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Business grants and support in Ossett

Ossett is a town in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. About 22,000 people live there (Census 2021).

As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Ossett can apply to the 313 schemes open across Wakefield; 25 of them are only for Wakefield or West Yorkshire. Updated 31 Oct 2026.

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Business events in and near Ossett

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

Within about five miles

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Places to work and meet in Ossett

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.

Event venues to hire (1)

  • Ossett Town 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

Places to work and meet across Wakefield

Only for Wakefield or West Yorkshire 25 schemes

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

Open all yearMembership or network

Creative Wakefield Network membership

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.

Amount
Free to sign up, according to the page.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
WakefieldLocal 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

Wakefield First local business support

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.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
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

All 25, and everything else open in Wakefield, on its page

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Ossett and the rest of Wakefield. 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. Wakefield First (Wakefield Council business support)

    Free advice for Wakefield district businesses: start-up help, growth advice, funding and recruitment.

    See Wakefield First on Local Landscape

    Their website

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

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Ossett, 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 Wakefield come first.

No business in Ossett 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 Ossett.

Other towns in Wakefield

Where Ossett is

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

Council areas next to Wakefield: North Yorkshire, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, 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 Wakefield. Every area