Funding for hiring staff
Grants and funding for hiring staff.
Wage incentives, recruitment grants and employer reliefs for taking people on, including young people, apprentices and people out of work.
We track 29 schemes for hiring staff, and 23 are taking applications today. Open schemes are listed first; closed ones stay on the list, marked as closed, so you can see what has ended. Loans, tax reliefs and credits are labelled, because they are not grants.
UK-wide (4)
Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale-Ups
Department for Business and Trade · Open now · Closes 1 Mar 2027
Employment Allowance
HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief
Veterans' Employer National Insurance Relief
HM Revenue & Customs · Open now · Closes 5 Apr 2028 · Tax relief
Employer National Insurance relief for employees under 21 and apprentices under 25
HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief
More than one nation (3)
England only (6)
Future London Growth Fund
The FSE Group, with cornerstone commitments from the British Business Bank and Funding London (the Mayor of London's investment arm) · Open now · Loan (repayable)
North East Elevate Fund
North East Fund (North East Mayoral Strategic Authority), managed by FW Capital · Open now · Loan (repayable)
Liverpool City Region Flexible Growth Fund
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, delivered by River Capital · Open now · Loan (repayable)
Rosebud business loans (Lancashire)
Rosebud, Lancashire County Council's business finance service · Open now · Loan (repayable)
Apprenticeship hiring payment (up to £2,000)
Department for Education · Open now
Apprenticeship training funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy (England)
Department for Work and Pensions (publishes the 2026 to 2027 apprenticeship funding rules); employer agreements are with the Department for Education · Open now · Part-funded support
Scotland only (9)
Build It
Firstport (Scottish Government Social Entrepreneurs Fund) · Open now · Closes 21 Jan 2027
Edinburgh Employer Recruitment Incentive (EERI)
City of Edinburgh Council / Capital City Partnership · Open now · Closes 15 Mar 2027
Glasgow Futures — Employer Recruitment Incentive
Glasgow City Council · Open now
Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27
Midlothian Council (No One Left Behind) · Open now
Future Works Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27
Perth & Kinross Council (Local Employability Partnership, No One Left Behind) · Open now
West Lothian Employment Pathway Grant
West Lothian Council (Economic Development Service) · Open now
Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross)
Perth & Kinross Council · Open now
Young Person's Guarantee (Scotland)
Scottish Government / Skills Development Scotland · Closed
Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) — Scotland
Scottish Enterprise · Closed
Wales only (3)
Northern Ireland only (4)
Innovation Boost (InterTradeIreland)
InterTradeIreland (cross-border trade and business development body) · Open now · Part-funded support
Acumen
InterTradeIreland (cross-border trade and business development body) · Open now
Ambition to Grow - Supporting Women
Invest Northern Ireland, delivered in partnership with Women in Business NI · Opening soon
JobStart Scheme (Northern Ireland)
Department for Communities · Closed
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Find my fundingContains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · schemes change, so every scheme page shows the date it was last checked.