Including Carlisle, Whitehaven and Workington
As of 1 November 2026, 286 schemes are open to businesses in Cumberland. None of them is only for Cumberland or Cumbria yet: they are for the wider region or the whole country. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In October 2026, no scheme only for Cumberland or Cumbria opened or closed.
What opened and closed across the North West this monthTalk to someone in Cumberland
Nothing just for Cumberland or Cumbria is open on the site right now. The schemes below are open more widely, and you can apply from Cumberland.
Schemes for Cumberland and other council areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.
UK Steel Enterprise
Business loans from UKSE for businesses in steel areas, at fixed interest rates: unsecured loans of up to £200,000 for a growing business, or up to £100,000 for a new one, and secured loans.
UK Steel Enterprise
Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.
Open to businesses anywhere in Cumbria, Cumberland included.
River Capital
Debt finance from £25,000 to £100,000 for new or growing businesses in the North West.
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.
Local services that help businesses in Cumberland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Advice, training, funding, networking and start-up help for businesses across Cumbria.
Cumbria Accelerator (Cumbria Combined Authority)
Fully funded one-to-one advice for established SMEs across Cumbria, from the Combined Authority.
Cumberland Council Business support (Invest in Cumberland)
Council pages on investing or expanding in Cumberland, pointing to the Growth Hub and funding.
Your chamber of commerce: Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (01228 534120)
For the whole region or the North, Cumberland included. The soonest to close first.
Support programme · Open all year
Investment · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Cumberland.
Open to businesses in Cumberland, local and national, soonest first.
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 Cumberland come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Cumberland, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Cumberland in the next 30 days.
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.
Managed offices · Carlisle
Private offices, meeting rooms and catering
Meeting rooms to hire · Carlisle
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and private offices
Heritage venue · Keswick · Half day (up to 4 hours) £75; full day (9am - 5pm) £120.
Dedicated desks, hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering
Managed offices · Cleator Moor
Private offices, meeting rooms and training rooms
Coworking space · Carlisle · Dedicated desk £250 + VAT (£300 inc VAT) per month; hot desk 8 days £130 + VAT (£156 inc VAT) per month
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms and event space
Workspace · Cockermouth · Monthly membership from £4.75 / day
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office and meeting rooms
Workspace · Carlisle
Private offices, dedicated desks, hot desks, meeting rooms, labs or workshops and a virtual office
Conference centre · Moor Row
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
Conference centre · Carlisle · Fratry Hall up to 120; Fratry Undercroft up to 60; Prior's Room up to 16; Cathedral Café up to 80
Meeting rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space
Meeting rooms to hire · Carlisle
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and private offices
Arts venue · Workington
Meeting rooms, a theatre or auditorium, studios and catering
Heritage venue · Carlisle · Imphal: theatre style up to 50, conference style up to 20, seated meal up to 30.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
Conference centre · Workington · Atrium up to 250 guests in a formal setting; lecture theatre 204 seats
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
Heritage venue · Workington
Meeting rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space and catering
Heritage venue · Keswick · Up to 30 people seated around tables, or more in conference style
Dedicated desks, hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering
Event venue · Workington · Boardroom 20 (conference style); Conference Rooms 90 (theatre style); Street Cafe 120 (theatre style)
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and catering
No business in Cumberland 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.
Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.
Membership or network · Open all year
Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.
Cumberland is a council area in Cumbria, in North West England. Its biggest towns are Carlisle, Whitehaven and Workington.
Next to it: Northumberland, Westmorland and Furness
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 Cumbria. Show open funding for Cumberland on your website. Every area