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Business grants and support in Cheshire West and Chester

Including Ellesmere Port, Winsford and Northwich

As of 1 November 2026, 284 schemes are open to businesses in Cheshire West and Chester. None of them is only for Cheshire West and Chester 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 West and Chester or Cheshire and Warrington opened or closed.

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

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

Across Cheshire and Warrington 2 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Cheshire and Warrington, Cheshire West and Chester 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

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Cheshire West and Chester. 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 West and Chester Council Business Growth Team (Let's Talk Business)

    Helps local businesses find support, networks, training, sites and premises, and recruitment and apprenticeship guidance.

    Their website

Your chamber of commerce: West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce (01244 669 988)

Across North West England or the whole North 17 schemes

For the whole region or the North, Cheshire West and Chester 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 West and Chester.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Cheshire West and Chester, 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 West and Chester come first.

Business events in and near Cheshire West and Chester

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

No in-person events found in or near Cheshire West and Chester in the next 30 days.

Events for Cheshire West and Chester, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Cheshire West and Chester

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 (3)

  • Flexspace Ellesmere Port

    Managed offices · Ellesmere Port · Workshops from £1025 /month; business units from £390 /month; offices from £390 /month

    Studios, labs or workshops and private offices

  • Riverside Innovation Centre

    Workspace · Chester

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • ShiftWorks Royal House

    Workspace · Chester · Day pass £25 per day including VAT; flex desk £140 per month; resident desk £200 per month

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms and catering

Event venues to hire (13)

  • Bolesworth

    Meeting rooms to hire · Chester · Up to 20 (depending on event type and client requirements)

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Chester Cathedral

    Heritage venue · Chester · Nave: dinner rounds 504, long banqueting 258, theatre 850, cabaret 336, exhibition tables 49.

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering

  • Chester Racecourse

    Conference centre · Chester · Up to 700 at the Pavillion Suite; venues range from 40 to 700 max capacity

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Chester Zoo

    Conference centre · Chester · Dove Suite: 18 boardroom, 18 classroom, 18 U-shape, 48 theatre.

    Meeting rooms, event space, catering and training rooms

  • Grosvenor Museum

    Heritage venue · Chester · Seats 125 on fixed, raked seating

    Event space and a theatre or auditorium

  • Lache Community Centre

    Community venue · Chester · Function room up to 60 guests; main hall up to 150 people depending on layout

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Lion Salt Works

    Heritage venue · Northwich · Maximum group size of 36 for group visits and tours

    Meeting rooms, event space and catering

  • National Waterways Museum

    Event venue · Ellesmere Port · The Basuto Suite up to 40 guests, depending on layout; The Tom Rolt Suite up to 100 people

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and a conference hall

All 13 in Cheshire West and Chester

All 15 workspaces and venues in Cheshire West and Chester, on a map

No business in Cheshire West and Chester 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 West and Chester

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

Towns in Cheshire West and Chester

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

Where Cheshire West and Chester 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldEllesmere Port: see its pageWinsford: see its pageNorthwich: see its pageNeston: see its pageDavenham: see its pageBolesworth: meeting rooms to hireChester Cathedral: heritage venueChester Racecourse: conference centreChester Zoo: conference centreFlexspace Ellesmere Port: managed officesGrosvenor Museum: heritage venueLache Community Centre: community venueLion Salt Works: heritage venueNational Waterways Museum: event venueRiverside Innovation Centre: workspaceShiftWorks Royal House: workspaceStoryhouse: arts venueUniversity of Chester: university venueWeaver Hall Museum and Workhouse: heritage venueWinsford Library: meeting rooms to hire

Cheshire West and Chester is a council area in Cheshire and Warrington, in North West England. Its biggest towns besides Cheshire West and Chester itself are Ellesmere Port, Winsford and Northwich.

Next to it: Halton, Warrington, Cheshire East, Wirral

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 West and Chester on your website. Every area