Help for businesses

Business support schemes

We work with the governement, Warwickshire County Council (WCC), other local councils, and third-part orgainsations in delivering support to businesses.

Government support for small and medium-sized businesses

  • The government has announced a long-term plan to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) support schemes

  • Warwickshire Business Start-Up Support Programme

    • Aimed at businesses in their first 24 months of trading and individuals who have ambitions to start a business, this is a programme of one-to-one business coaching and workshops to provide the fundamental skills to start and grow a business. 

  • Warwickshire Business Resilience and Growth Programme

    • Aimed at businesses over 24 months old to help improve their resilience and growth potential via a tailored package of support with access to appropriate advice and services to support growth plans.

  • Business Ready – High Growth and Innovation Programme

    • This project will engage with businesses with ambitions for high growth and looking to innovate. It will target higher productivity that will contribute towards county-wide growth targets and create new highly skilled jobs. This programme offers access to specialist mentors, bespoke support and specialist workshops.

  • Warwickshire Manufacturing Growth Programme

    • Directly supporting manufacturing businesses across all sectors to grow by identifying, understanding and removing their barriers to growth to support the creation of new jobs through improved productivity, and competitiveness. A programme of one to one support from specialist manufacturing advisors, digital diagnostic tool, workshops and cohort-based small courses.

  • Warwickshire Business Advice Energy Service (WBEAS)

    • Helping to create a green, growing and sustainable economy across Warwickshire through promoting energy efficiency. An energy audit for each business will produce bespoke decarbonisation plans to identify greenhouse gas savings, leading to greater energy efficiency, lower energy bills and reduced carbon emissions. It is expected that the WBEAS will include a grant scheme to support businesses with the costs of low carbon adoption.

  • Project Warwickshire – Visitor Economy and Hospitality Support

    • A package of support for businesses in the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors, offering specialist one-to-one business coaching, workshops, and networking including with larger businesses.

CW Growth Hub 

A central support and brokerage service helping businesses with:

  • Skills development
  • Innovation
  • Property and planning
  • Access to finance
  • International trade

Find it in CW

A dedicated business opportunities platform for Coventry and Warwickshire, offering:

  • Access to supply chain opportunities
  • Tools to find local suppliers
  • Contract and tender listings
  • Procurement workshops and meet-the-buyer events

Other key support organisations