Made Smarter East Midlands
Up to 50% match funding, a maximum of £20,000 per company, for equipment or specialist advice.
Made Smarter in the East Midlands
- Delivered by
- Lincolnshire County Council on behalf of the East Midlands cluster
- The grant
- Up to 50% match funding, a maximum of £20,000 per company, for equipment or specialist advice
- Also on offer
- A fully funded Leading Digital Transformation programme
- Free short courses
- A funded digital intern
- Runs until
- 31 March 2027
Source: Made Smarter East Midlands
Checked on the official pages on 29 September 2026.
How to start
Register with the programme on its official page. Its team assesses your business and explains the steps and timings before you commit any spend.
Register with Made Smarter East MidlandsA Kabaido project can be set out as a prepaid 12 month plan with defined implementation deliverables: your catalogue and prices imported, your systems connected, one design, wizard or machine module built around what you make and your team trained.
Where Kabaido stands. Made Smarter has not yet confirmed how Kabaido projects are treated. We will update this page when it does. Until then, ask us and we will help you check with your regional team. Funding is always subject to the programme's own assessment.
Other regions
- North EastThe North East Growth Hub and the Tees Valley Combined Authority
- North WestThe Growth Company with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Boost, the Business Growth Hub, Cumbria, Cheshire and Warrington and Growth Platform
- Yorkshire and the HumberSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub and Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
- West MidlandsThe West Midlands Growth Company with WMG and the MTC
- East of EnglandNorfolk County Council
- LondonLondon & Partners on behalf of the Greater London Authority
- South EastSurrey County Council
- South WestThe West of England Mayoral Combined Authority with the National Composites Centre, Oxford Innovation Advice and the University of the West of England
Funding questions
- Lincolnshire County Council on behalf of the East Midlands cluster.
- Up to 50% match funding, a maximum of £20,000 per company, for equipment or specialist advice.
- Made Smarter has not yet confirmed how Kabaido projects are treated. Funding is always subject to the programme's own assessment, and we will help you check.