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Funding for Start-Up Businesses


 

Sources of funding for students interested in developing their business plan.

 

PSYBT

The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust

 

Can PSYBT help you?

  • Do you have a good business idea?
  • Are you aged 18 to 25 or between 26 to 30 with a disability?
  • Have you been unable to get hold of all the money you need to start your business or expand your existing business?
  • Do you need to test market your business idea?
  • If you can answer YES to the above PSYBT may be able to help you.

Business Gateway

This guide introduces you to some of the grants available to businesses in the UK and outlines the kinds of projects and organisations they are available to. It also provides hints on improving your chances of being awarded a grant.



NESTA

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts – a unique and independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative.



Green Grants Machine

Where you can get information on all the latest funding schemes to enable your company to become more environmentally friendly.



Competition prize money from the EGym

Each semester we hold the Discovery Challenge Business Plan Competition. This competition allows students to work in groups through a series of workshop sessions to learn about the process of starting up a business and compile a completed business plan. Each team also has the opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of judges in our Lions' Den. Please see the above link for more information.



EDTC Technology Gateway

EDTC has been successfully providing results-driven advice and support for technology-related projects for over 10 years. Our team of industry-experienced technology advisors can provide hands-on, and often, immediate expert advice tailored to your product development and within the context of your long term-term business objectives. Our focus is to help you achieve your aspirations and take your product ideas closer to market. (Check out their Feasibility Award)


Observer Ethical Awards


Environment Awards

This site contains a great number of awards that you could put yourself forward for. All of them, as the name suggests are do to with the environment. The categories in the site explores are vast and well worth taking a look at.


Relevant Home Page Announcements

20/10/09  The Orphans Project
16/10/09  Young Company Finance

Young Company Finance: issue 134, Feb 2010
Young Company Finance: issue 133, Jan 2010