North West

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1. Anywhere in the UK
2. England
3. North West England

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
• 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 low carbon transport grants and loans available in the UK and Scotland

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:

• the Energy Bill Discount Scheme will give automatic assistance to the highest electricity and gas rate payers from April 2023 to March 2024
• 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 North West England

The following grants, schemes and loan programmes are available in the North West of England:

• Chamber Low Carbon gives SMEs free ‘1-2-1’ consulting to improve energy efficiency and develop low carbon products. Must be based in Lancashire
• Eco-I North West offers SMEs R&D funding, capital grants and collaboration with universities to help transition to a low carbon economy – must be located in Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpool City Region, Cheshire & Warrington or Greater Manchester
• Low Carbon Lake District gives SMEs matching funding up to £20,000 for low carbon energy generation, energy efficiency and sustainable transport – must be located or operate in the Lake District National Park area
• GC Business Growth Hub provides fully funded resource efficiency support to SMEs located in Greater Manchester – includes a virtual Journey to Net Zero programme for SMEs that are at an early stage on their path to net zero emissions