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Business grants and support in Cheshire East

Including Crewe, Macclesfield and Congleton

As of 1 November 2026, 284 schemes are open to businesses in Cheshire East. None of them is only for Cheshire East or Cheshire and Warrington yet: they are for the wider region or the whole country. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Cheshire East or Cheshire and Warrington opened or closed.

What opened and closed across the North West this monthTalk to someone in Cheshire East

Nothing just for Cheshire East or Cheshire and Warrington is open on the site right now. The schemes below are open more widely, and you can apply from Cheshire East.

Across Cheshire and Warrington 2 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Cheshire and Warrington, Cheshire East included.

Open all yearLoan

NPIF II Smaller Loans

GC Business Finance

Loans of £25,000 to £100,000 for SMEs across the North of England to invest in equipment, expansion, recruitment or cash flow improvements.

Amount
£25,000 to £100,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater Manchester, Cheshire and WarringtonLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Check statusSupport programme

Advanced Manufacturing Skills Bootcamps

Boost Business Lancashire, 3D360 Printer

Free or subsidised online and in-person training in advanced manufacturing topics such as 3D printing, robotics and AI, for employed, self-employed and other learners in Lancashire.

Amount
Self-employed: fully funded. Employed: free to the learner, employer covers the cost. Small businesses: £360 per employee. Large organisations: £1,080 per employee. Prices exclude VAT.
Area
Cheshire and Warrington, Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

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Local services that help businesses in Cheshire East. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub (Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington)

    Business and skills support for businesses in Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington.

    See Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington on Local Landscape

    01606 812280

  2. Cheshire East Council Business and Growth Team

    Advice on business support, funding, investment, premises, planning, skills and recruitment for Cheshire East businesses.

    Their website

Your chamber of commerce: South & North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry (01270 504 700)

Across North West England or the whole North 17 schemes

For the whole region or the North, Cheshire East included. The soonest to close first.

All 17 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Cheshire East.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Cheshire East, local and national, soonest first.

Narrow it to your business

What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches in Cheshire East come first.

Business events in and near Cheshire East

In-person events in the next 30 days in Cheshire East, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.

Within about five miles

Events for Cheshire East, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Cheshire East

Coworking spaces, incubators and workspaces a business can use, and venues to hire for a meeting, training day or event, each from its own website. Those with a known address are dots on the map below.

Workspaces (4)

  • Brierley Business Centre

    Managed offices · Crewe · From £3,400 to £12,120 per annum (rent), excluding business rates

    Private offices and labs or workshops

  • [ONE] LONDON RD

    Coworking space · Alderley Edge · Club Pass occasional use from £30 +vat per day; residential memberships from £200 +vat per month

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms, event space, outdoor space and catering

  • Sandbach Enterprise Centre

    Managed offices · Sandbach

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • Scope House

    Managed offices · Crewe

    Private offices and a conference hall

Event venues to hire (11)

  • Congleton Town Hall

    Community venue · Congleton · Grand Hall up to 220 seated theatre-style; Bridestones Suite 100 cinema style, 60 workshop or 30 boardroom

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium and catering

  • Crewe Municipal Buildings

    Community venue · Crewe

    Meeting rooms

  • Macclesfield Community Centre

    Community venue · Macclesfield · Main hall: 250 theatre style seated, 150 dancing and/or with tables. Committee room: 12.

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space and catering

  • Macclesfield Library

    Community venue · Macclesfield · Meeting Room A up to 50 people; Meeting Room B up to 100 people; Cheshire Suite up to 150 people

    Meeting rooms

  • Macclesfield Town Hall

    Community venue · Macclesfield

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space and exhibition space

  • [ONE] LONDON RD

    Coworking space · Alderley Edge · 75 workstations over three floors; The Edge seats up to 14; The White Wizard seats 8

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms, event space, outdoor space and catering

  • Poynton Civic Hall

    Community venue · Poynton · Red, Green and Blue Rooms: 12 people boardroom style; CAB and White Rooms: 4 people

    Meeting rooms and a theatre or auditorium

  • Sandbach Enterprise Centre

    Managed offices · Sandbach

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

All 11 in Cheshire East

All 12 workspaces and venues in Cheshire East, on a map

No business in Cheshire East has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and put you on the map.

Networks and communities for businesses in Cheshire East

Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.

Towns in Cheshire East

Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.

Where Cheshire East is

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldCrewe: see its pageMacclesfield: see its pageCongleton: see its pageWilmslow: see its pageNantwich: see its pageAlsager: see its pageMiddlewich: see its pageKnutsford: see its pagePoynton: see its pageSandbach: see its pageBrierley Business Centre: managed officesCongleton Town Hall: community venueCrewe Municipal Buildings: community venueMacclesfield Community Centre: community venueMacclesfield Library: community venueMacclesfield Town Hall: community venue[ONE] LONDON RD: coworking spacePoynton Civic Hall: community venueSandbach Enterprise Centre: managed officesSandbach Town Hall: community venueScope House: managed officesTatton Park: heritage venue

Cheshire East is a council area in Cheshire and Warrington, in North West England. Its biggest towns are Crewe, Macclesfield and Congleton.

Next to it: Warrington, Cheshire West and Chester, Manchester, Stockport, Trafford

Choose an area on the map to see its page. The shaded shapes are its towns, each with its own page. The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Cheshire and Warrington. Show open funding for Cheshire East on your website. Every area