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Business grants and support in Salford

Including Eccles, Little Hulton and Swinton

As of 1 November 2026, 291 schemes are open to businesses in Salford; 9 of them are only for Salford or Greater Manchester. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

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

What opened and closed across Greater Manchester this monthWhat opened and closed across the North West this monthTalk to someone in Salford

Across Greater Manchester 10 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Greater Manchester, Salford 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
Check statusSupport programme

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 Salford. 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. Salford City Council Business and Inward Investment Team (Invest Salford)

    Free, confidential council help for Salford businesses to start, grow, recruit or relocate.

    0161 793 3969

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, Salford 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 Salford.

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 Salford, 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 Salford come first.

Business events in and near Salford

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

Within about five miles

Events for Salford, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Salford

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)

  • HOST (Home of Skills & Technology)

    Coworking space · Salford · HOST Day Pass on a pay as you go basis; office space from £500 for a 2-4 person office

    Hot desks, private offices, meeting rooms, event space and training rooms

  • Islington Mill

    Studios and workshops · Salford · Islington Mill studios from £170 per month; New Islington Mill from £274 per month; Unit 4 from £147 per month

    Studios and labs or workshops

  • Salford Innovation Forum

    Coworking space · Salford · Coworking desks £150 + VAT per month; virtual offices from £80 a month

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering

  • x+why 100 Embankment

    Managed offices · Manchester · Offices available from £410 desk

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

Event venues to hire (11)

  • Beacon Centre

    Meeting rooms to hire · Salford · Meeting rooms for between two and 60 people

    Meeting rooms, training rooms and catering

  • HOST (Home of Skills & Technology)

    Coworking space · Salford · Boardrooms up to 12 people; The Cube up to six people; event space up to 70 theatre style

    Hot desks, private offices, meeting rooms, event space and training rooms

  • Ordsall Hall

    Heritage venue · Salford · Radclyffe Meeting Room up to 35 people; Markendale Meeting Room 10 people; Learning Room 20 people

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

  • Peel Building (University of Salford)

    University venue · Peel Hall up to 300 (tiered seating); lecture theatres and classrooms from 2 to 103 people

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

  • Salford Innovation Forum

    Coworking space · Salford · Private offices for 2-25 people; meeting rooms up to 24 people; boardrooms up to 46 people

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering

  • Salford Museum and Art Gallery

    Community venue · Salford · Meeting room 20 people; Learning room 20 people; Victorian Gallery 80 people; Lark Hill Place 40 people

    Meeting rooms, event space, exhibition space and catering

  • Salford Watersports Centre

    Event venue · Salford · Training room up to 30 people; conference room up to 40 people

    Training rooms, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • The Old Fire Station (University of Salford)

    University venue · Council Chamber up to 90 delegates (theatre style 90, cabaret 50, boardroom 30, exhibition 20 stands…

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and exhibition space

All 11 in Salford

All 12 workspaces and venues in Salford, on a map

No business in Salford 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 Salford

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

Organisations that support businesses in Salford

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

Towns in Salford

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

Where Salford 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldEccles: see its pageLittle Hulton: see its pageSwinton: see its pageIrlam: see its pageClifton: see its pageWalkden: see its pageWorsley: see its pageBeacon Centre: meeting rooms to hireHOST (Home of Skills & Technology): coworking spaceIslington Mill: studios and workshopsOrdsall Hall: heritage venueSalford Innovation Forum: coworking spaceSalford Museum and Art Gallery: community venueSalford Watersports Centre: event venueWorking Class Movement Library: community venuex+why 100 Embankment: managed offices

Salford is a council area in Greater Manchester, in North West England. Its biggest towns besides Salford itself are Eccles, Little Hulton and Swinton.

Next to it: Warrington, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Trafford, Wigan

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 Greater Manchester. Show open funding for Salford on your website. Every area