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Business grants and support in Prescot

Prescot is a town in Knowsley, Liverpool City Region. About 25,000 people live there (Census 2021).

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

Talk to someone in Prescot

Places to work and meet in Prescot

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.

Event venues to hire (1)

  • Shakespeare North Playhouse

    Arts venue · Prescot · Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden: tiered seating for up to 120 people…

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space, studios, catering and outdoor space

Places to work and meet across Knowsley

Only for Knowsley or Liverpool City Region 17 schemes

Schemes for Knowsley or Liverpool City Region, not for the whole region, which businesses in Prescot 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 Knowsley, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Prescot and the rest of Knowsley. 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. Invest Knowsley (Knowsley Council)

    Council one-stop shop helping Knowsley businesses start, grow, find funding, property and networks.

    0151 477 4000

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Prescot, 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 Knowsley come first.

Business events in and near Prescot

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

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

Events for Knowsley, week by weekOnline events

No business in Prescot 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 Prescot.

Other towns in Knowsley

Where Prescot 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 Knowsley. Every area