Funding for Businesses

Grants, loans and equity funding may be available to anyone from a sole trader to a large organisation, whether you want to start up or expand your business, invest in R&D or build overseas trade.

UKTI: Passport to Export

Doing business in another country can be a challenge. Through the Passport to Export programme, UKTI offers new and inexperienced exporters free capability assessments, support in visiting potential markets, mentoring from a local export professional, free action plans, customised and subsidised training, and ongoing support once you're up and running.

The Research Centre

TRC is an independent charity launched in 1998 as The Research Centre. They are uniquely well-positioned to act as honest brokers and facilitators for a wide range of training programmes and industry events. Key partnerships include Channel 4, the BBC and a host of public agencies. Support ranges from hot-desking to high-end training, bringing people together and making things happen.

UK Creative Industries Marketing Toolkit

UK Trade & Investment has provided the UK's creative businesses with a head start in the drive to export services globally, by creating a marketing toolkit that provides a range of valuable resources.The toolkit brings together key messages, facts and figures that can underpin and reinforce your own promotional activities. The messages in the toolkit capture and celebrate the successes of the UK Creative Industries.

Business Support Links

For links to other business support organisations and networks, click on the 'more info' button.

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Case Study: Alastair DonStop and Shoot

stop and shoot

After leaving ITV in 2009, Alastair Don took the bold step of setting up his own traffic management company, STOP AND SHOOT. Drawing on Alastair's 5 years experience as a Location Manager, Stop and Shoot caters exclusively to the TV and Film industries:

Screen Yorkshire's Production Liaison team has been outstanding in offering up their time and assistance and providing me with valuable contacts. They have also been able to support me with funding for crucial training, without which I would not have been able to get off the ground. Their crew finding database, Northern Exposure, has been particularly useful, helping me to find and employ outstanding and hard working crew.

Since its inception, Stop and Shoot has gained credits on productions such as The Gemma Factor (Freeform Productions for BBC3), Five Days II (BBC), Morrison's Commercial (Outsider Films) and Emmerdale (ITV,) none of which would have been possible without Screen Yorkshire's support.