The International Business Development strand is currently closed and will reopen for applications in 2025.
Full details on the International Business Development strand will be available in the funding guidelines, which will be published here when the strand reopens for applications.
The International Business Development strand aims to support the development of UK screen content businesses that focus on revenue generation through export and international expansion.
This funding will provide grants for growth strategies spanning three to five years to support companies that have identified opportunities to develop and expand in terms of turnover and scale of Intellectual Property (IP) creation, exploitation and acquisition, with the express aim of enhancing the company’s international revenue, activities and profile.
The aims of this strand are to:
- support the transformation of UK screen content businesses through international activity
- stimulate business innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking in the UK screen sector when trading internationally, and in particular to seize new global export opportunities as part of the UK Government’s Global Britain objectives
- support the corporate development and growth of independent companies already operating in the UK screen sector across the four nations of the UK by helping them to capitalise on opportunities in the global marketplace
- assist ambitious, promising companies to reach the next level of their development, and to help them attain investment readiness, based on compelling strategic plans for corporate growth through international activity
The International Business Development strand will achieve these aims by:
- assisting UK companies to develop a strong presence in the international marketplace
- facilitating increased development of quality UK projects and talent aimed specifically at the global marketplace and at global audiences
- supporting the creation of new international business partnerships and alliances
- supporting the development of new international revenue streams and increased levels of private sector investment
- assisting UK companies in developing and implementing targeted development, production, sales, distribution and marketing strategies which exploit new opportunities in the global digital and online realm
Our resources: application outcomes and feedback
The extremely competitive nature of our funding means we often have to turn down projects even when they meet all of our stated criteria.
We aim to make the application process as fair and transparent as possible. As a result of the volume of applications we receive, we do not have the resources to provide feedback on projects that have been declined.
