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Grants & Support for Business Energy

Use this page to understand the main types of support available to UK businesses for energy efficiency, low-carbon heating and reducing bills. Then use our filters to see which schemes are most relevant, and follow the links to check official eligibility and apply.

This is an editorial overview, not advice. Always check the official government or scheme website before making decisions.

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We’ve highlighted some of the most common national-level schemes and examples of local programmes. Many grants are time-limited and region-specific, so always check the links.

Key schemes and examples

England & Wales Grant Heat & HVAC

Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS)

Upfront capital grants to help replace fossil fuel heating with low-carbon systems such as heat pumps or, in limited cases, biomass boilers in homes and small non-domestic buildings.

  • Grants towards air and ground source heat pumps, and some biomass boilers.
  • Available in England and Wales for owners of homes and small business properties.
  • Applications are typically made by an MCS-certified installer on your behalf.

View official guidance on GOV.UK

Local / City-region Grant & Advice Efficiency & Low-carbon

Local SME Energy Efficiency Grants

Many local authorities and growth hubs run time-limited programmes to offer free energy audits and match-funded grants to SMEs.

  • Typical measures include LED lighting, heating upgrades and process efficiency.
  • Often part-funded via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund or similar programmes.
  • Usually require an energy audit and quotes before funding is approved.

Search “energy” for your postcode

UK-wide (industrial) Grant High-energy industrial

Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)

Government funding designed to help energy-intensive industrial sites invest in energy-efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.

  • Supports feasibility studies and deployment of low-carbon and efficiency technologies.
  • Targeted at energy-intensive industrial and manufacturing operations.
  • Run in funding windows – check current status on GOV.UK.

Check current IETF status

England Tax / Rates Relief On-site generation

Green Plant & Machinery / Business Rates Relief

Business rates relief for certain on-site renewable energy and low-carbon heat equipment, helping reduce the ongoing cost of investing in green technologies.

  • Relief for eligible plant and machinery used for on-site renewable generation and storage.
  • Some schemes support low-carbon heat networks and other green technologies.
  • Typically claimed via your local council’s business rates department.

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UK-wide (regional hubs) Advice Efficiency & Net zero

Business Energy Advice & Net Zero Support

A mix of regional initiatives that give SMEs free energy advice, audits and signposting to local grants and finance options.

  • Often delivered via local growth hubs, chambers of commerce or councils.
  • May include on-site or remote audits and action plans.
  • Sometimes linked to match-funded grants or low-cost finance.

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UK-wide Mixed support All themes

Other Time-limited and Regional Schemes

At any given time there are dozens of smaller, time-limited grants across the UK for heat pumps, solar PV, EV charging, building fabric upgrades and exporting products.

  • Many are funded locally with fixed deadlines and specific eligibility rules.
  • Some export or innovation schemes allow spend on energy or low-carbon kit.
  • Checking once per quarter is usually enough for most SMEs to stay on top of options.

Browse all current grants on the UK portal

How to use this page

  1. Use the filters at the top to narrow down by location, support type and theme.
  2. Open the cards that look relevant and skim the bullet points.
  3. Click through to the official site to check full eligibility, deadlines and how to apply.
  4. Speak to your broker or finance adviser before committing to large capital projects.

We aim to refresh the schemes on this page regularly, but time-limited local grants can open and close at short notice. Think of this as a starting point, not an exhaustive list.