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Business grants and support in Stockport

Including Cheadle Hulme, Reddish and Hazel Grove

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

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

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Across Greater Manchester 10 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Greater Manchester, Stockport 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 Stockport. 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. Business Stockport (Stockport Council)

    Council help for Stockport businesses to start, grow and invest, plus free advice sessions.

    Their website

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, Stockport 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 Stockport.

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 Stockport, 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 Stockport come first.

Business events in and near Stockport

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

Within about five miles

Events for Stockport, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Stockport

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 (12)

  • BizSpace Cheadle

    Managed offices · Stockport

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a virtual office and studios

  • DixonSpace

    Managed offices · Stockport · FTTC broadband from £15pcm; VOIP phone from £25 per month

    Private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms and catering

  • Merchants House

    Managed offices · Stockport

    Private offices and dedicated desks

  • Merseyway Innovation Centre

    Incubator or innovation centre · Stockport

    Private offices, dedicated desks and hot desks

  • Mustard Cowork

    Coworking space · Stockport · Floating desk full time £200 per month; dedicated desk full time £260 per month

    Dedicated desks, hot desks and meeting rooms

  • Ourworx

    Managed offices · Stockport

    Hot desks, private offices, meeting rooms and dedicated desks

  • Pure Offices Cheadle Royal

    Managed offices · Cheadle

    Private offices, a virtual office and meeting rooms

  • Regent House, Stockport

    Workspace · Stockport · Orbit Spaces Day Pass £10 per day; Orbit Spaces Member £50 per month; Fixed Desk Member £150 per month

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

All 12 in Stockport

Event venues to hire (4)

  • Fred Perry House

    Conference centre · Stockport · Up to 100 delegates when the two conference rooms are combined

    A conference hall and meeting rooms

  • Stockport Business & Innovation Centre

    Workspace · Stockport · Offices for 1-20+ people

    Private offices, hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, training rooms and event space

  • Stockport Town Hall

    Conference centre · Stockport · Committee suite up to 120 delegates; council chamber up to 150 guests theatre style

    Meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • The Tannery, Stockport

    Managed offices · Stockport

    Private offices, meeting rooms, event space and a virtual office

All 14 workspaces and venues in Stockport, on a map

No business in Stockport 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 Stockport

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

Organisations that support businesses in Stockport

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

Towns in Stockport

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

Where Stockport is

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Stockport is a council area in Greater Manchester, in North West England. Its biggest towns besides Stockport itself are Cheadle Hulme, Reddish and Hazel Grove.

Next to it: Cheshire East, Manchester, Tameside

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 Stockport on your website. Every area