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Business grants and support in Trafford

Including Sale, Altrincham and Urmston

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

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

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Across Greater Manchester 10 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Greater Manchester, Trafford 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 Trafford. 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. Trafford Council Inclusive Economy and Communities Team

    Council's single contact point helping Trafford businesses find funding, premises and business support.

    0161 912 2000

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, Trafford 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 Trafford.

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 Trafford, 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 Trafford come first.

Business events in and near Trafford

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

Within about five miles

Events for Trafford, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Trafford

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.

Event venues to hire (4)

  • Altrincham Garrick Playhouse

    Arts venue · Altrincham

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering

  • Emirates Old Trafford

    Conference centre · Manchester · Space for 10 to 1,000 guests

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, exhibition space and outdoor space

  • St Antony's Centre

    Conference centre · Manchester · Up to 90 people in a theatre style arrangement in the largest room

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space and catering

  • Waterside (Sale)

    Arts venue · Sale · The Chambers: boardroom up to 30, theatre style up to 100, conference up to 80.

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

All 4 workspaces and venues in Trafford, on a map

No business in Trafford 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 Trafford

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

Organisations that support businesses in Trafford

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

Towns in Trafford

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

Where Trafford 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldSale: see its pageAltrincham: see its pageUrmston: see its pageStretford: see its pageOld Trafford: see its pageHale: see its pageAltrincham Garrick Playhouse: arts venueEmirates Old Trafford: conference centreSt Antony's Centre: conference centreWaterside (Sale): arts venue

Trafford is a council area in Greater Manchester, in North West England. Its biggest towns are Sale, Altrincham and Urmston.

Next to it: Warrington, Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford

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 Trafford on your website. Every area