Including Keighley, Shipley and Bingley
As of 1 November 2026, 314 schemes are open to businesses in Bradford; 26 of them are only for Bradford or West Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In October 2026, no scheme only for Bradford or West Yorkshire opened or closed.
What opened and closed across West Yorkshire this monthWhat opened and closed across Yorkshire and the Humber this monthTalk to someone in Bradford
Schemes for Bradford alone, not for the whole of West Yorkshire.
Invest in Bradford
Invest in Bradford's business support team helps people planning a first business and established businesses looking to grow in Bradford, and points them to funding, local business grants and start-up and growth support programmes.
University of Bradford
Two-year programme giving entrepreneurs starting or running a new business or social enterprise a registered address, workspace, training, mentoring, networking and fundraising access. Open to home and international graduates who want to be based in Bradford.
Invest in Bradford
A grant for business property owners and tenants in Keighley to improve shop frontages within specified areas, offered through the Keighley Towns Fund.
Bradford Council
Grants to help businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit organisations switch to fully electric or other zero-emission heavy-duty or light-duty vehicles. Passenger cars, private hire vehicles and taxis are not eligible.
Open to businesses anywhere in West Yorkshire, Bradford included.
AD:VENTURE, Leeds City Council
Completely funded support for ambitious businesses in West Yorkshire trading less than five years, with three levels: building momentum, ready to grow, and ready to scale.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
A service where larger employers transfer unspent apprenticeship levy funds to smaller businesses taking on apprentices, covering 100% of training costs. Businesses seeking a transfer must be located in West Yorkshire and register through a training provider.
Business and IP Centre Leeds
Free support for people starting or running a business, including one-to-one specialist guidance, access to business databases and help protecting products with patents, trade marks, registered designs and copyright. Aimed at entrepreneurs in Leeds and West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Support for West Yorkshire businesses to connect with young people in schools and colleges, including a free Engage with Education toolkit for working with SEND schools and colleges.
CKMA
A membership for manufacturers offering factory visits, member meetings, representation with local authorities and the Mayoral Office for West Yorkshire, and a talent pipeline with local schools.
Buttercrumble
A network for women in the creative sector, listed under business support.
Green Economy
Fully funded support from Green Economy to help green technology installers, suppliers and innovators in West Yorkshire develop products, enter new markets, raise their profile and increase sales.
Leeds College of Building
Information for employers on hiring apprentices, placement students, employability sessions, donating materials and sharing apprenticeship levy with small construction businesses, run by Leeds College of Building.
Trust Leeds
Personal loans for business purposes for people in West Yorkshire who want to grow their own business, including those with weak credit histories. Trust Leeds is an ethical lender that checks each application and credit history.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
A promise from local employers to review their working practices and foster a culture of fair work, giving members access to peer networks, a learning and development portal, a recognition mark and a pathway to sustainable growth.
Leeds Conservatoire, Come Play With Me, CREATE Britain
A network for everyone working in music across West Yorkshire, offering a place to share knowledge, collaborate on projects and get support to grow a business. Aimed at music sector professionals of all kinds.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Free impartial advice and support for businesses employing apprentices, offered through the Business Growth Hub team. Apprenticeships can be used to train staff in the skills a business needs.
Local services that help businesses in Bradford. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub
Free advice and signposting on starting, running and growing a business in West Yorkshire.
Funded support, workshops and a business manager for West Yorkshire businesses trading under five years.
Invest in Bradford (Bradford Council business support)
Advisers for Bradford district businesses starting up, relocating or expanding, including property, finance and grants.
Your chamber of commerce: West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce (0113 247 00 00)
For the whole region or the North, Bradford 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 Bradford.
Open to businesses in Bradford, 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 Bradford come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Bradford, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Wed 4 Nov10:00
Bradford Live · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
Wed 11 Nov08:00
Norcroft Centre · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce · Free
Wed 11 Nov08:30
Yorkshire Building Society - Head Office · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce · Free
Thu 19 Nov10:00
Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) · AD:VENTURE · Free
Tue 1 Dec10:00
Bradford Arts Centre · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
Tue 3 Nov09:00
Leeds General Infirmary · about 4 miles outside · West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub
Tue 3 Nov09:30
104 Briggate · about 4 miles outside · LeedsBID · Free
Wed 4 Nov10:30
104 Briggate Office · about 4 miles outside · LeedsBID · Free
Wed 4 Nov14:30
Somewhere in Leeds · about 4 miles outside · Buttercrumble
Thu 5 Nov
Somewhere in Leeds · about 4 miles outside
Thu 5 Nov
29 King St, Leeds, LS1 2HL · about 4 miles outside · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
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 · Bradford · Co-working from £45 a month
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms and event space
Managed offices · Bradford · Offices: price on application.
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and event space
Coworking space · Bradford · Hub Lite £36 per month (4 days of coworking space); Hub Midi £54 per month (10 days)
Hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering
Coworking space · Shipley
Hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, studios, labs or workshops and training rooms
Workspace · Shipley
Meeting rooms and hot desks
Workspace · Bradford
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms and event space
Arts venue · Bradford · Studios up to 50; The Hall up to 200; Weston Room up to 70; Clock Tower Suite up to 30
Studios, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
Community venue · Bradford · 20
Meeting rooms
Meeting rooms to hire · Bradford · Capacity from 3 up to 75 overall; Rowntree Suite 12-14; Boardroom 8-10; Carlisle Hall up to 150
Meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering
Managed offices · Bradford · Offices for 10-15 people (702 sqft) and 15-22 people (1134 sqft)
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and event space
Coworking space · Bradford
Hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering
Event venue · Bradford · Pictureville Cinema: 300; Foyer: dinner 140, standing reception 300; Cubby Broccoli Cinema: 100
Meeting rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium and event space
Heritage venue · Bradford · Seating for at least 30, configurable in classroom, conference, theatre or other layouts
Labs or workshops, meeting rooms and training rooms
No business in Bradford 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
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.
West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub: business support programmes · 21 Oct 2026
West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub: business support programmes · 21 Oct 2026
West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub: business support programmes · 21 Oct 2026
West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub: business support programmes · 14 Oct 2026
Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.
And 8 more. All organisations
Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.
Bradford is a council area in West Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns besides Bradford itself are Keighley, Shipley and Bingley.
Next to it: North Yorkshire, Pendle, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds
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 West Yorkshire. Show open funding for Bradford on your website. Every area