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Business grants and support in Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a town in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. About 141,000 people live there (Census 2021).

As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Huddersfield can apply to the 312 schemes open across Kirklees; 24 of them are only for Kirklees or West Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

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Places to work and meet in Huddersfield

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 (4)

  • 3M Buckley Innovation Centre

    Workspace · Huddersfield · Meeting rooms from £46 per hour (Larchfield), £48 per hour (Riverside, The 3M Room and Training Suite)…

    Dedicated desks, private offices, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Ray Street Enterprise Centre

    Workspace · Huddersfield · From £331 per month

    Private offices and labs or workshops

  • The Glass Box

    Workspace · Huddersfield · Co-working hot desks from just £10 a day; rent a desk from just £120 a month; the whole office on application

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

  • The Media Centre

    Managed offices · Huddersfield

    Private offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering

Event venues to hire (6)

  • 3M Buckley Innovation Centre

    Workspace · Huddersfield · Meeting and event spaces cater for 2 to 80 delegates.

    Dedicated desks, private offices, labs or workshops, meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Accu Stadium

    Conference centre · Rooms and suites hold from 15 to 600 guests, including Meeting Rooms up to 15, The Boardroom up to 50…

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space and catering

  • Huddersfield Town Hall

    Arts venue · Huddersfield · 1100-seater concert hall

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

  • Lawrence Batley Theatre

    Arts venue · Huddersfield · Main House seats 459 people; Cellar Theatre seats up to 120; Courtyard up to 275; The Attic up to 60

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

  • NDNA Enterprise Centre

    Meeting rooms to hire · Huddersfield

    Meeting rooms and training rooms

  • The Media Centre

    Managed offices · Huddersfield · Offices for one person up to suites for teams of up to 30

    Private offices, hot desks, meeting rooms, event space and catering

Places to work and meet across Kirklees

Only for Kirklees or West Yorkshire 24 schemes

Schemes for Kirklees or West Yorkshire, not for the whole region, which businesses in Huddersfield can apply to.

Open all yearSupport programme

Business Kirklees - Local business support

Business Kirklees

Business Kirklees offers targeted support for businesses of all sizes, sectors and stages, covering start-up, growth, relocation and investment. It is run by Kirklees Council's business team.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
KirkleesLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearMembership or network

MY Chamber membership

MY Chamber

Annual membership of the Mid Yorkshire Chamber, giving businesses networking events, a chamber directory, member offers, training and a voice with decision-makers. Priced by number of full-time equivalent employees.

Amount
Membership fee a year, excluding VAT: £221 (1 to 3 employees) to £649 (251 or more employees). MY Export Hub membership £402 to £649.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Calderdale, Kirklees, WakefieldLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

AD:VENTURE Business Support Programme

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.

Amount
Completely funded support (no cash amount stated)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Apprenticeship levy transfer (West Yorkshire)

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.

Amount
Transfers of up to 50% of a levy payer's unspent levy; the transferred funding covers 100% of the training costs of the apprenticeship.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

BIPC Leeds free business support

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.

Amount
Free
Deadline
Open all year
Area
West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Businesses developing future talent

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.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

All 24, and everything else open in Kirklees, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Huddersfield and the rest of Kirklees. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub

    Free advice and signposting on starting, running and growing a business in West Yorkshire.

    See West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub on Local Landscape

    0113 348 1818

  2. AD:VENTURE

    Funded support, workshops and a business manager for West Yorkshire businesses trading under five years.

    See AD:VENTURE on Local Landscape

    0113 535 1199

  3. Business Kirklees

    Free council support for Kirklees businesses to start, grow, relocate or invest, including workspace.

    See Business Kirklees on Local Landscape

    01484 221000

Your chamber of commerce: MY Chamber (Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce) (01484 483 660)

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Huddersfield, 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 for Kirklees come first.

Business events in and near Huddersfield

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

No in-person events found in or near Huddersfield in the next 30 days.

Events for Kirklees, week by weekOnline events

No business in Huddersfield has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and pin you on the map at Huddersfield.

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Where Huddersfield is

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Huddersfield is a town in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Huddersfield; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.

Council areas next to Kirklees: Oldham, Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley

The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).

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 Kirklees. Every area