A live list of all the current grants we consider can be found on the links below;
- Innovate UK opportunities
- Defence & Security grants
- Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
- Regional Investment grants
- EU funding opportunities

£1.6m secured from the latest Innovate UK SMART competition
By Mark Clayton
The funding was secured for innovative Medtech and disruptive Agritech businesses. Full details to follow!

New £12m Farming Innovation Pathways fund open!
By Mark Clayton
Defra will launch a new research and development competition looking to create new farm-focused innovations to make the industry greener. The £12m initiative will bring together farmers and businesses to develop novel technological solutions to address the challenges of productivity and sustainability. Farming Innovation Pathways, delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Defra, is […]

New 100% funded Grant x Investor innovation grant scheme open 🚀
By Mark Clayton
Grants available for innovative Healthy Ageing, Clean Energy and Plastics Innovation projects up to £1.5m The 2021 Innovate UK grants activity is starting to kick into life with the opening of an exciting new Investor Partnership Grants Programme. UK companies can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners – presenting […]

Tatton-backed vertical farming startup wins £500K funding to develop ‘all in one’ sensor
By Mark Clayton
Derby-based Light Science Technologies delivers lighting, science and research-proven plant monitoring technology and software in partnership with world-leading university research teams. It delivers the right solution across multiple indoor applications such as vertical farming, medicinal plants and greenhouses. Its full turnkey solution for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) applications for next-generation scalable farming helps customers grow more […]

Two of Tatton’s Medtech clients featured in an industry ‘ones to watch’ list.
By Mark Clayton
Big AI projects in medicine to watch in 2020 Download PDF Copy Significant, transformational grants won for both this year – 2021 should see them rocket in growth 🚀 #grants #innovateuk #disrupt #tattonconsulting #startups #innovation #venturecapital Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to touch medicine in many different ways, from making diagnoses to triaging patients. Many AI […]

Tatton appointed the official Grants Partner of KQ Labs @ The Francis Crick Institute
By Mark Clayton
Run once a year by the Crick and supported by LifeArc, ten start-ups with the potential to make an impact on global health outcomes have access to unrivalled support and resources. KQ Labs helps early-stage data-driven health startup founders to validate their ideas and put their startups on a path to receive investment from business […]

Six Innovate UK grants secured by Tatton for sustainable packaging developer Notpla
By Mark Clayton

£350k grant for Byotrol and Liverpool University to explore the anti-viral properties of seaweed
By Mark Clayton
Researchers at Byotrol plc and the University of Liverpool are set to investigate the anti-viral properties of seaweed. The new project is a collaboration with industrial partner Byotrol plc and will focus on the potential use of anti-viral seaweed compounds in sanitising products, such as hand gels and household cleaners. The team has been awarded £350K of […]

UKRI & Innovate UK – Updated COVID priority areas
By Mark Clayton
Thinking of applying for the UKRI COVID-19 open call? As the pandemic progresses, UKRI and Innovate UK looking to fill gaps in the research and innovation landscape. Check out the list of priority areas and what’s already being funded before you begin; Priority areas Modelling, AI, digital and data approaches to understanding of the COVID-19 […]

£1.5m grant secured for Innovate Energy Catalyst project in Uganda
By Mark Clayton
Green energy supply in Africa is set for a major boost after the UK government announced winners of an investment package for the continent’s clean energy infrastructure at the African Investment Summit today. Solar farms in Kenya, geothermal power stations in Ethiopia and clean energy storage across sub-Saharan Africa will receive funding and see leading […]

TC Client – Motilent & Partners Receive £1m+ UKRI Funding
By Mark Clayton
Crohn’s Disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine affecting people of all ages. There is an urgent need for technology to guide the use of powerful and expensive anti-inflammatory medications. Motilent has been awarded a prestigious UKRI grant to tackle this challenge. About the project Motilent has been awarded a UKRI grant to […]

TC Client – Sano Gentics & Genomics England secure £500k+ to build ethics into genetics
By Mark Clayton
Sano Genetics is beginning to reshape the discussion about what happens to your sequenced DNA thanks to a software platform which links the public to the genetic research community. The company’s personalised medicine platform links researchers with individuals’ genomic profiles, crucially putting the individual in charge of access to their own sequenced data. Formed in 2016, Sano’s […]

18 new R&D grants for summer to help you keep innovating!
The sunshine has been showing its face recently, which means summer is finally on its way! To celebrate we’ve handpicked 18 of the latest R&D grants for you. Using digital technology to support psychological therapies (SBRI competition) Funding is available for eligible projects that provide psychological support for children and young people by developing new solutions […]

TC Clients – £210,000 Innovate UK funding for Agritech SME LST
By Mark Clayton
We are pleased to advise that we have secured a grant of £210k for an innovative lighting and sensor SME to develop new technology for the agriculture and vertical farming industries. Please get in contact for more details.

