Funding

EDEAL does not offer grants or funding directly to businesses, but we can advise you on the various funding sources available to you

High Street Banks

• HSBC
• NatWest
• Lloyds TSB
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Co-operative

Grants

• Business Link Sussex
• The European Grants Centre
• J4B

Other Finance

It may not always be possible to gain funding from the High Street banks, but there are alternative loan facilities available to help your business

• The Governments Small Firms Loan Guarantee
• Community Development Finance Initiatives (CDFI)
• The Royal British Legion Small Business Advisory Service and Loan Scheme
• Fredericks Foundation
• Princes Trust
• Prime
• Finance South East

All of the above require a detailed business plan in support of an application. Please visit our downloads page to access the EDEAL business plan template.

Venture Capital

An additional source of funding: for details of these schemes, please visit Business Link Sussex or Beer & Partners.