Deadline looms for businesses to share in £1 million cash for growth A share of £1 million set aside to help businesses in Gloucestershire grow is still available, but it is going fast and the deadline to apply is now looming. Gloucestershire College’s Quays campus in Gloucester. Entrepreneurial spirit is flourishing in Gloucestershire it seems, despite the pandemic, and those behind a £1 million of funding to aid business growth want it known its well has not run dry. Since applications opened for a share of the Scale Up 4 Growth cash back in March ‘hundreds of businesses have registered their interest in the scheme’ – and the door remains open, but only until Wednesday, May 5.