Grant Funding
How to Complete Innovate UK’s Due Diligence Process
Winning an Innovate UK grant could be a game-changer for your company. But don’t get too carried away when you get the good news.
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Our latest insights on government, debt, equity funding, and UK innovation.
Funding
Debt Financing for UK Startups – The Ultimate Guide
Welcome to GrantTree’s Guide to Debt Financing for UK Startups. The debt financing market has matured significantly in recent years, evolving from an environment that
Grant Funding
GrantTree Secures Clients £3 million in Innovate UK Smart Grants
Our team of consultants and subject matter experts helped nine cutting-edge companies win funding from the last round of Innovate UK’s most competitive programme.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Farming Innovation Programme – Feasibility
Round 2 of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme – feasibility studies is now open. Here’s what you need to know.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Farming Innovation Programme – Partnerships
Round 2 of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme – small R&D partnership projects is now open. Here’s what you need to know.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: The £25 Million Biomedical Catalyst
The latest round of Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst grant opened on 15 August 2022. Here’s what you need to know.
Funding
Debt Financing for Startups – The Ultimate Guide 2022
Welcome to GrantTree’s Guide to Preparing Your Startup for Debt Financing.
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits: Qualifying Indirect Activities Explained
The R&D Tax Credits scheme lets you claim relief on a range of indirect development activities, like maintenance and administrative work. Here’s what you need to know.
Funding
UK Startup Funding Guide – 2022 Update
Welcome to GrantTree’s all-in-one guide to startup funding in the UK.
R&D Tax Credits
FIS Letters – What They Mean for Your R&D Tax Claim
A growing number of businesses are receiving letters from HMRC’s Fraud Investigations Services Unit (FIS) stating that they have fraudulently claimed money from the R&D
Grant Funding
What is an SME for Innovate UK Grants?
Company size – whether you’re a micro, small, medium (SME) or large company – has a significant impact on which Innovate UK grants you’re eligible for and on how much funding you can access.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Design Foundations
Claim up to £80,000 for your people and planet-centred project through Innovate UK’s Design Foundations competition.
Innovation
Genetics: The Next Battle in the War for Privacy?
The rise in voluntary DNA sequencing has raised major concerns about genetic privacy. But how do we protect our genetic code from those who want to exploit it?
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits: Take the Pain Out of Next Year’s Claim
Thinking about next year’s claim? Here are some of the ways an R&D Tax Credits specialist can save you time, money and stress.
Grant Funding
The New Innovate UK Smart Grant – What You Need to Know
Innovate UK has introduced major changes to the latest iteration of the popular Smart grant competition.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Energy Catalyst Round 9
Secure more than £2 million in grant funding for your clean energy project through the Energy Catalyst Round 9 competition.
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits PAYE Cap: Everything You Need to Know
HMRC has reintroduced the PAYE Cap to the SME R&D Tax Credits scheme, impacting thousands of startups and scaleups.
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2
Access up to £2.1 million in grant funding for your clean maritime project.
R&D Tax Credits
How Long Before I Receive My R&D Tax Credits?
HMRC aims to process the majority of claims within 28 days. However, it can take up to 100 days to get your money. HMRC says
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits Enquiries Are Rising Again. Here’s Why
GrantTree Director Will Fraser explains why R&D Tax Credit enquiries are rising again and what you can do to protect your business from a time-consuming
Grant Funding
Grant Competition: Farming Innovation Programme – Large R&D Partnerships
Are you working on R&D that supports English farming? You could qualify for up to £3.5 million in funding through Defra’s Large R&D Partnerships grant.
Innovation
MOFs – The Key to Climate Change?
Nanotechnology expert and GrantTree Senior Technical Consultant Dr Barbara Souza asks whether MOFs hold the key to reducing carbon emissions and tackling climate change. Metal-organic
Innovation
Out of This World: The UK Innovators In The Race for Space Tech
GrantTree R&D technical consultant Dr Chris Brown spotlights six SpaceTech companies propelling the British tech industry into the final frontier. Since the dawn of human
Innovation
Gravity Batteries: The Solution to Green Energy Storage?
Before we can transition to 100% renewable electricity, we need to solve the challenge of energy storage. Could gravity batteries, an elegant and cutting-edge technology
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits: Should I Claim With a Specialist?
Using an R&D Tax Credits specialist can save you time and money, and reduce your risks of facing a lengthy HMRC investigation. But they aren’t
Innovation
Robot Canteens: The Future of Fast Food?
Robot canteens and other forms of cutting-edge automation are offering fast-service restaurants a feast of culinary and financial advantages. But do restauranteurs have an appetite
Grant Funding
Commercialising Quantum Technologies – New Grant Competition
Innovate UK’s Commercialising quantum technologies: feasibility studies round 3 competition will provide up to £6 million in funding to solutions that advance second-generation quantum systems.
Grant Funding
GrantTree’s Grant Watch – January 2022
Welcome to the latest edition of Grant Watch, a monthly roundup of new and exciting grant competitions open to UK innovators. Happy New Year, one
R&D Tax Credits
R&D Tax Credits: What is R&D Enhancement?
R&D enhancement is an important aspect of the R&D Tax Credits scheme and of the ERIS and SME R&D Tax Relief regimes in particular. Here
Grant Funding
Sustainable Smart Factory – New Grant Competition
Innovate UK’s Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory competition is providing up to £20 million for digital technologies designed to reduce the environmental impact of
