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Business grants and support in Runcorn

Runcorn is a town in Halton, Liverpool City Region. About 62,000 people live there (Census 2021).

As of 2 November 2026, businesses in Runcorn can apply to the 301 schemes open across Halton; 17 of them are only for Halton or Liverpool City Region. Updated 29 Oct 2026.

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Places to work and meet in Runcorn

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 (1)

  • The Heath Business & Technical Park

    Managed offices · Runcorn · Delegate packages from £17.50 per person per day, £26.00 per person per day and £28.00 per person per day.

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall, training rooms, event space, a theatre or auditorium, catering and labs or workshops

Event venues to hire (3)

  • Norton Priory Museum & Gardens

    Heritage venue · Runcorn

    Meeting rooms, event space, outdoor space and catering

  • The Heath Business & Technical Park

    Managed offices · Runcorn · Event space for up to 300 guests; 120-seat tiered lecture theatre

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall, training rooms, event space, a theatre or auditorium, catering and labs or workshops

  • The Old Police Station

    Community venue · Runcorn

    Training rooms

Places to work and meet across Halton

Only for Halton or Liverpool City Region 17 schemes

Schemes for Halton or Liverpool City Region, not for the whole region, which businesses in Runcorn can apply to.

Open all yearSupport programme

Business Support Service (Liverpool City Region councils)

Local Authority, Growth Platform, Your Local Authority Business Support team

Expert advice, practical guidance and tailored support to help businesses start, run and grow, including connecting them with funding, workforce, market and growth information and programmes.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Clean Growth UK

Clean Growth UK

Support for businesses to understand their carbon footprint, access university expertise and facilities, and find funding for net zero and sustainability projects.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearLoan

Flexible Growth Fund

River Capital

Fee-free, interest-subsidised loans up to £1m for capital expenditure projects by Liverpool City Region businesses that create jobs.

Amount
Up to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Gather

Form

Business scale-up programme offering one-to-one advice, AI solutions support and a 6-month premium programme for digital, creative, tech and tech-enabled businesses in the Liverpool City Region.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

Health & Life Science Fund

LYVA Labs

Equity investment of £25,000 to £250,000 for innovators in health and life sciences based in Liverpool City Region, with commercial advice.

Amount
£10,000 to £250,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Innovation Sprint Programme

Edge Hill University

Fully-funded 4-week innovation support programme with 60 hours of strategy development, workshops, and 1-2-1 facilitation for SMEs to address business challenges.

Amount
Fully-funded
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

All 17, and everything else open in Halton, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Runcorn and the rest of Halton. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region's Local Growth Hub)

    Points Liverpool City Region businesses to local and national support, programmes and funding.

    See Growth Platform on Local Landscape

    +44 (0) 300 131 2881

  2. Business & IP Centre Liverpool

    Free business databases, plus advisers, workshops and patent clinics, for people starting or growing businesses.

    0151 233 5825

  3. Halton Business Support Service (Halton Borough Council)

    Fully funded consultancy, workshops and start-up help for small and medium Halton businesses.

    Their website

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Runcorn, 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 for Halton come first.

Business events in and near Runcorn

In-person events in the next 30 days in Runcorn, then within about five miles of it. 59 online events are open to anyone.

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

Events for Halton, week by weekOnline events

No business in Runcorn 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 Runcorn.

Other towns in Halton

Where Runcorn is

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 Halton. Every area