COVID 19: Grants Available To Beat It
COVID-19: Grant funding opportunities There is obviously a lot of interest in this area at the moment so this month’s newsletter is solely focused on grant opportunities around combating the COVID-19 virus crisis through innovation. *** For general information on the UK GOV COVID-19 Business Support package, please click here. *** COVID-19 related grants Various UK grantor bodies are actively looking for technologies and […]

£1.2m won in latest Innovate UK SMART round
By Mark Clayton
Very pleased to announce that we have secured over £1.2m for 4 SME clients from the latest Innovate UK SMART round. Full details will be published once the projects have been announced.

Welcome to the latest funding opportunities this spring!
After a very wet and windy winter, the Tatton Consulting team are looking forward to a bright and exciting spring. And what better way to get the new season started than to take a look at some of the great new funding opportunities open at the moment. March 2020 expression of interest: Aerospace Technology Institute […]

Tatton Consulting wins Best Grant Consultancy Firm 2019!
With the holidays just around the corner, it’s not just the Christmas festivities that have got us all excited here at Tatton Consulting. We’re very proud and extremely eager to let you know about our recent success at the SME News Finance Awards, where we have just been awarded Best Grant Consultancy Firm 2019! The awards, led […]

£1,574,006 Innovate UK grant secured for digital medical imaging company
By Mark Clayton
Further details to follow but this now takes our total of funding secured above £38.5m!

£3,955,354 (!!!) innovation grant secured advanced manufacturing consortium
By Mark Clayton
We are very pleased to announce that we have secured a £4m innovation grant for an advanced manufacturing consortium including; UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN INTELLIGENT MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS LIMITED DIGITAL CATAPULT CHEP UK LIMITED R3 LIMITED SWEETBRIDGE EMEA LTD TATA COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LIMITED WORLDLINE IT SERVICES UK LIMITED One of the largest Innovate UK […]

70% R&D Grants To Help Develop Technology for Healthy Ageing
The UK GOV has made £98m available to help companies develop innovative technology to help people age happily and healthily. Opening for applications this week is the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund: Healthy Ageing Challenge offering grants of up to 70% to help develop innovative solutions for an ageing population. The average life expectancy is rising rapidly. In fact, it’s now […]

Official Greentech Challenge UK Partner
By Mark Clayton
REPOST: GREEN INNOVATION GROUP A/S We are proud to announce that Tatton Consulting – the UK’s No.1 Grant Consultancy will join GREENTECH CHALLENGE London 2019 as one of our partners! In the area of grant funding, representatives from a collaboration between the PNO Group (Europe’s leading grant consultancy practice) and Tatton Consulting will attend, whose […]

Grant Opportunities for September and October
Despite it raining outside and it being the holiday season there are a large number of grant opportunities at the moment. Funding is available to support innovation in Construction, Financial Services, Energy, Quantum Computing, Ageing Technology and Self-Driving Vehicles. A selection of these can be found below; Enabling data access in accountancy, insurance and legal […]

Welcome to the first of our Summer Newsletters!
INNOVATE UK SMART GRANTS NOW OPEN ** Closing date 24th July – don’t miss out! ** Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £25 million in the best game-changing or disruptive ideas with a view to commercialisation. In particular, Innovate UK are looking for new, game-changing or disruptive processes or services that have the […]

Innovate UK – SMART program – Summer 19 Call now open
By Mark Clayton
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in the best game-changing or disruptive ideas with a view to commercialisation. They are looking for new game-changing or disruptive processes or services that have the potential to improve and transform people’s lives, industries and the world. These ideas […]

TC-supported biometric glove featured in F1 Bahrain GP at the weekend
By Mark Clayton
The TC-supported biometric glove featured in F1 Bahrain GP at the weekend and on the Channel 4 F1 show for the first time. The glove itself is fitted with a number of discreet sensors to improve the amount of personal driver data avaliable to the medical services when an accident ooccurs, improving heatlh care outcomes. […]

TC appointed official Grant Consultant to the SETsquared Partnership – the world’s #1 business incubator
By Mark Clayton
Tatton Consulting has been chosen as official Grant Consultant partner of the SETsquared Partnership – the world’s #1 business incubator. SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership and a dynamic collaboration between the five leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Twice ranked as the Global No. 1 Business Incubator, we are excited and delighted to be […]

£1.4m in Innovate UK grants secured for clients in January
By Mark Clayton
I am delighted to announce that we have secured over £1.4m for three different clients from Innovate UK schemes in January. If you would like further details, please get in touch! — Mark

£491k secured for an innovative VR company
By Mark Clayton
I am pleased to announce that Tatton has secured a £491,245 Innovate UK grant for an innovative VR design company and content creator, who have developed VR and augmented reality studios for Sky Sports, BBC and others. This is a great start to 2019!

How to claim Research & Development tax relief for grant funded work 💡
By Mark Clayton
R&D Tax Credits can be a little confusing. Despite popular believe, they CAN still be claimed despite being a grant recipient. Please check out this useful video from the HMRC explaining more. If you are considering making a claim, please get in touch and we have a dedicated R&D Tax expert on hand to help.

