Business Support
Thinking about making changes in your business? Our programmes and local partners can help you identify possible funding and connect you to experts who can offer advice and support.
Grants and funding
Find out more about the New Anglia LEP Growth Through Innovation Fund
Find out more about the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce Business Climate Leaders programme
Find out about grants and free energy reviews from BEE Anglia. Grants available up to £20,000 (up to 40% of total cost) for projects which reduce the carbon footprint of a business.
Find out more about West Suffolk Council’s Solar for
Business and Energy Efficiency Fund
Find out more about the Eastern New Energy Project, designed to help local businesses understand and remove the barriers that we all face in rapidly decarbonising our communities, buildings, transport, and lives.
The Low Carbon Innovation Fund is a co-investment initiative aimed at SMEs in the East of England developing or deploying environmentally-beneficial technologies. Businesses interested in becoming ‘investment ready’ should also look at the investor-led programme, Invest East.
The Clean Growth Fund is
a £40m fund from from Government and from one of the UK’s largest charity investors, CCLA. Clean Growth Investment Management (CGIM) are managing the Fund, which makes investments into start-up companies developing clean energy solutions.
Low-emission vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant
Cycle to work scheme implementation guidance for employers
Speak to the New Anglia Growth Hub for free business support and access to further funding
Useful training resources
Eastern New Energy Zero Carbon Buildings Knowledge Exchange Programme – January 2022
IEMA – Find a training course
Carbon Literacy Training for SMEs from the Suffolk Carbon Charter
Calculate your carbon footprint – a guide from the Suffolk Carbon Charter
The SME pensions guide – Why Net Zero pensions are good for SMEs
SME Climate Commitment – The UK Government’s climate hub for SMEs
Upcycle your waste – online courses
Find out more about sustainable initiatives in this useful guide from the Suffolk Carbon Charter
Sector guides for Hospitality, Print and Retail from the Suffolk Carbon Charter
Carbonfootprint.com – Home of Carbon Footprinting
Digital Carbon Footprint tools
Green Web Foundation Home – The Green Web Foundation
Digital Declutter toolkit Digital Declutter Toolkit from Business Declares (wholegraindigital.com)
Website carbon calculator Website Carbon Calculator | How is your website impacting the planet?
Data Centres and Data Transmission Networks – Analysis – IEA