Including Wombwell, Hoyland and Darton
As of 1 November 2026, 295 schemes are open to businesses in Barnsley; 5 of them are only for Barnsley or South Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In October 2026, no scheme only for Barnsley or South Yorkshire opened or closed.
What opened and closed across South Yorkshire this monthWhat opened and closed across Yorkshire and the Humber this monthTalk to someone in Barnsley
Schemes for Barnsley alone, not for the whole of South Yorkshire.
Enterprising Barnsley
Business support for businesses of all sizes in Barnsley, from start-ups to large enterprises, with tailored help across start-up, growth, innovation and investment.
Enterprising Barnsley
A fully-funded, free business support programme for start-ups, SMEs under three years old and micro businesses of any age in Barnsley, offering workshops, a dedicated Business Advisor and tailored support packages.
Open to businesses anywhere in South Yorkshire, Barnsley included.
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.
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.
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.
Local services that help businesses in Barnsley. 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.
Enterprising Barnsley (Barnsley Council)
Council business support: start-up, growth, premises, finance, recruitment and training help in Barnsley.
Your chamber of commerce: Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce (01709 386200)
For the whole region or the North, Barnsley 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 Barnsley.
Open to businesses in Barnsley, 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 Barnsley come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Barnsley, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Wed 18 Nov
Somewhere in Kirklees · about 5 miles outside · MY Chamber
Thu 19 Nov
Somewhere in Sheffield · about 5 miles outside
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.
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
Community venue · Barnsley · Meeting room (4 people): £10 an hour or £70 a full day.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, outdoor space, dedicated desks, hot desks and labs or workshops
Managed offices · Barnsley · Small Office Space from £238 per month; Medium Office Space from £375 per month
Private offices, meeting rooms, catering and a virtual office
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
Heritage venue · Barnsley · The Ironworks up to 900 guests; Building 20 up to 120 guests
A conference hall, meeting rooms, training rooms, exhibition space, catering and outdoor space
Community venue · Barnsley · Up to 200 people (ground floor, flexible for requirements); events room up to 100 theatre style
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, outdoor space, dedicated desks, hot desks and labs or workshops
No business in Barnsley 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
Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.
Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.
Barnsley is a council area in South Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns besides Barnsley itself are Wombwell, Hoyland and Darton.
Next to it: Doncaster, Rotherham, Kirklees, Wakefield, Sheffield
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 South Yorkshire. Show open funding for Barnsley on your website. Every area