Business Grants Available in Wales
Wales provides comprehensive business funding through Business Wales, the Development Bank of Wales, and various Welsh Government schemes. From Cardiff to Wrexham, Welsh businesses can access grants for growth, innovation, and job creation.
Business Wales Support
Business Wales is the Welsh Government's flagship business support service. They offer free advice, workshops, and can connect you with appropriate funding schemes. Their expert advisors help businesses across all sectors access the right support.
Development Bank of Wales
The Development Bank of Wales provides loans and some grant funding to Welsh businesses. They focus on filling funding gaps where traditional lenders may not provide support, particularly for growing SMEs and startups.
Welsh Government Programmes
The Welsh Government runs various grant schemes targeting specific sectors and objectives. These include support for manufacturing, tourism, food production, and the foundational economy. Regional programmes also exist for areas like the Valleys and rural Wales.
Wales Business Grants
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UK Obesity Research Institute
Director-led applications to investigate mechanistic biomedical drivers of obesity and related cardiometabolic disease and deliver transformative impact in obesity research. The director, supported by a leadership team, will lead the design and delivery of a collaborative institute focusing on key barriers to unlock understanding of the causes and consequences of obesity to enable targeted prevention and treatment.
Youth Music Trailblazer Fund
Funding for organisations in England to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. Projects should trial work, test a new way of working, sustain a grassroots programme, or disrupt the status quo.
Aldi Sports Fund
A grant scheme supporting community and grassroots sports organisations across Great Britain to help cover essential costs such as equipment, coaching, kit, and facility hire.
Data for metascience sandpit 2027
Apply to attend a five-day interactive sandpit to develop novel projects that can address multi-faceted metascience questions related to research and development (R&D) funding and inform R&D policymaking.
NQS Mission 2 Coordination Network
Apply for funding to establish a coordination network supporting Mission 2 of the UK National Quantum Strategy. The network will bring together researchers, industry partners, and network operators to strengthen collaboration, maximise the impact of Mission 2 investments, accelerate progress towards secure, scalable quantum communications and the quantum internet.
NQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures
Apply for funding to advance the research capabilities required to deliver the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2, strengthening the UK’s leadership in quantum networking and communications and accelerating progress towards the deployment of the world’s most advanced quantum network and the future quantum internet.
Expression of interest: Small-satellite missions sandpit
Apply to attend a sandpit to develop small satellite Earth observation mission concepts using innovative sensors and data streams enabled by other transversal technologies. Projects should deliver sovereign capability for national security and defence, societal benefit, and economic growth.
Investor Partnerships – Battery Innovation Programme
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners to support research and development and access capital investment needed to develop and commercialise innovations in battery technology.
Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships
UK registered small or medium sized businesses can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
Apply for funding to strengthen conservation and heritage science infrastructure by building sustainable national capability, improving access to nationally significant facilities and addressing unmet user demand. Projects should expand collaboration with industry to accelerate technology development, commercialisation and knowledge exchange.
Discover Creative Careers Funding
Grants of up to £4,000 to deliver local activities that break down barriers to the creative industries and create opportunities for underserved young people in the community.
Wise Music Foundation Grant
Financial support for people experiencing hardship, distress and illness, with a focus on children, the homeless and people living in poverty, as well as supporting a broad range of domestic and international charitable causes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about business grants in Wales