Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster
As of 1 November 2026, 293 schemes are open to businesses in South Yorkshire; 3 of them are only for South Yorkshire. Another 2 are only for part of South Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
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Schemes open to businesses anywhere in South Yorkshire, and only there.
Foresight Group
£20 million fund providing equity investments of up to £2 million to venture, early stage and growth companies in South Yorkshire.
Sheffield Hallam University
Free innovation support for organisations in South Yorkshire that want to develop ideas, improve a process, reach new markets or launch a new product. Support includes academic consultancy, technical projects, innovation audits, student projects and placements, access to university equipment, and funded help to put an existing or off-the-shelf innovation solution in place.
Launchpad South Yorkshire
Free business support programme offering workshops, events and one-to-one advice from business advisors and coaches for start-ups and SMEs under three years old and micro businesses of any age.
Schemes for South Yorkshire and other areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.
UK Steel Enterprise
Business loans from UKSE for businesses in steel areas, at fixed interest rates: unsecured loans of up to £200,000 for a growing business, or up to £100,000 for a new one, and secured loans.
UK Steel Enterprise
Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.
Schemes for a single council area in South Yorkshire. Each area's page lists its own.
Local services that help businesses in South Yorkshire. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
South Yorkshire Business Support (South Yorkshire Growth Hub)
Single contact point for business support across South Yorkshire; advises and signposts businesses.
Chambers of commerce here: Doncaster Chamber (01302 640 100), Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry (0114 201 8888), Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce (01709 386200)
For the whole region or the North, South Yorkshire included. The soonest to close first.
Loan · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Grant · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Open to businesses across England or the UK, including South Yorkshire.
Open to businesses in South Yorkshire, 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 in South Yorkshire come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in South Yorkshire, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Thu 19 Nov
Somewhere in Sheffield
Wed 18 Nov
Somewhere in Kirklees · about 5 miles outside · MY Chamber
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.
Managed offices · Doncaster · Workstations from £250 a month; office space from £250 a desk a month; meeting rooms from £12.50 an hour
Dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office and meeting rooms
Arts venue · Barnsley · Preferential rates for long-term bookings, with full day, half day and hourly options.
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
Incubator or innovation centre · Barnsley
Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall
Meeting rooms to hire · Barnsley · The Community Room from £25 per hour; Hot desks £15 a day.
Hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Workspace · Barnsley · Co-working space for £10 per day. A day of co-working at the desks is free to try.
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, a conference hall and outdoor space
Managed offices · Rotherham · Room One and Room Two are £65 for a half day and £130 for a full day
Private offices, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, training rooms and a conference hall
Managed offices · Rotherham · Meeting rooms: Room One £55 half day, £110 full day; Room Two £62.50 half day, £125 full day
Private offices, labs or workshops and meeting rooms
Coworking space · Sheffield · Hot desks from £175/month + VAT; designated desks from £275/month + VAT
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, studios and meeting rooms
Event venue · Doncaster · The Leger Bar up to 15 guests; The Weighing Room up to 20 guests
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
Arts venue · Barnsley · Meeting Room 1: up to 30; Meeting Room 2: up to 12 (boardroom style)
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
Incubator or innovation centre · Barnsley
Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall
Meeting rooms to hire · Barnsley · Up to 30 people
Hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Workspace · Barnsley
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, a conference hall and outdoor space
Event venue · Barnsley · Groups of 10 to 150 people for conferences and team-building; the Metrodome Arena holds up to 1800 guests
Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, catering and exhibition space
Conference centre · Minimum numbers of 50 people for the packages
Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, catering and outdoor space
Community venue · Doncaster · The main hall can accommodate up to 200 people.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
No business in South Yorkshire 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.
Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Membership or network · Open all year
Stories about businesses, schemes and events here, from the news we read every day.
GOV.UK business finance and support finder
GOV.UK business finance and support finder
GOV.UK business finance and support finder
GOV.UK business finance and support finder
GOV.UK business finance and support finder
Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.
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 Yorkshire and the Humber. Show open funding for South Yorkshire on your website. Every area