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Business grants and support in St Helens

Including Newton-le-Willows and Haydock

As of 1 November 2026, 302 schemes are open to businesses in St Helens; 18 of them are only for St Helens or Liverpool City Region. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for St Helens or Liverpool City Region opened or closed.

What opened and closed across the North West this monthTalk to someone in St Helens

Across Liverpool City Region 20 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in Liverpool City Region, St Helens included.

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
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
Open all yearSupport programme

Jobcentre Plus help for recruiters

Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus offers recruitment advice, work trials, apprenticeship support, and help employing people with disabilities to employers.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Kindred

Kindred

A membership and funding programme for socially-trading organisations in Liverpool City Region, offering peer-to-peer support and money to help them grow.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

KQ CLICK

KQ Liverpool

KQ CLICK is a business support network designed to help businesses connect, land, innovate, collaborate and knowledge share. All programmes are free of charge for businesses across the Liverpool City Region.

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

Leadership for Growth

Edge Hill University

Fully funded Chartered Management Institute courses in management and strategic leadership for managers and leaders in scale-up potential SMEs across Liverpool City Region.

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

Liverpool City Region Export Support

Growth Platform, Growth Platform – Liverpool City Region Growth Company

Export support for established or new to export businesses, including a Business Diagnostic tool and export action plan.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Liverpool City RegionLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10

All 20 in the funding list

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in St Helens. 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. St Helens Business Launchpad (with St Helens Borough Council)

    Free one-to-one advice, workshops and growth programmes for St Helens businesses and start-ups.

    01744 415 322

Across North West England or the whole North 17 schemes

For the whole region or the North, St Helens included. The soonest to close first.

All 17 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including St Helens.

Grants (103)Loans and guarantees (15)Investment (9)Support, advice and training (108)Competitions and awards (23)Tax relief (2)

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in St Helens, 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 in St Helens come first.

Business events in and near St Helens

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

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

Events for St Helens, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in St Helens

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 (2)

  • Bold Business Centre

    Workspace · St Helens · Space from £50 per week; units from £50 per week; storage units from £90 per week

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a virtual office and labs or workshops

  • Serene Workspaces

    Coworking space · St Helens · Half-day hot desk £12 inc. VAT (£10 ex. VAT); full-day hot desk £21.60 inc. VAT (£18 ex. VAT)

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices and meeting rooms

Event venues to hire (4)

  • BrewDog Stadium

    Conference centre · St Helens · Up to 500 delegates; 1873 Lounge up to 400; Eric Ashton Boardroom up to 80

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

  • St Helens Theatre Royal

    Arts venue · St Helens · Theatre seating up to 700.

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space and a theatre or auditorium

  • St Helens Town Hall

    Community venue · St Helens · Assembly Hall up to 250 people, or up to 300 using the balcony; Pilkington Room up to 60 people

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • The World of Glass

    Heritage venue · St Helens · Sankey Suite up to 80 seated or 100 standing; Godfrey Pilkington Gallery up to 80 guests

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a theatre or auditorium, exhibition space and catering

All 6 workspaces and venues in St Helens, on a map

No business in St Helens has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and put you on the map.

Networks and communities for businesses in St Helens

Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.

Organisations that support businesses in St Helens

Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.

Towns in St Helens

Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.

Where St Helens 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldNewton-le-Willows: see its pageHaydock: see its pageBold Business Centre: workspaceBrewDog Stadium: conference centreSerene Workspaces: coworking spaceSt Helens Theatre Royal: arts venueSt Helens Town Hall: community venueThe World of Glass: heritage venue

St Helens is a council area in Liverpool City Region, in North West England. Its biggest towns besides St Helens itself are Newton-le-Willows and Haydock.

Next to it: Halton, Warrington, West Lancashire, Wigan, Knowsley

Choose an area on the map to see its page. The shaded shapes are its towns, each with its own page. The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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 Liverpool City Region. Show open funding for St Helens on your website. Every area