in the UK:
- BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator provides funds for companies willing to implement low carbon technology
- Clean Growth Fund invests in early stage UK companies seeking investment capital for low carbon activities
- Gigabit vouchers give up to £1,500 for homes and £3,500 for businesses to install high speed internet in rural areas
- Green Economy allows SMEs to buy and sell low carbon products and services to other businesses
- Energy Bills Discount Scheme will give automatic assistance to the highest electricity and gas rate payers from April 2023 to March 2024
- Workplace Charging Scheme gives businesses up to £350 per socket (up to a total of 40) to install electric vehicle chargepoints
- Energy Saving Trust’s ‘Transport for funding for businesses and local authorities’ for information on the low carbon transport grants and loans available in the UK
You can also search GOV.UK’s list of active funds that help businesses become greener, or the UK Research and Innovation’s list of business competitions that award grants for green projects.
You can go to the Federation of Small Businesses or your local chamber for advice.
2. England
The following grants, schemes and support programmes are available in England:
- Industrial Energy Transformation Fund gives ‘high energy use’ businesses matching funds up to £30M for feasibility studies, efficiency measures and decarbonisation deployment. For queries about the IETF, contact IETF@beis.gov.uk
- the Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives up to £6,000 for small businesses to install a heat pump or biomass boiler
- get a business rate exemption on solar panels, heat pumps and other renewable equipment
- the government’s Environmental Land Management schemes provide funds for sustainable farming practices and land recovery
- Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) growth hubs provide advice on funding, growth and sustainability in 38 regions across England
3 Greater London
The following grants, schemes and loan programmes are available in Greater London:
- Better Futures+ provides up to £1,000 in free business support for London-based businesses with at least two full-time employees and turnover between £100,000 and £43M
- Greater London Fund invests in early stage companies with an average investment of £400,000 to £1M – part of the fund is set aside for companies that reduce waste
- Greater London Investment Fund offers loans from £100,000 to £1M to limited company SMEs – repayment term is 3 to 5 years and interest rates vary
- Heart of the City gives SMEs free courses on measuring carbon footprints, setting targets and disclosing progress. If you’re an SME, social enterprise, livery company or charity based in, or with more than 50% of your operations in the Square Mile, or you’re an SME supplier or tenant of the City of London Corporation, you will be able to start measuring your carbon footprint right away if you apply by 23 May 2023