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NatWest Accelerator
Join NatWest Accelerator's community
Learn how you could increase sales, secure funding and become the leader your business needs. You'll find all of this, plus support for your unique business as part of our vibrant digital community.
For the best experience, download the NatWest Accelerator app for your device, otherwise 'Join now' will take you to the web app/browser version.
What will I get?
Expert support - workshops, events, masterclasses for business critical skills
Networking opportunities - connections to a thriving and supportive community
Coaching - structured support with a format that works for you
How will it help your business?
Be part of a community
Join the UK’s largest community of like-minded entrepreneurs in a supportive space created to help you grow your business your way – online or at one of our 12 dedicated hubs.
Develop skills to manage and scale
Grow into the leader your business needs. Sharpen your leadership skills and choose topics tailored to your needs, across strategic planning, team management, decision-making and more.
Help to understand your options to grow
Get ready to secure the right funding to fuel your business. Explore the options available to you and how to tell your story to attract the investment you need to grow.
The tools and strategies you'll need in business
Build the knowledge you’ll need to grow your business your way. Upskill through expert sessions and be inspired by masterclasses, held online or in-person.
Celebrate 10 years of Accelerator with our Pitch competition
We’re celebrating an amazing 10 years since the launch of our first Accelerator, which began helping businesses to thrive back in 2015. To celebrate, we’re launching NatWest Acclerator Pitch to give your business the chance to win a share of £1m (over a series of competitions). Specific competition terms and conditions apply.
Have you got brilliant ideas and a burning passion to grow your business?
Bringing NatWest Accelerator to life
Our videos show what being an Accelerator business is like, how the NatWest Accelerator's evolved and a peek into the Birmingham Accelerator.
Meet Hetty & Betty, an Accelerator business
Hetty & Betty is an Accelerator business and possibly the oldest fish and chip cafe in Whitby. We visited founders Lois and David to find out how Accelerator has helped them grow.
The past, present and future of NatWest Accelerator
It's 10 years since we opened our first Accelerator hub in Birmingham. It's been quite a journey - find out where we're going from here.
This is the Birmingham Accelerator
Take a look behind the scenes at our Birmingham Accelerator, as our entrepreneurs and staff tell us what they love about the programme.
Nubyen
Find out how American retail giant Walmart snapped up stock from this Accelerator business.
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Carbon Neutral Fuels
Awarded a UK government grant towards their work, Carbon Neutral Fuels aim to produce sustainable fuels for hard to decarbonise industries.
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SNOAP
SNOAP recently cleaned up on BBC Dragon's Den. See how our Accelerator team helped.
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Discover our Accelerator hubs and events
Our network of hubs across the UK are home to our Accelerator programme supporting entrepreneurs to grow and scale. Joining the Accelerator allows you to access co-working space and become part of a vibrant community of like-minded business owners in a location near you.
You can also sign up for one of our regular events. You’ll have the opportunity to meet your local Accelerator team, understand what support we could offer, and engage with the communities in each of our hubs.