Supporting Local Business
Funding interventions that support local businesses
The Supporting Local Business investment priority is designed to fund interventions that support local businesses to thrive, innovate and grow.
Indicative funding has been set to approximately £2.35 million for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
The Council has developed three priority areas which this funding is focused upon:
- Vacant and Vibrant - programmes to enable entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses into vacant city centre units in Derby
- sector and innovation opportunities - programmes that champion innovation in product, process, or service delivery, enabling company development in Derby's key sectors
- recruitment, skills, and growth advisory supporting roles – supporting roles that help with recruitment and skills provision and growth and scale-up advice