12 R&D grants to check out this autumn
By Mark Clayton
Green vehicles, innovative agriculture, better batteries The summer sunshine may have passed but there is over £100m in autumn grant funding available to UK SMEs right now to support innovation and growth. Here is a breakdown of some of the schemes available right now; SBRI first of a kind round 2: demonstrating tomorrow’s stations and a greener railway Businesses can apply […]

£1.7m secured from the latest InnovateUK Open round
By Mark Clayton
I am very pleased to announce that Tatton Consulting Ltd – #UKgrantfunding experts secured over £1.7m in grant funding from the last Innovate UK ‘Open’ funding round – more than 8% of the total national call budget – for three clients, with an average grant size of £550,000. For more details, please contact one of the […]

7 new grants for UK SMEs this summer
By Mark Clayton
7 new grants for UK SMEs to look at this summer Over £80m in funding available to support innovation and growth. Here is a breakdown of some of the schemes available right now; Open grant funding competition: Round 2 – £20 million to deliver game changing or disruptive innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy. Any technology, […]

£556k secured for innovative medical company
By Mark Clayton
I am very pleased to announce that we have secured £556,000 in grant funding to help the manufacture of cells under the Innovate UK ‘Manufacturing & Materials’ call. Further details will be announced shortly.

**2018 Open innovation call – £19m Round 2**
By Mark Clayton
Developing innovative technology? Get your 2018/19 R&D costs covered Round 2 now open: £19m in funding, 70% grants available The UK Gov is looking to support disruptive innovation and the development of new technology. To be in scope, a proposal must: Result in a clear game-changing and/or disruptive innovative idea leading to novel, new products, processes […]

£1.3m R&D grant secured for innovative Agritech company
By Mark Clayton
£1.3m grant secured I am delighted to announce that we have secured over £1.3m in grant funding for an innovative Agritech client. The funding has been awarded by the European Space Agency. More details to follow.

Grants for emerging Material, IoT, Big Data, Sensor, Robotic and Space technologies
By Mark Clayton
Grants up to £1m, covering 70% of project costs, are available to support innovative 2018 and 2019 projects leading to innovations in the IoT, Digital, Sensor, Robotic and Space technologies. The deadline for applications is the 28th March 2018 so act fast! Scope Projects must show significant innovation in one of six priority areas: Materials biofilms energy […]

**2018 Open innovation call – £19m Round 1**
By Mark Clayton
Investing in R&D in 2018? Developing innovative technology? **Open to any technology, any company size, anywhere in the UK** *£19m in funding, 70% grants available* The UK GOV’s leading grant scheme is now open for applications. Grants of up to £1m are available to support 2018 and 2019 R&D projects – this is one scheme not to be […]

Industrial Challenge: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
By Mark Clayton
Industrial Challenge: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials ** £19m in funding, 70% grants available** Innovative projects that boost productivity, result in a new process or material use are encouraged from the following technology areas: • nanotechnology and nanomaterials • composite materials • coatings, thin films and surfaces • metals and metallurgy • ceramics • polymers • […]

2017/18 Innovate UK priority areas
By Mark Clayton
2017/18 Innovate UK priority areas Innovate UK have now published their 2017/18 funding priorities for the year. In a marked change from previous years, the SMART scheme has closed and been replaced by four thematic priorities. A new open scheme will open however only twice a year. Details on the priority areas and requested projects […]

£25m in Health, Life Science, Agritech and Bio-Medical technology grants available now
By Mark Clayton
£25m in Health, Life Science, Agritech and Bio-Medical technology There is renewed support for the development new exciting Health, Life Science, Agricultural and Bio-Medical technologies. Over £25m in grant funding is available across two schemes, with the deadline for applications in early April. Opportunities exist in the following areas; Competition themes Increasing agricultural productivity – advanced […]

*** New grant funding for UK Food & Drink manufacturers ***
By Mark Clayton
The long-awaited Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) has now been launched, covering many of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas in the country. RDPE provides funding for projects in England that create jobs and growth in the rural economy. Under the RDPE Growth Programme there are grants for business development, food processing, and rural […]

Round 3 of Manufacturing Innovation Grants now open – 70% funding available
By Mark Clayton
Up to 70% funding available for Manufacturing and Material innovation The aim of the scheme is to stimulate and broaden innovation in manufacturing and materials. The scheme will fund a range of projects that address identified technical or commercial challenges and lead to increased productivity, competitiveness and growth for UK businesses. A project must cover at least […]

70% grant funding for emerging Digital, IoT, Sensor, Material and Robotic technologies
By Mark Clayton
There is renewed grant support available to help UK businesses develop a range of new emerging and enabling technologies. Funding opportunities exist for projects in the following five areas; 1. Emerging technologies Applicants should be able to demonstrate a step change in performance and bring a totally new technology sector to market. Projects are encouraged […]

Affiliates & Referrals
By Mark Clayton
Who wouldn’t like to receive an interest-free, repayment-free, equity-free grant from the government to grow their business? Not only strengthen your relationship with your clients, boost your portfolio but also secure attractive commission by referring your clients to us. We work with a number of Accountants, Private Equity companies, Banks and Angel investment networks; advising […]

R&D tax credits
By Mark Clayton
If you are a UK SME and undertake any form of research and development then you could reduce your corporation tax bill by 130% of your R&D spend. If you are loss making this can be carried forwarded or claimed as cashback. Claims can be made for two years previous and the average size claimed […]