Akcela launches Founders fund

12th September 2024

The Founders Fund is a newly established fund designed to offer financial support to entrepreneurs who might otherwise face barriers in transitioning to full-time entrepreneurship. With stipends of £10,000 available for up to three founders of startups with high growth potential, the fund is intended to allow these companies’...

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OWGP launches latest Innovation Grants for offshore wind

09th May 2024

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has released its latest Innovation Grants competition, which will see a total of £1 million awarded to successful supply chain companies to develop new products and services for the offshore wind sector. The OWGP Innovation Grant will be supported by offshore wind industry...

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£800,000 Freeport East Growth Funds Now Open

11th April 2024

Two new funds, with a combined value of up to £800,000 in support, are now open for applications, courtesy of Freeport East. These funds are designed to offer vital support to small and growing businesses and play a pivotal role in fostering opportunities for new innovations and individuals seeking...

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Calling Norfolk & Suffolk based businesses – attend a free webinar and get your innovation grant funding journey started

03rd November 2023

Further to the success of Norfolk business, iBoxit, being awarded £850,000 from Innovate UK for the development of their innovative seafood packaging in September, and four businesses in Norfolk & Suffolk being awarded grants of between £10,000 and £30,000 for their innovation ideas in July, the Innovation Grant Mentoring...

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Suffolk Drinks Business is ‘Beeting’ the Market

11th October 2023

Having a business strategy of being first to market with innovative and niche products has given James White Drinks in Suffolk a clear advantage in the juice industry – and now in the sports nutrition market with its beetroot crystals. Managing Director Lawrence Mallinson started the fruit and vegetable...

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Innovation Grant Propelled Norwich Start-Up’s Growth

18th September 2023

ReuzerGrowth Through Innovation FundGrants of £1,000 – £25,000 available Norwich-based online training start-up Reuzer advanced its growth by two years after receiving an innovation grant to invest in its e-learning platform. With a flourishing global e-learning market, estimated to exceed US $600 billion by 2030, Reuzer entered the fast-paced...

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Innovation Grant Fuels Clean Energy Technology for Oil and Gas

18th September 2023

A live demonstrator that shows how patented technology can transform oil and gas wells to source limitless green energy has taken a vital step forward following support from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growth Through Innovation Fund. Great Yarmouth-based deep geothermal delivery specialist CeraPhi Energy is accelerating creation of a...

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Visual Effects Studio Goes Into Virtual Production with Support of Grant

11th September 2023

 A visual effects studio which has worked on BBC’s Poldark and Netflix series The Innocents has had its first virtual production commissioned after receiving vital grant support during the pandemic. Award-winning company Lexhag VFX which has offices in Norwich and London, applied for a grant from New Anglia Local...

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