Funding, Readiness and Commercial Advisory for UK Engineering

The Services Offered by Routefit Advisory

Funding Stream Fit

Find the UK funding route that fits your project before you commit months to the wrong one.

Funding Stream Fit is a working session of 60 to 90 minutes with the project lead, followed by a written recommendation within three working days. It identifies which UK funding routes match your technology, your stage of development and your timeline, and where the gaps are against each.

Learn more
Two engineers, a man and a woman, are discussing technical drawings and blueprints in a laboratory or workshop.

Business Development Support

Commercial support to take your technology from prototype or research project to paying customers.

Business Development Support gives engineering, manufacturing and automotive companies, spin-outs and research teams the commercial focus they lack in-house. It helps you identify who the first customers and partners are, test whether there is demand, and shape the proposition to approach them. It is delivered as a four to six week sprint with agreed deliverables, or as a set number of days a month, and it is scoped on a call before anything is agreed.

Learn more
Two people, a man with gray hair and a woman with curly brown hair, are working at a computer in an office. They are sitting side by side, facing multiple monitors displaying various data and documents, with a large screen in the background showing a blue chart or map.

Readiness Review

Test your project against the competition you intend to enter, while there is still time to close the gaps.

A Readiness Review is a structured assessment of your project against the requirements of your chosen funding competition. It begins with a kickoff session and ends with a written report and a 60 minute debrief, delivered within three weeks of kickoff.

Learn more
Two men in business suits chatting at an industrial trade show booth displaying industrial machinery, with a large blue backdrop and various equipment.

A Clear Path From Idea or Project to Application

Who I Work With

UK engineering, manufacturing and automotive SMEs, university spin-outs and research teams approaching their next stage of funding or commercialisation. Typical projects include electrification and zero-emission technologies, advanced manufacturing, battery and energy systems, and industrial software. Other technologies can also be assessed.

A person working at a desk with multiple computer monitors displaying technical drawings and 3D models of mechanical systems in an office or workshop setting.

  1. Fit. A working session and written recommendation on the right route.

  2. Readiness. An assessment of the project against the competition requirements, with a prioritised list of gaps.

  3. Support. Commercial case, partner building and business development, agreed separately.

Experience You Can Rely On

Eight years supporting engineering and technology organisations, from delivering industrial automation on site to securing digital transformation programmes worth over £1m and advising companies on UK automotive R&D funding through Drive 35 and CAM Pathfinder.