Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees
As of 1 November 2026, 309 schemes are open to businesses in Tees Valley; 6 of them are only for Tees Valley. Another 7 are only for part of Tees Valley. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
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Schemes open to businesses anywhere in Tees Valley, and only there.
Tees Valley Combined Authority, Tees Valley Creates
A support service listed by Tees Valley Combined Authority for established businesses, social enterprises and start-ups in the creative, cultural, digital and tech sectors, with help on finance and funding, business planning and networking.
Business Enterprise Fund
Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing flexible loans to SMEs across the North East and Yorkshire when mainstream lenders cannot fully assist. Start-up loans range from £500 to £25,000, and unsecured growth loans go up to £250,000.
Tees Valley Combined Authority
From 2027, BICS will reduce electricity costs by up to £40 per megawatt hour for eligible manufacturing businesses in the Industrial Strategy's growth sectors and foundational manufacturing industries that meet the relevant electricity intensity threshold. It also exempts eligible businesses from paying the indirect costs of the renewables obligation, capacity market and feed-in tariff.
Mercia
Mercia is a specialist asset manager providing venture, private equity and debt finance to growing regional businesses across the North East and Tees Valley. Its equity investments are typically from £100,000 to £2 million.
NEL Fund Managers
NEL's funds invest in ambitious growing businesses with a finance gap from £25,000, investing up to £2m, and can form part of a larger funding round with other investors.
Business Enterprise Fund
Government-backed Start-up Loans of up to £25,000 with 12 months of free mentoring, delivered by Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) as an approved delivery partner for the Government's Start Up Loans scheme. Aimed at founders who may struggle to access conventional finance.
Schemes for Tees Valley and other areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.
Enterprise Made Simple
Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build Level 4 advanced digital marketing skills, delivered by Enterprise Made Simple. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.
SWEF
Grants of up to £500 for pre-revenue businesses or up to £2,000 for established businesses, for young people aged 18–30 living in County Durham or Tees Valley.
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.
Mercia
Mercia Capital, a specialist asset manager, provides equity investments, typically from £100,000 to £2 million, to growing regional businesses at start-up or scale-up stage that cannot be fully funded through conventional borrowing.
Schemes for a single council area in Tees Valley. Each area's page lists its own.
Local services that help businesses in Tees Valley. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Links Tees Valley businesses to support, funding and expertise; officers advise SMEs wanting to grow.
Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)
For the whole region or the North, Tees Valley included. The soonest to close first.
Grant · Closes 9 November 2026 (8 days)
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Loan · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Support programme · Open all year
Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Tees Valley.
Open to businesses in Tees Valley, 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 Tees Valley come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Tees Valley, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Tue 3 Nov
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Springboard Business Centre · about 2 miles outside · York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub
Thu 12 Nov07:45
The Hardwick Arms Hotel & Bar · about 3 miles outside · Business Durham
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.
Event venue · Middlesbrough
Private offices, hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
Managed offices · Middlesbrough
Hot desks, private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and a virtual office
Managed offices · Billingham, Teesside
Private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Managed offices · Middlesbrough · Competitive rent with stress-free terms
Private offices, meeting rooms and outdoor space
Workspace · Darlington · Flexible office space from just £42 a week. Meeting rooms from £45 (plus VAT) per hour.
Hot desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Coworking space · Hartlepool · Hot desks from £140 + VAT per month, or £30 + VAT per day.
Hot desks, meeting rooms and dedicated desks
Workspace · Stockton-on-Tees
Private offices, hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, a virtual office and catering
Workspace · Darlington · Serviced offices from £49 per week, inclusive of heating, water, lighting and high speed internet.
Private offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, a virtual office and dedicated desks
Event venue · Middlesbrough · 2 to 120 delegates
Private offices, hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
Arts venue · Stockton on Tees · Up to 550 in The Point; 246 in the Theatre; 96 seats in the Studio Theatre; 131 in the Cinema
Studios, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, training rooms, a theatre or auditorium, a conference hall, exhibition space, event space and catering
Community venue · Billingham · Function Room up to 160 people; Studio 1 up to 200 people; Studio 2 up to 350 people
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and a theatre or auditorium
Managed offices · Middlesbrough
Hot desks, private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and a virtual office
Heritage venue · Middlesbrough · Maximum 30 with tables, 60 theatre-style, or 80 standing
Catering
Meeting rooms to hire · Hartlepool · Community Room maximum 55; Meeting Room D 10; Meeting Room C 10; Meeting Room A 4; Pod 3
Meeting rooms, exhibition space and catering
Community venue · Hartlepool · Hall 160, Room 1 30, Room 2 30, Sensory room 4
Training rooms
Conference centre · Darlington · Conference Suite and Platinum Suite up to 1,000 guests; Function Rooms and Presidents Lounge up to 300 guests
A conference hall and event space
No business in Tees Valley 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
Stories about businesses, schemes and events here, from the news we read every day.
York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub news (RSS) · 21 Sept 2026
Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.
Each number counts the schemes open to that council area, not counting national ones. 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 the North East. Show open funding for Tees Valley on your website. Every area