Business Grants Available in Scotland
Scotland offers extensive business grant funding through Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Business Gateway, and local authorities. Whether you're a startup in Edinburgh, a manufacturer in Glasgow, or a tech company in Aberdeen, there are funding opportunities available to support your growth.
Scottish Enterprise Funding
Scottish Enterprise provides grants for businesses with growth ambitions. Their funding programmes support innovation, research and development, capital investment, and internationalisation. Grants typically range from £5,000 to over £1 million depending on the project scope and impact.
Business Gateway Support
Business Gateway offers free advice and support to startups and small businesses across Scotland. They can help you access local authority grants, connect with funding programmes, and develop your business plan.
Local Council Grants
Scottish local councils including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee offer their own business support schemes. These often focus on creating local employment, supporting specific sectors, or regenerating particular areas.
Scotland Business Grants
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Youth Jobs Grant
The Youth Jobs Grant is part of the Youth Guarantee and provides financial support to employers in Great Britain to encourage the recruitment and training of young people aged 18-24 who are on Universal Credit and unemployed for 6 months.
Tree Health Pilot
The Tree Health Pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England. It supports owners and managers of trees in woodland or trees outside woodland to deal with tree health issues.
Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)
This funding programme provides grants to local communities and economies that are disrupted by the construction of Phase One and Phase 2a of HS2 between London and Crewe.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are open to businesses, research organisations, and graduates to work on an innovation project. Partnerships last between 12 and 36 months, with funding provided to support the total cost of the project.
2445: DRIVE35: Scale Up Fund
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million, to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Apprenticeship grants
Grants provided by CITB for registered construction employers who directly employ apprentices on approved Level 2 and above construction apprenticeship standards. The grant covers off-the-job attendance and achievement of the apprenticeship.
Pre-announcement: Enhancing resilience to wildfires in the wildland-urban interface
Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects with partners from the US, Canada, or both to improve understanding of and resilience to wildfire occurrence and impacts in the wildland-urban interface.
Pre-announcement: Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research
A grant opportunity to commission one doctoral focal award plus to develop a cadre of social scientists across career stages with the skills needed to use data-driven research approaches in innovative ways, delivering both doctoral training and targeted training and capacity-building activities.
ESA Business Incubation Centre United Kingdom
Support and funding to commercialise space technology for UK‑registered companies, including new or existing companies less than 5 years old with a demonstrable space connection.
Hi3 Network Research Collaborations
A fully-funded business support and research programme providing small and medium enterprises with access to experimental studio spaces, co-working spaces, and academic collaboration to develop new products, services, and processes in moving-image, screen-based, and creative technologies.
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) - UK
Grant contribution to pay towards upgrading business broadband to a high-speed capable connection.
Enterprising Ashfield
Advice and guidance for people starting or growing a business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about business grants in Scotland