Wales

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1. Anywhere in the UK
2. Wales

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. Wales

The following grants, schemes and loan programmes are available in Wales:

• The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives up to £6,000 for small businesses to install a heat pump or biomass boiler
• Business Wales is a government-funded organisation offers specialist sustainability support in regional centres
• Caerphilly Enterprise Fund gives up to £2,000 in matching funds to SMEs for property improvements, website costs and more – must be located in Caerphilly County
• Energy Bills 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