This package will help your business understand the full range of finance options and products currently available, as well as support you to find the ones most suitable for your business.
Please note, the Investment Readiness programme is now closed to new applicants. For the latest business support, please visit the Business Support Service homepage or contact us to speak with one of our advisers.
This package of support will help your business to better understand the full range of finance options and products currently available. We'll then support you in accessing the ones that are most suitable for meeting your business' individual growth needs.
Activities will include workshops covering key themes related to finance (e.g. traditional funding options, Research & Development related funding, crowd-funding, asset/invoice finance and factoring, platform-based finance and other alternative funders, such as challenger banks).
One-to-one support will also be made available that will provide more intensive, impartial support to strengthen your investment applications and support you in presenting yourself (on paper and in person) in the most attractive and investable manner.
The Investment Readiness programme is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
In order to be eligible for support, your business must be a small or medium sized enterprise (SME), defined as:
Our webinar series provides a wealth of support and insights to help develop your business and prepare for future investment. Delivered by a team of industry experts, each 90-minute session discusses key topics to help businesses stand out based on the following six principles:
With support from the LEP, Leeds-based insight consultancy, Trinity McQueen wins more clients after acquiring two new companies to expand its business offering.
After suffering a significant reduction in sales during the first five months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guiseley-based family business received support to help pivot its business model.