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Business grants and support in Hull

As of 1 November 2026, 295 schemes are open to businesses in Hull; 5 of them are only for Hull or Hull and East Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Hull or Hull and East Yorkshire opened or closed.

What opened and closed across Yorkshire and the Humber this monthTalk to someone in Hull

For Hull 2 schemes

Schemes for Hull alone, not for the whole of Hull and East Yorkshire.

Open all yearGrant

Start Up Grants

Hull and East Yorkshire Business Support, Invest Hull

Grants of up to £500 towards start-up costs such as rent, equipment and training, for people starting their first business in Hull.

Amount
Up to £500
Deadline
Open all year
Area
HullLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Check statusSupport programme

Employment Hub – Support for Businesses

Employment Hub

The Employment Hub provides information, advice and guidance to help businesses grow. It includes Lifelong Skills for Growth, which tackles barriers to employment and progression for people aged 50 and over, and a free vacancy advertising service.

Area
HullLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

Across Hull and East Yorkshire 5 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Hull and East Yorkshire, Hull included.

Open all yearGrant

Growing Places Fund – Business Growth Capital Investment Programme

HEY Business, Growth & Skills Hub

Grants of £5,000 to £250,000 and/or loans of £75,000 to typically up to £250,000 for established businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire investing in capital growth projects; applicants must show profitability and a viable, ready project.

Amount
£5,000 to £250,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Hull and East YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

MC4C (Making Changes for Careers)

Hull and East Yorkshire Business Support, MC4C, Invest Hull, Hull City Council

A free programme for enterprising young people aged 16 to 29 in Hull and the East Riding who want to start their own business, offering training workshops, a named Business Advisor, mentors and access to a possible Test Market Grant.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Hull, East Riding of YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearGrant

Revenue grants

Hull and East Yorkshire Business Support, Invest Hull

Grants of up to 50% of project cost, to a maximum grant of £2,500, for eligible businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire towards costs such as external consultancy, exhibitions, accreditations, marketing and sales, and software.

Amount
Up to £2,500
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Hull, East Riding of YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearLoan

UKSE business loans

UK Steel Enterprise

Business loans from UKSE for businesses in steel areas, at fixed interest rates: unsecured loans of up to £200,000 for a growing business, or up to £100,000 for a new one, and secured loans.

Amount
£35,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

UKSE equity investment

UK Steel Enterprise

Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.

Amount
£35,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

Need to talk to someone?

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

  1. Hull & East Yorkshire Growth Hub (HEY Growth Hub)

    Free, impartial advice, guidance and signposting for all businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire.

    Their website

  2. Business & IP Centre Hull (BIPC Humber Partnership)

    Business information, workshops, one-to-one sessions and intellectual property help for people starting or growing businesses.

    01482 223 344

  3. Hull City Council Enterprise Development Team (Invest Hull)

    Council advisers for Hull businesses: grants, finance, starting and expanding, recruitment and workshops.

    See Invest Hull on Local Landscape

    01482 613 089

Your chamber of commerce: Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce (01482 324976)

Across Yorkshire and the Humber or the whole North 23 schemes

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

All 23 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

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

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Hull, 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 Hull come first.

Business events in and near Hull

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

No in-person events found in or near Hull in the next 30 days.

Events for Hull, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Hull

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 (5)

  • Bespoke Centre

    Managed offices · Hull

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • C4DI

    Workspace · Hull · Coworking from £150 + VAT; Day Pass £20 + VAT; Virtual (Business Address) from £50 + VAT

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

  • Craven Park Training and Enterprise Centre

    Managed offices · Hull

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • Louis Pearlman Centre

    Managed offices · Hull

    Private offices, labs or workshops and a conference hall

  • The Deep Business Centre

    Workspace · Hull · Co-working terms start at 1 month. Meeting room and evening rates are available on request.

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

Event venues to hire (18)

  • Bespoke Centre

    Managed offices · Hull

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • C4DI

    Workspace · Hull · Skyline Boardroom seats up to 20 people; Waterline Boardroom seats 10–12 people

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

  • Connexin Live

    Conference centre · Hull · Main Auditorium up to 600 guests for banqueting

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

  • Craven Park Training and Enterprise Centre

    Managed offices · Hull

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • Ferens Art Gallery

    Arts venue · Hull

    Meeting rooms, event space, a theatre or auditorium, catering and exhibition space

  • Hull City Hall

    Arts venue · Hull · Main Hall up to 1200 seated or 1800 standing; Mortimer Suite up to 300 people

    A conference hall and a theatre or auditorium

  • Hull Guildhall

    Community venue · Hull · Up to 250 for gala dinners (Banquet Hall: up to 350 theatre style, up to 250 banquet style

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Hull Maritime Museum

    Heritage venue · Hull · The Courtroom: up to 100 people standing, or up to 60 seated at round tables.

    Meeting rooms, event space and catering

All 18 in Hull

All 18 workspaces and venues in Hull, on a map

No business in Hull 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 Hull

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

Organisations that support businesses in Hull

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

Where Hull 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldBespoke Centre: managed officesC4DI: workspaceConnexin Live: conference centreCraven Park Training and Enterprise Centre: managed officesFerens Art Gallery: arts venueHull City Hall: arts venueHull Guildhall: community venueHull Maritime Museum: heritage venueHull Minster: heritage venueHull Truck Theatre: arts venueJubilee Central: arts venueLouis Pearlman Centre: managed officesNordic House: community venueStreetlife Museum: heritage venueThe Deep: event venueThe Deep Business Centre: workspaceUniversity of Hull Conferences and Events: conference centreWilberforce House Museum: heritage venue

Hull is a council area in Hull and East Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Next to it: East Riding of Yorkshire

Choose an area on the map to see its page. The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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