GRANTS AND FUNDING

Our business advisors will work with businesses to understand their current position and identify any barriers to growth.

Businesses can then apply for a grant of up to £10,000 (50% intervention) to address any identified barriers with a priority focus on those demonstrating high levels of economic impact through job creation/safeguarding, introducing new to firm technologies/processes, introducing new to firm products/services and access to new domestic/overseas markets.

The Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme is here to help small and medium enterprises in Hull to save energy, and therefore money!

Our aim is to help businesses reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 500 tons per year.

You can receive funding of up to £10,000 towards replacing existing inefficient systems and equipment within your business, and installation of new smart systems to help you save energy.

Hull City Council are inviting funding applications from property developers and end users for the redevelopment of brownfield sites across the city, with a view to creating new investment and employment opportunities in Hull.

The key features of the scheme are detailed below;

Eligible Areas

Applications must relate to sites located within the Hull City Council boundary. Projects must be:

• Situated on brownfield land, and

• Located outside the city centre.

Eligibility of Expenditure

Any works or expenditure incurred—or subject to a binding commitment—prior to the award of a grant will be ineligible, unless:

• A full application has been submitted, and
• Hull City Council have granted written permission to proceed at the applicant’s own risk.

Potential Funding Awards

• All grant awards are discretionary.
• The maximum award is £315,000.
• Indicative awards are likely to be capped at:
  • 20–30% of total project costs for SMEs.
  • 10% for large businesses.
• Higher contributions may be considered where significant abnormal costs can be demonstrated.

Assessment Criteria

Applications will be assessed based on:

• Compliance with subsidy control regulations.
• Project delivery timeline.
• Wider economic benefits.

Economic benefits will be evaluated against outcomes such as:

• Brownfield land brought back into employment use.
• Scale of development.
• Number of new jobs created or safeguarded.
• Level of private investment leveraged.

A benefit-to-cost ratio of at least 1.2 is required.

Deliverability

To be eligible, projects must be deliverable by January 2026. Therefore, applications for projects requiring planning permission—but without it already in place—are highly unlikely to be successful.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• Ownership of the site, or
• A long-term leasehold agreement.

Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Deadline: 14 August 2025

For an informal conversation about applying for a brownfield grant please contact either;

Richard Lowther
Inward Investment Manager
📧 Email
📞 07525 873320

Andrew Bradley
Business Development Manager

📧 Email
📞 07710 129510

The Making Changes for Careers, (MC4C) programme is dedicated to supporting enterprising young people between the ages of 16 and 29 and living in the Hull and the East Riding area, that are looking to start their own business.

The Youth Enterprise and Micro Business team delivers youth entrepreneurship programmes which support young people aged 16-29 who want to run their own business.

Working with the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, they can support aspiring young entrepreneurs with business training, test market grants (to support test trading in their first year or a new business idea), and mentoring.

Supporting the installation of EV infrastructure and charging points in the workplace.