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Business grants and support in Sheffield

Including Chapeltown and High Green

As of 1 November 2026, 293 schemes are open to businesses in Sheffield; 3 of them are only for Sheffield or South Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Sheffield 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 Sheffield

Across South Yorkshire 5 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in South Yorkshire, Sheffield included.

Open all yearInvestment

Foresight South Yorkshire Growth Equity Fund

Foresight Group

£20 million fund providing equity investments of up to £2 million to venture, early stage and growth companies in South Yorkshire.

Amount
Up to £2,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

South Yorkshire Innovation Programme (SYIP)

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.

Amount
Fully funded support (programme backed by £3 million from SYMCA)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearLoan

UKSE business loans

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.

Amount
£35,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

UKSE equity investment

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.

Amount
£35,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Launchpad South Yorkshire

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.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Sheffield. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. South Yorkshire Business Support (South Yorkshire Growth Hub)

    Single contact point for business support across South Yorkshire; advises and signposts businesses.

    +44 (0) 800 952 0002

  2. Business Sheffield (Sheffield City Council)

    Free advice, workshops, grants help and specialist support to start and grow Sheffield businesses.

    0114 224 5000

Your chamber of commerce: Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry (0114 201 8888)

Across Yorkshire and the Humber or the whole North 23 schemes

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

All 23 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Sheffield.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Sheffield, 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 Sheffield come first.

Business events in and near Sheffield

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

Places to work and meet in Sheffield

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 (8)

  • Cubo Sheffield

    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

  • Electric Works

    Managed offices · Sheffield

    Private offices, meeting rooms and dedicated desks

  • Portland Works

    Studios and workshops · Sheffield · Hourly rate from £20 for the Maker Space

    Studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, exhibition space, training rooms and catering

  • Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park

    Workspace · Sheffield · Virtual office from £40+VAT per month; co-working desk from £19+VAT per day or £199+VAT per month

    Dedicated desks, hot desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms, event space and catering

  • Sheffield Technology Parks

    Workspace · Sheffield · Offices from £250 per desk; co-working £15/day or £150/month; meeting rooms £35/hr or £225/day

    Dedicated desks, private offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms and a conference hall

  • The Circle, Sheffield

    Conference centre · Sheffield · Training Room 5 or 7: full day £190 + VAT, half day £140 + VAT, evening £150 + VAT.

    Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space, event space and catering

  • Wizu Workspace, Eyre Street

    Workspace · Sheffield · Serviced office from £125 a desk; coworking from £75 a month; meeting room from £30 an hour

    Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms, a virtual office and catering

  • Yorkshire Artspace

    Studios and workshops · Sheffield

    Studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, exhibition space and training rooms

Event venues to hire (27)

  • Bramall Lane

    Conference centre · Sheffield · Up to 1500 (The Fan Zone); up to 450 (The Pavilion); from 8 (Small Boxes) to 400 (Tony Currie)

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

  • Cutlers' Hall

    Heritage venue · Sheffield · Up to 500 delegates for conferences and exhibitions

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

  • Cutlery Works

    Event venue · Sheffield

    Event space and catering

  • Kelham Island Museum

    Heritage venue · Sheffield · 200 guests

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

  • Manor Oaks House

    Heritage venue · Sheffield · Boardroom 30, classroom 30, cabaret 48, theatre 60, standing 120

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Millennium Gallery

    Arts venue · Sheffield · 200 guests

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

  • Portland Works

    Studios and workshops · Sheffield · Normal capacity is 60

    Studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, exhibition space, training rooms and catering

  • Sheffield City Hall

    Conference centre · Sheffield · Oval Hall 10 - 2,271; Memorial Hall 10 - 476

    A conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space, exhibition space and catering

All 27 in Sheffield

All 30 workspaces and venues in Sheffield, on a map

No business in Sheffield 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 Sheffield

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

Organisations that support businesses in Sheffield

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

Towns in Sheffield

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

Where Sheffield 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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldChapeltown and High Green: see its pageBramall Lane: conference centreCubo Sheffield: coworking spaceCutlers' Hall: heritage venueCutlery Works: event venueElectric Works: managed officesKelham Island Museum: heritage venueMillennium Gallery: arts venuePortland Works: studios and workshopsSheffield Olympic Legacy Park: workspaceSheffield Technology Parks: workspaceSheffield Theatres: arts venueSt Mary's, Bramall Lane: community venueTapton Hall: conference centreThe Chimney House: meeting rooms to hireThe Circle, Sheffield: conference centreThe Mowbray: meeting rooms to hireThe Old Rectory Handsworth: event venueThe Victoria Sheffield: event venueUtilita Arena Sheffield: arts venueWeston Park Museum: event venueWhirlow Brook Hall: conference centreWizu Workspace, Eyre Street: workspaceYorkshire Artspace: studios and workshops

Sheffield is a council area in South Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns besides Sheffield itself are Chapeltown and High Green.

Next to it: Rotherham, Barnsley

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.

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