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Highlands and Islands Enterprise business and innovation support

Status

Status not published

Rolling; contact your HIE area office.

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Amount
£500,000

Discretionary account-managed support covering innovation, capital investment, skills and international trade. Amounts negotiated per project against subsidy control limits.

You must co-fund 50%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling; contact your HIE area office.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 50% yourself.

Who can apply

Covers Argyll and Bute, Highland, Moray, Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles and parts of north Argyll. HIE also runs Northern Innovation Hub and rural-specific programmes.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.hie.co.uk/support/browse-all-support-services/

"Our support includes funding, property, advice and training."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.hie.co.uk

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