The Business Innovation Fund aims to achieve greater progress, and at a faster rate, in delivering economic opportunity across York and North Yorkshire by providing the right conditions to attract new investment and support our businesses to be more innovative, productive and resilient.
Get Exporting
Successful grant applications for Phase Two of Get Exporting have been announced, with the successful projects set to bring in £45m in sales,
You can see the prospectus for Phase Two here.
You can see the grants awarded in Phase One here.
Export Roadshows across the region
The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire launched a new series of roadshows to get our businesses exporting around the world. Designed to help businesses of all sizes explore international markets, these events brought expert advice, inspiring case studies, and information on grants.
With successful events in Tadcaster, Harrogate, Scarborough, York, Catterick and Skipton, the roadshows have now finished and reached more than 100 businesses.
Get Funded
Get Funded is a fully funded programme helping SMEs in York & North Yorkshire understand finance, build investment readiness, and unlock real growth opportunities.
Great Ideas
Great Ideas is a new £2.5 million business innovation programme, part of the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire’s Business Innovation Fund.
It offers personalised innovation support and gives eligible businesses the opportunity to pitch for purpose-built grants of up to £60,000 to help them implement their innovative ideas.
Spin-Out & Start-Up
Sector Activity
After a successful launch and first phase, the Sector Activity programme of the Business Innovation Fund is now complete with all funding allocated.
We will share updates on how this work is progressing, and you can find a list of who was funded by clicking or tapping here.
Prospectus
- Please view the Prospectus for information on the opportunities available within the Business Innovation Fund and how to get involved.
- An indicative £5 million has been made available from September 24 to March 27 to deliver the Business Innovation Fund
- The Fund has been divided into five programmes of activity:
1) Sector Activity programme
2) Spin-Out & Start-Up programme
3) ‘Get Exporting’ programme
4) ‘Great Ideas’ programme
5) ‘Get Funded’ programme
- The different programmes have been designed to target different types of business innovation and to achieve different objectives.
- The prospectus provides further detail on opportunities for: experienced business support and grant providers; existing and new clusters of businesses based in York and North Yorkshire; and individual businesses based in York and North Yorkshire with demonstrable interest in exporting.
How to apply
Information on how to apply can be found in the Prospectus. Please note, the application process differs between programmes. This is outlined in the Prospectus.
Key Outcomes
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Increase Business Innovation – achieve greater progress at a faster rate.
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Support our businesses to be more innovative, productive & resilient.
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Create the right conditions to attract new investment.
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Map the business base of York & North Yorkshire and benchmark/quantify the best ways to target business innovation programmes.
Get in touch
If you have any further questions, please fill in the following form and a member of the team will be in touch.
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