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Business grants and support in Heywood

Heywood is a town in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. About 30,000 people live there (Census 2021).

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

Talk to someone in Heywood

Business events in and near Heywood

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

Within about five miles

  • Wed 4 Nov09:30

    Bury Business Networking at Graft

    Graft, Radcliffe Library · about 3 miles outside · GM Business Growth Hub

  • Thu 5 Nov09:30

    Match: Rochdale

    Somewhere in Fire Up Co-Working Space · about 2 miles outside · GM Business Growth Hub

  • Thu 19 Nov09:30

    Match: Oldham

    Audi · about 3 miles outside · GM Business Growth Hub

Events for Rochdale, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Heywood

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 (1)

  • 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 (1)

Places to work and meet across Rochdale

Only for Rochdale or Greater Manchester 10 schemes

Schemes for Rochdale or Greater Manchester, not for the whole region, which businesses in Heywood can apply to.

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
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

All 10, and everything else open in Rochdale, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Heywood and the rest of 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)

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Heywood, 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 for Rochdale come first.

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

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Where Heywood is

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Heywood is a town in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Heywood; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.

Council areas next to Rochdale: Rossendale, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Calderdale

The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).

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 Rochdale. Every area