What grants can a builder or tradesperson get?
A building firm should look at two different things. CITB grants, if you are registered, contribute to training in Great Britain. Separate schemes sometimes help with retrofit skills and kit. Neither pays for a general van, a yard, or last month's materials. Domestic energy schemes such as the Boiler Upgrade Scheme are claimed by the certified installer under that scheme's rules, not as a business-development grant.
Also asked as: grants for tradesmen · construction company grants · funding for a building firm
Does a sole trader chippy qualify?
For CITB, only if you are in scope and registered. For a retrofit scheme, only if the brief includes a firm of your size in that nation. Check both pages.
Schemes named here
- CITB grantsCITB · Not a cash award · A business · Any size listed · Construction · No fixed date
- Retrofit skills and kit grantUK government · £2,000–£25,000 · A business · 2–249 · Construction, Energy and environment · Closes 27 Feb 2027
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128 answers on this site. Find Grants checks which UK grants a business can get from a postcode or a place. Looking is free. If you want the application written, the fee is £99 for that one application, shown before you pay. Find Grants does not take a percentage of the grant, does not file the form, and is not part of GOV.UK. Confirm every scheme on the funder's own site.