Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, Lancashire. About 35,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Skelmersdale can apply to the 292 schemes open across West Lancashire; 8 of them are only for West Lancashire or Lancashire. Updated 31 Oct 2026.
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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.
Managed offices · Skelmersdale · Willow conference suite £225.00 per full day or £175.00 per half day
Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, training rooms and catering
Managed offices · Skelmersdale · Rooms range from a maximum capacity of 6 to the Poplar Suite for 120 plus exhibition space
Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, training rooms and catering
Schemes for West Lancashire or Lancashire, not for the whole region, which businesses in Skelmersdale 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.
All 8, and everything else open in West Lancashire, on its page
Local services that help businesses in Skelmersdale and the rest of West Lancashire. 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.
West Lancashire Borough Council Business Engagement Team (Economic Regeneration)
One-stop business support for West Lancashire start-ups and existing businesses: growth, skills, premises, funding.
Your chamber of commerce: North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce (01772 653 000)
Open to businesses in Skelmersdale, 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 West Lancashire come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Skelmersdale, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Skelmersdale in the next 30 days.
No business in Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale.
Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, Lancashire. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Skelmersdale; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to West Lancashire: Chorley, Fylde, South Ribble, Wigan, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton
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 West Lancashire. Every area