Including Castleford, Pontefract and Normanton
As of 1 November 2026, 313 schemes are open to businesses in Wakefield; 25 of them are only for Wakefield or West Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In October 2026, no scheme only for Wakefield or West Yorkshire opened or closed.
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Schemes for Wakefield alone, not for the whole of West Yorkshire.
Creative Wakefield
A free network for creative and digital SMEs, freelancers, cultural organisations, students and teachers in Wakefield, offering connections, opportunities, a resource catalogue and networking events.
Wakefield First
Free independent support for new and existing businesses across the Wakefield District, including access to funding, 1-2-1 business growth advice and start-up support. Wakefield First connects businesses to its own services or other relevant support programmes in any sector.
Schemes for Wakefield and other council areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.
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.
Open to businesses anywhere in West Yorkshire, Wakefield 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 Wakefield. 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.
Wakefield First (Wakefield Council business support)
Free advice for Wakefield district businesses: start-up help, growth advice, funding and recruitment.
Your chamber of commerce: MY Chamber (Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce) (01484 483 660)
For the whole region or the North, Wakefield 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 Wakefield.
Open to businesses in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Wakefield, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Thu 26 Nov
Somewhere in Wakefield
Tue 3 Nov09:30
104 Briggate · about 5 miles outside · LeedsBID · Free
Wed 4 Nov10:30
104 Briggate Office · about 5 miles outside · LeedsBID · Free
Thu 5 Nov
29 King St, Leeds, LS1 2HL · about 5 miles outside · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
Fri 6 Nov08:30
Leeds United A.F.C · about 4 miles outside · Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
Tue 10 Nov09:30
104 Briggate Office · about 5 miles outside · LeedsBID · Free
Thu 12 Nov08:30
UTC Leeds · about 4 miles outside · West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce · Free
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 · Wakefield · Private offices from £250* per month; dedicated membership from £199* per month
Dedicated desks, hot desks, private offices, studios, meeting rooms, a virtual office and catering
Managed offices · Hemsworth
Private offices
Managed offices · Pontefract
Private offices, hot desks, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and dedicated desks
Studios and workshops · Wakefield · Studios from £60 up to £400 per month (including utilities) depending on size.
Studios, meeting rooms, event space, catering, labs or workshops and training rooms
Coworking space · Wakefield · Co-working from £15+VAT per day; meeting room hire from £90+VAT per day
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, meeting rooms and training rooms
Coworking space · Wakefield
Private offices, meeting rooms and hot desks
Community venue · Wakefield · Up to 100 delegates, depending on room layout
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering
Community venue · Featherstone
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and event space
Managed offices · Pontefract
Private offices, hot desks, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and dedicated desks
Heritage venue · Wakefield · Up to 150 delegates theatre style
A conference hall
Community venue · Ossett · Assembly Hall up to 500 theatre style; Old Court House up to 60 theatre style
Meeting rooms and a conference hall
Studios and workshops · Wakefield
Studios, meeting rooms, event space, catering, labs or workshops and training rooms
Arts venue · Wakefield · The Auditorium holds up to 100 people theatre-style or up to 90 for dining.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space, catering and exhibition space
Community venue · Wakefield · Old Court Room: 1st floor, 186 capacity theatre style; Kingswood Suite: 1st floor, 120 capacity theatre style
A conference hall, exhibition space and catering
No business in Wakefield 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.
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Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.
And 9 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.
Wakefield is a council area in West Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns besides Wakefield itself are Castleford, Pontefract and Normanton.
Next to it: North Yorkshire, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, 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.
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 Wakefield on your website. Every area