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  Accelerated Growth Programme

  Business Wales

  Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme is a Welsh Government advisory service providing intensive, one-to-one support to high-growth-potential SMEs based in Wales. It is not a cash grant — it is a relationship-managed package of strategy, finance, leadership and connections support, typically over 12–24 months. AGP routes innovation-ready companies into SMART Cymru and equity-ready companies into Development Bank of Wales finance. Best suited to ambitious Welsh SMEs already trading with clear scale intent.

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  Aerospace Technology Institute Programme — Strategic R&T Portfolio

  Aerospace Technology Institute

  The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme co-invests with industry in UK civil aerospace R&D, with delivery in partnership with DBT and Innovate UK. Funding supports collaborative research projects from technology development through to demonstrator stages. A long-term UK government–industry co-investment in civil aerospace R&D. Eligibility typically requires UK aerospace businesses and academic partners with qualifying collaborative R&D projects. Funding is typically Match-funded aerospace R&D grants.

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  Centre for Process Innovation — Open Calls

  Centre for Process Innovation

  Centre for Process Innovation — Open Calls is a UK funding programme. UK process manufacturers accessing CPI capability via Innovate UK competition and CPI-led projects. Funding: Project-dependent. UK process and biotech manufacturers. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Green Industries Growth Accelerator

  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  The Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA) is a UK government programme supporting investment in clean-energy supply chains: offshore wind, electricity networks, hydrogen, CCUS and nuclear. It targets manufacturing facilities and supply-chain capability for the net-zero transition. A UK government programme supporting manufacturing investment in clean-energy supply chains. Eligibility typically requires UK manufacturers and supply-chain companies investing in clean-energy capacity in target sectors. Funding is typically Up to £960m programme funding.

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  HVM Catapult Manufacturing Innovation Vouchers

  High Value Manufacturing Catapult

  HVM Catapult Manufacturing Innovation Vouchers is a UK funding programme. UK manufacturing SMEs accessing technical expertise across the seven HVM centres. Funding: Up to £5,000. Manufacturing SMEs needing technical de-risking support. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Invest NI Grant for R&D

  Invest NI

  Discretionary R&D grant from Invest NI for Northern Ireland-based businesses undertaking industrial research or experimental development. Intervention rates and award sizes set case-by-case under UK subsidy control rules. Relationship-led: most successful applicants engage with an Invest NI client executive before applying.

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  Invest NI Selective Financial Assistance

  Invest NI

  Invest NI Selective Financial Assistance (SFA) is a discretionary capital grant for projects in Northern Ireland that create or safeguard quality jobs, typically tied to capex, R&D or productivity investment. Amount and intensity are negotiated case-by-case and depend on additionality, job quality, location and projected GVA. Best suited to NI-based manufacturers and tradeable-services companies committing to significant matched investment. Most SFA-supported projects follow earlier Invest NI R&D, voucher or advisory engagement.

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  Made Smarter Innovation

  Innovate UK

  Made Smarter Innovation is the UK government's research and innovation programme for industrial digital technologies in manufacturing, sitting alongside the Made Smarter Adoption programme. It funds R&D calls, sector research centres and demonstrator projects across UK manufacturing. UKRI/Innovate UK's R&D programme for industrial digital technologies in UK manufacturing. Eligibility typically requires UK manufacturers and supply-chain businesses developing or adopting industrial digital technologies. Funding is typically Themed R&D calls and centres.

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  Made Smarter North West

  Made Smarter North West

  Made Smarter North West is a UK funding programme. Manufacturing SMEs in the North West adopting industrial digital tech with grant and advisory support. Funding: Up to £20k. North West manufacturing SMEs adopting digital tech. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Made Smarter North West Adoption Grant

  Made Smarter North West

  Made Smarter North West provides match-funded grants and free digital transformation advice to SME manufacturers across the North West (Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Liverpool City Region). Funding covers eligible costs for digital tech adoption including software, sensors and integration.

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  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber

  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber

  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber is a UK funding programme. Manufacturing SMEs in Yorkshire & Humber adopting industrial digital tech with grant and advisory support. Funding: Up to £20k. Yorkshire manufacturing SMEs adopting digital tech. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber Adoption Grant

  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber

  Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber provides match-funded grants and free digital transformation support to SME manufacturers across the Yorkshire & Humber region. Following the national programme expansion, grants typically cover eligible costs for digital adoption such as software, automation, sensors and integration.

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  Manufacturing Technology Centre — Industry Programmes

  MTC

  Manufacturing Technology Centre — Industry Programmes is a UK funding programme. UK manufacturers accessing MTC R&D via Innovate UK competitions, industry-funded programmes and consortia. Funding: Project-dependent. UK manufacturers accessing the MTC. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  National Composites Centre Open Programmes

  National Composites Centre

  National Composites Centre Open Programmes is a UK funding programme. UK composite-using manufacturers accessing NCC R&D programmes via Innovate UK or industry-led calls. Funding: Project-dependent. UK composite-using manufacturers. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Nuclear AMRC Industry Programmes

  Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

  Nuclear AMRC Industry Programmes is a UK funding programme. UK manufacturers entering and scaling in civil nuclear supply chains via Nuclear AMRC programmes. Funding: Project-dependent. UK nuclear supply-chain manufacturers. It is published as a standard listing — verify current rounds and full criteria on the official source before applying.

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  Scottish Enterprise R&D Grant

  Scottish Enterprise

  Discretionary R&D grant support from Scottish Enterprise for ambitious Scottish-based businesses undertaking commercially-relevant R&D with significant Scottish economic impact. Account-managed relationship-led process — not an open competition. Suited to growth-stage Scottish companies already known to (or worth knowing to) Scottish Enterprise.

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  SMART Cymru R&D Funding

  Business Wales

  SMART Cymru is the Welsh Government R&D grant for Wales-based SMEs developing new products, processes or services. It funds technical feasibility, industrial research and experimental development at intervention rates tiered by company size and project stage. Best suited to companies with a defined R&D project and matched funding ready to commit. Typical next steps are scaling into Innovate UK Smart Grants or a Knowledge Transfer Partnership once Welsh-funded R&D has de-risked the technology.

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  Smart Manufacturing Data Hub

  Innovate UK

  The Smart Manufacturing Data Hub is a national Innovate UK programme helping UK manufacturers turn production data into measurable productivity through shared infrastructure, pilots and applied R&D support. It complements Made Smarter as the data-and-analytics layer. Best suited to manufacturers with some digital maturity who want to test data-driven processes before committing to in-house platforms. Typical next steps are Innovate UK Smart Grants or APC Collaborative R&D for own-IP development.

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