YBF - Small Business Fund

The YBF small business fund is a funding opportunity accessible to small businesses in Yorkshire & Humber that will enable them to apply for up to £200 to help with upskilling, training opportunities and overall business support.

What is the YBF Small Business Fund?

The Yorkshire Builders Federation Small Business Grant is a funding opportunity approved to provide small grant funding of up to £200 per applicant that can be used to support the SME and supply chain in the construction sector with a focus on micro small businesses. A total of £4000 has been made available for this venture. Following an evaluation of this fund, in 2021/22, there may be a considerably larger fund, with a higher grant level available The application process will begin Monday 11th January 2021 and will be running until the closing date at 1700 hours on Friday 29th January 2021.

Application form

Click here to download the funding application

Guidance

The guidance notes put together by us that will help you correctly complete our application process to enable you to apply for funding of up to £200.

Click to download a copy of the guidance notes

Testimonials from previous YBF Fund applicants

Daniel Roche,Director, M.B Roche & Sons Ltd.

“Big thanks to YBF & Efficiency North for the Small Business Grant, we were able to put it towards a one day health and safety course for a new starter, this enabled him to apply for his green CSCS card a lot quicker than normal therefore he was able to work on a greater variety of sites for us”

Ian Meakes, B Batch Group Ltd

The funding we received has helped us put training in place that was needed after redundancies due to COVID 19. The YBF grant allowed us to complete this for 2 people to maintain compliance within our workshop. The service was very easy to use and application very quick.