Open For Business
Support and opportunities for businesses in Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Council is ‘Open for Business’ helping companies across the region to access and take advantage of the wide range of fully funded business assistance programmes available.
Whether you are looking for support to start a new venture, expand your current business, or develop innovative, new product ideas, our Open for Business programmes are here to help get you started.
Open For Business programmes aim to grow the local economy by providing support to Worcestershire businesses who need advice, consultancy and funding to take their business to the next stage.
These programmes are delivered by Worcestershire County Council’s Growth and Investment Team through a network of trusted third-party providers, connecting you with the people who can help you most.
Ever wondered if electric cars would be good for your business?
Need some advice on how to fund your business growth?
Want to cash in on energy-efficiency savings or make sure you’re hitting environmental regulation targets?
Open For Business programmes
Proof of Concept
Offers support for businesses to investigate, advance, commercialise and protect early stage innovative ideas.
Elevate
Elevate is an exclusive and unique offer for successful applicants to gain high quality, specialist business support to help their business go much further.
Clean Growth Worcestershire Sustainability
Over the last few years Worcestershire County Council and its partners have supported businesses to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions, develop low carbon technologies and innovations. These improvements have gone hand in hand with helping businesses to reduce costs and improve competitiveness
Low Carbon Opportunities Programme
Free consultancy and grants either for SMEs to install renewable energy systems, or for SMEs (including start-ups) undertaking development of new carbon products/diversifying into the low carbon market.
Enterprising Worcestershire
There are three elements to this programme; a core business start-up offer, support for early stage businesses and support for high growth start-ups. This support includes 1-2-1 sessions, workshops and grants.
Business Energy Efficiency Programme
Provides grants and free energy efficiency assessments to SMEs enabling them to improve energy efficiency and profitability, while reducing carbon emissions.
Find It in Worcestershire
Offers local businesses the opportunity to meet with suppliers at monthly meetings.
WINN
Brings innovators together, acting as a catalyst to create connections and collaborations across the diverse business landscape of Worcestershire. Believing that great things happen when people get together.
Worcestershire Business Loan Fund
Supports growing Worcestershire based businesses who’re unable to access finance from traditional lenders.
Worcestershire Leader Programme
Growing Worcestershire’s rural economy, supporting job creation, business start-up and growth.
READ OUR CASE STUDIES FROM PAST BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
Eploy thank Investing In Growth & Be Cyber Secure for grants to help them renovate head office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVB0I7OVxBM CTO and Co-Founder of Eploy - Chris Bough, explains how they have been in their Kidderminster head offices for about ten years...
Steve Borwell discussing how his company and the Be Cyber Secure Programme have tackled cyber crime in the local area and beyond
STEVE BORWELL DISCUSSING HOW HIS COMPANY AND THE BE CYBER SECURE PROGRAMME HAVE TACKLED CYBER CRIME IN THE LOCAL AREA AND BEYOND...
Worcestershire Business Accelerator grant received by 8D Closures leads to 50% turnover increase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1IHO4JKrlE&feature=youtu.be 8D Closures specialise in the design, development and manufacturing of automative...
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Our Open for Business programmes are here to help get you started.
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Final Grant Call Announced – Last chance for businesses to apply!
The Enterprising Worcestershire Grant Fund is now coming to an end and as such we are pleased to announce a FINAL GRANT CALL is available to offer grants from £1000 up to a maximum of £2500 at a match funding rate of 50%. You could use this to invest in new equipment,...
Technology Director at Morgan Motor Company, Graham Chapman, discusses their experience with the Be Cyber Secure programme.
https://youtu.be/jfPLs7jBmdgMorgan Motor Company design their cars with the cutting edge design equipment and use the latest network equipment - as such, a cyber attack could cause the company to grind to a halt resulting in the potential loss of hundreds of thousands...