Growing Your Business - Finance and funding for innovative SMEs

For innovative SMEs looking to take their business to the next level, an injection of funds can be crucial to facilitate growth. However, with access to finance and funding amongst the most common issues facing businesses, knowing where to go for advice and support is not always as clear as it could be.

Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) has assembled a team of experts to help innovative and ambitious SMEs establish exactly where and how they can access the financial support they need. Whether government-backed, through more traditional banking avenues, or via emerging forms of alternative finance, there are plenty of potential avenues to pursue and this breakfast event represents a fantastic opportunity to questions the experts and make connections, which could help you to develop your business on the international stage.

If you are driving to the venue using a Sat Nav, please use LE16 7QB, not LE16 7WB.

Event Schedule

8.30am
Registration and Breakfast

9.00am
Welcome and Introduction; Enterprise Europe Network

9.10am
British Business Bank; Lewis Stringer

9.30am
R&D Tax Reliefs and Patent Box - Perks for innovative companies; Marianne Lindsay – Shorts UK

10.00am
Tapping Into Alternative Finance; David Marshall – Sterling Capital Reserve

10.35am
Coffee Break

10.55am
Getting Funded by Innovate UK; Julian Bowrey – Innovate UK

11.25am
EEN - Access to Finance and Funding; Mark Heal – Enterprise Europe Network

11.55am
Networking

12.30pm
Close

(Subject to change)

Please note: Non-attendance without prior notification may incur a £30 +VAT charge per delegate.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) notice:

This event is planned and delivered by East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) “the Chamber” (www.emc-dnl.co.uk) as part of the Enterprise Europe Network for England, Northern Ireland and Wales “EEN” (www.enterprise-europe.co.uk). This event is funded by EEN. As a result, a range of data points must be collected to assess your eligibility to attend this funded event. To comply with funding requirements, the Chamber and EEN delivery partners collect and store your registration data for auditing and project evaluation purposes. The Chamber will retain your records for no longer than is necessary, and in accordance with our privacy notice. The Chamber will not share your data with any other third parties that are not involved with the delivery of the event or funding of the project. You can see the Chamber’s full privacy policy here. You can see EEN Terms and Conditions here.