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Business grants and support in Widnes

Widnes is a town in Halton, Liverpool City Region. About 60,000 people live there (Census 2021).

As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Widnes can apply to the 302 schemes open across Halton; 18 of them are only for Halton or Liverpool City Region. Updated 29 Oct 2026.

Talk to someone in Widnes

Places to work and meet in Widnes

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)

  • BusinessLodge Widnes

    Managed offices · Widnes · Meeting rooms from £15 per hour, hireable from an hour to a full day.

    Private offices, dedicated desks, hot desks, a virtual office and meeting rooms

Event venues to hire (2)

  • Catalyst Science Discovery Centre

    Event venue · Widnes · The Gossage Room seats up to 16 boardroom style or 30 theatre style.

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

  • Halton Stadium

    Conference centre · Widnes · 5 to 450 guests across 20 spaces; pitch-view meeting rooms hold up to 20 guests

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

Places to work and meet across Halton

Only for Halton or Liverpool City Region 18 schemes

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

Closing soonSupport programme

AI for Good

Growth Platform, University of Liverpool Virtual Engineering Centre, Public Life and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

A free programme supporting ten local entrepreneurs to build businesses that tackle real problems for people in the Liverpool City Region, with AI coaching, a business advisor, training and real-world testing. Open to people with a first-hand local problem and drive to tackle it.

Amount
Free programme
Deadline
Closes today
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
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

All 18, and everything else open in Halton, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Widnes 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 Widnes, 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 Widnes

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

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

Events for Halton, week by weekOnline events

No business in Widnes 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 Widnes.

Other towns in Halton

Where Widnes 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldEllesmere Port: see its pageRuncorn: see its pageHuyton with Roby: see its pagePrescot: see its pageNewton-le-Willows: see its pageWidnesBusinessLodge Widnes: managed officesCatalyst Science Discovery Centre: event venueHalton Stadium: conference centre

Widnes is a town in Halton, Liverpool City Region. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Widnes; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.

Council areas next to Halton: Warrington, Cheshire West and Chester, Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens

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 Halton. Every area