Grants and financial support
You can find a list of sources of support on our funding advice page. These organisations can help you with developing your business case, financial planning and completing a successful application form to access funding.
Portsmouth City Council has a dedicated business team to help you find support to help get your business started, grow and develop. We can help with:
- Business intelligence and news
- Intellectual property
- Patents, trademarks and copyrights
- Starting up and expansion
- Funding
- Relocation
- Events and discussion groups
- Additional training needs and apprenticeships
LoCASE - Low carbon funding for SMEs
The Low Carbon Across the South and East (LoCASE) programme is supported by the European Regional Development Fund to provide a free business support programme in the South and East. Funding is available for businesses to implement energy efficiency measures, in addition to business development for companies providing sustainable and green services or products. Support is also available to enable businesses to operate in more environmentally friendly ways.
To do this, LoCASE provides grants for businesses of up to £10,000 as well as training workshops and fully funded events.
To get advice and support, you can:
- Email business@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
- Tweet @portsmouthbiz
- Visit Invest in Portsmouth for details of opportunities
- Call 023 9268 8857
- Sign up for our business update bulletin
More information
Looking for more business advice? View our business homepage.