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Business grants and support in Rochdale

Including Middleton, Heywood and Littleborough

As of 1 November 2026, 292 schemes are open to businesses in Rochdale; 10 of them are only for Rochdale or Greater Manchester. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Rochdale or Greater Manchester opened or closed.

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For Rochdale 1 scheme

Schemes for Rochdale alone, not for the whole of Greater Manchester.

Open all yearSupport programme

Rochdale Development Agency

Rochdale Development Agency

Support and information for businesses relocating to Rochdale.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
RochdaleLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10

Across Greater Manchester 10 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Greater Manchester, Rochdale included.

OpenSupport programme

International Scale Up Programme

Enhanced Trade Partnership in Greater Manchester, GM Business Growth Hub, Enhanced Trade Partnership

A programme for fast-growing Greater Manchester businesses preparing to expand internationally, with workshops, a 1-2-1 International Trade Adviser and an export grant of up to £2,500. It is run by the Enhanced Trade Partnership and brings together GM Business Growth Hub, Department for Business and Trade, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Amount
Up to £2,500
Deadline
Closes 22 November 2026 (21 days)
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

ASCEND Scale Up Programme

GM Business Growth Hub

A 12-month support programme for founder-led businesses in Greater Manchester with annual turnover of £1m or above, offering workshops, mentoring, networking and access to investment opportunities.

Amount
fully funded (no amount stated)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Creative Industries Accelerator

GM Business Growth Hub

A fully funded support programme for creative businesses in Greater Manchester offering 1:1 business advice, workshops, masterclasses and networking to help businesses grow and scale.

Amount
Fully funded
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

Equity and Loan fund in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

£10m investment fund to support the growth of companies in the advanced manufacturing and materials sector in Greater Manchester.

Amount
Up to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Invest in - Manchester

Invest Manchester

Invest Manchester offers a free and confidential package of services tailored to individual business needs, including finance and funding guidance, market intelligence, PR and marketing support, property solutions, recruitment and relocation support.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Invest Manchester free and confidential package of services

Invest Manchester

Invest Manchester offers a free and confidential package of services tailored to individual business needs, including finance and funding guidance, market intelligence, PR and marketing support, property solutions, recruitment and relocation support.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
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
Open all yearSupport programme

Skills Development Service

GM Business Growth Hub

Free fully funded training and tailored business support to develop workforce skills, address skills gaps and strengthen workforce resilience for Greater Manchester organisations and individuals.

Amount
fully funded (no amount stated)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
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Innovation Labs

Centre for Sustainable Innovation, University of Salford (with GM Business Growth Hub

A free three-day workshop for Greater Manchester SMEs with an innovation or R&D project ready for its next stage, covering market research, design sprints and advice on finding more funding. Businesses that qualify can then get help applying for technical assistance from an expert.

Amount
Fully funded (free to attend)
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenSupport programme

Spark to Scale

GM Business Growth Hub

A six-week scale-up support programme for businesses in Greater Manchester covering strategy, innovation, customer insight, people management, finance and social value.

Deadline
Apply now for a place on a cohort: cohort 8 starts on 28 January 2027 and cohort 9 on 22 April 2027.
Area
Greater ManchesterLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

Need to talk to someone?

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

  1. GM Business Growth Hub

    Free, publicly funded advice and growth programmes for Greater Manchester businesses and the self-employed.

    0161 359 3050

  2. Business & IP Centre Greater Manchester (BIPC GM)

    Free business databases, workshops and IP clinics for people starting or growing a business.

    0161 234 1990

  3. Rochdale Borough Council Business Support (the Rochdale Offer)

    Free start-up and business advice, staff training, recruitment and wellbeing help for Rochdale businesses.

    01706 926657

Your chamber of commerce: Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (0161 393 4321)

Across North West England or the whole North 17 schemes

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

All 17 in the funding list

National schemes 264 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Rochdale.

Grants (103)Loans and guarantees (15)Investment (9)Support, advice and training (107)Competitions and awards (23)Tax relief (2)

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Rochdale, 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 Rochdale come first.

Business events in and near Rochdale

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

  • Thu 5 Nov09:30

    Match: Rochdale

    Somewhere in Fire Up Co-Working Space · GM Business Growth Hub

Within about five miles

Events for Rochdale, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Rochdale

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)

  • Fire Up Rochdale

    Coworking space · Rochdale · Hot desks from £20/per day; meeting rooms from £8/per hour; event space from £65/per half day

    Hot desks, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, training rooms, private offices and catering

  • Globe House

    Workspace · Rochdale · Hot desks £18 per day plus VAT or £80 per week plus VAT. Small meeting room from £12.20 an hour

    Hot desks, private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Lock 50

    Managed offices · Rochdale · Boardroom: £18 an hour, £63 for a half-day or £99 for a full-day. Quote needed for evenings and weekends.

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • The Old Police Station, Heywood

    Managed offices · Heywood · Meeting rooms: Courtyard (10 people) £15.90 hourly, £57.25 half-day, £95.40 full day

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

Event venues to hire (6)

  • Fire Up Rochdale

    Coworking space · Rochdale · Event space up to 30 people; meeting rooms between 2-16 people

    Hot desks, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, training rooms, private offices and catering

  • Globe House

    Workspace · Rochdale · Meeting rooms for 2 to 16 people: small meeting room 2+, conference room 12, training room 16.

    Hot desks, private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Lock 50

    Managed offices · Rochdale · Boardroom for 12 people

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Number One Riverside

    Meeting rooms to hire · Rochdale · From 4 to 180 people

    Meeting rooms, training rooms and a conference hall

  • Rochdale Town Hall

    Community venue · Rochdale · Up to 80 guests (Old Council Chamber and The Exchange), up to 100 (Historic Court Chamber)…

    Event space and catering

  • The Old Police Station, Heywood

    Managed offices · Heywood · Meeting rooms for 2 to 44 people

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

All 6 workspaces and venues in Rochdale, on a map

No business in Rochdale 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 Rochdale

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

Organisations that support businesses in Rochdale

Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.

Towns in Rochdale

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

Where Rochdale 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldMiddleton: see its pageHeywood: see its pageLittleborough: see its pageFire Up Rochdale: coworking spaceGlobe House: workspaceLock 50: managed officesNumber One Riverside: meeting rooms to hireRochdale Town Hall: community venueThe Old Police Station, Heywood: managed offices

Rochdale is a council area in Greater Manchester, in North West England. Its biggest towns besides Rochdale itself are Middleton, Heywood and Littleborough.

Next to it: Rossendale, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Calderdale

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.

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