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Cumberland Grant Funding and Advice

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Grant funding and advice are now available through Cumberland Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF)

Grant funding and advice are available to SME businesses in all sectors, throughout the Cumberland Council area (i.e. the previous Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland areas), delivered by Cumbria Business Growth Hub, the Chamber’s business support arm, working in partnership with The Farmer Network.

Delivery runs until 20th February 2026. Grant spend must be completed and claimed by 31st January 2026 at the latest.

Business survival support (UKSPF funded)

Advice and support to businesses increasing survival rates will focus on providing one-to-one time with one of our business adviser team alongside a range of workshops/programmes covering, for example:

  • Exporting – introduction to exporting, why consider exporting, making the most of opportunities and what opportunities exporting can bring to a business
  • Business Essentials –understanding numbers (cash flow forecasting, budgeting, P&L, pricing and profit) and a clear strategy in terms of sales and marketing to bring cash into the business
  • Business/survival planning
  • Finance and funding delivered through our Access to Finance service
  • Crisis cash management and credit control
  • Leadership resilience and mental readiness
  • Market and customer reconnection and retention
  • Cost control and efficiency
  • Building business resilience including pivoting/diversification
  • Supply chain – new opportunities (bidding/tendering)
  • Cyber

Further details for workshops/programmes will be added soon.

To request an adviser please email info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk.

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