Ashington is a town in Northumberland, the North East Combined Authority area. About 28,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Ashington can apply to the 382 schemes open across Northumberland; 83 of them are only for Northumberland or the North East Combined Authority area. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Workspace · Ashington · Meeting room 19: Board room set up max 16, half day £50 plus VAT, full day £100 plus VAT.
Private offices, dedicated desks, hot desks, a virtual office, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Heritage venue · Ashington · The Winding Room: 70 seated, 40 boardroom.
Meeting rooms, event space, a conference hall, catering and outdoor space
Schemes for Northumberland or the North East Combined Authority area, not for the whole region, which businesses in Ashington can apply to.
North East BIC
Support for social entrepreneurs to change the world by doing business for good, delivered by the North East BIC as a not-for-profit social enterprise.
UMi
A £3.5 million UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme supporting business growth in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland.
North East BIC
Support for socially trading organisations and purpose-led businesses to start up or grow their trading income, including training, advice and business development support.
Creative UK
A package of financial and business support for freelancers and businesses in the culture and creative industries.
Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley (NETV), Sunderland Software City
Fully-funded support for residents with digital business ideas in early stages, including mentoring, events, connections and a planning toolkit.
ORE Catapult
Expert technical support and market analysis for micro, small and medium enterprises in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland with technology, products or services for the offshore wind sector.
All 83, and everything else open in Northumberland, on its page
Local services that help businesses in Ashington and the rest of Northumberland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Impartial advice, links to support and help finding finance for existing North East businesses.
North East Enterprise Agency (NEEAL)
Fully funded one-to-one advice, workshops and training for people starting a business.
See North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL) on Local Landscape
Business Northumberland (Northumberland County Council)
Northumberland County Council's business service: start-up, growth, funding, premises and recruitment help.
Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)
Open to businesses in Ashington, 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 Northumberland come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Ashington, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Ashington in the next 30 days.
No business in Ashington 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 Ashington.
Ashington is a town in Northumberland, the North East Combined Authority area. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Ashington; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Northumberland: County Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead
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 Northumberland. Every area