Bacup is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire. About 13,600 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 2 November 2026, businesses in Bacup can apply to the 292 schemes open across Rossendale; 8 of them are only for Rossendale or Lancashire. Updated 31 Oct 2026.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Bacup, then within about five miles of it. 59 online events are open to anyone.
Thu 5 Nov09:30
Somewhere in Fire Up Co-Working Space · about 5 miles outside · GM Business Growth Hub
Wed 2 Dec08:45
Somewhere in Rochdale · about 5 miles outside · GM Business Growth Hub
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.
Coworking space · Bacup · A desk will cost £12.50 a day on a pay-as-you-go system, and we have a variety of membership options…
Hot desks and meeting rooms
Managed offices · Bacup · Room hire: Small Meeting Room (10 seats) £60.00 half day, £110.00 full day
Private offices, meeting rooms and training rooms
Schemes for Rossendale or Lancashire, not for the whole region, which businesses in Bacup can apply to.
Rosebud Finance
Tailor-made business loans for growing companies in Lancashire, from £25,000 at interest rates up to 14% for up to five years.
Chamber Low Carbon provides a range of 1-2-1 business support services specialising in energy, resource and water efficiency.
Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire
One-to-one support for Lancashire businesses to reduce energy bills, carbon footprint and improve efficiency through energy audits, carbon footprint analysis and sustainability mentoring.
Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire
In-depth support for Lancashire businesses to integrate energy and sustainability management, including training, ISO standards guidance and environmental auditing.
Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire
Events for Lancashire businesses to learn about low carbon renewable energy options, technology choices and implementation strategies.
Lancashire County Council
A programme to help individuals set up and grow small, independent businesses delivering personalised care and support services in their local communities, with guidance, networking and signposting to resources.
Local services that help businesses in Bacup and the rest of Rossendale. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Boost Business Lancashire (Lancashire's Business Growth Hub)
Helpdesk guiding Lancashire businesses to support, from start-up and finance to marketing and leadership.
Rossendale Borough Council Economic Development Team (Economic Regeneration)
Support for new and existing Rossendale businesses: networking, rural grants, town centres and premises.
Your chamber of commerce: East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce (+44 (0)1254 356400)
Open to businesses in Bacup, local and national, soonest first.
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 Rossendale come first.
No business in Bacup 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 Bacup.
Bacup is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Bacup; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Rossendale: Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Bury, Rochdale, 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 Rossendale. Every area