West Midlands
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
- 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 West Midlands
The following grants, schemes and loan programmes are available in the West Midlands:
- Agri-tech Growth and Resources for Innovation (AGRI) gives SMEs free innovation support from experts at local universities – must be located in the Marches region
- Alternative Raw Materials with Low Impact (ARLI) gives free energy efficiency advice and technical support to SMEs in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull areas
- ATETA gives SMEs free expertise and research support for business energy challenges – must be located in the Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull areas
- Birmingham’s Heavy Duty Vehicle Fund gives SMEs up to £15,000 per vehicle to comply with the city’s new clean air zone.
- Birmingham & Solihull Industrial Symbiosis Project (BASIS) gives SMEs 12 hours of free consulting to transition waste products into useful resources for other businesses – must be located in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull areas
- Business Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP) provides energy assessments and gives SMEs up to £20,000 in matching funds to reduce emissions – must be located in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire or Telford and Wrekin
- Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme gives SMEs up to £50,000 in matching funds for energy efficiency, and up to £6,000 to bring green products to market
- Crest at UCS gives free expertise to SMEs to reduce environmental impact and develop new products. Must be a B2B business in Shropshire or Telford and Wrekin.
- Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) gives SMEs expert advice and research support to develop low carbon products and services
- Environmental Technologies & Resource Efficiency Support Service (EnTRESS) gives SMEs free business and research support from experts at the University of Wolverhampton – must be located in Black Country or Stoke and Staffordshire
- GrowAgri gives SMEs 12 hours of expert support to adapt products for the horticulture and agriculture sectors – must be located in Worcestershire
- Low Carbon Business Evolution Programme (LCBEP) gives SMEs up to £20,000 in matching funds for improving energy efficiency in business processes and premises – must be located in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire
- Low Carbon Opportunities Programme (LoCOP) – gives SMEs free energy assessments and matching grants up to £100,000 to install renewable energy systems – must be located in Worcestershire
- Low Carbon SMEs gives free energy audits and matching funds up to £12,250 for energy saving equipment or new business processes – must be located in Black Country, Greater Birmingham and Solihull
- Manufacturing and Technology Innovator Growth Programme provides free expertise from the Aston Business School – must be located in Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP areas
- PIVOT gives businesses from £40,000 to £70,000 in matching funds to transfer technology across industries – currently in pilot phase, must be located in Black Country, Greater Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire
- Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) gives SMEs free expertise from consultants and graduate researchers at Keele University – must be located in Staffordshire
- Smarterials provides free expertise from Aston University for research and testing in material science
- Sustainability West Midlands in the regional hub for support and funding sustainable business
- University of Wolverhampton’s Smart Concept Fund gives SMEs up to £16,500 in matching funds to SMEs located in Black Country, The Marches, or Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire LEP areas
- West Midlands Innovation Programme provides targeted support to SMEs to access more national innovation funding
- Worcestershire County Business Energy Efficiency Programme gives SMEs up to £20,000 for energy assessments – must be located in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Telford and Wrekin or Shropshire