Pontefract is a town in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. About 33,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Pontefract can apply to the 313 schemes open across Wakefield; 25 of them are only for Wakefield or West Yorkshire. Updated 31 Oct 2026.
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.
Managed offices · Pontefract
Private offices, hot desks, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and dedicated desks
Managed offices · Pontefract
Private offices, hot desks, a virtual office, meeting rooms, a conference hall, catering and dedicated desks
Schemes for Wakefield or West Yorkshire, not for the whole region, which businesses in Pontefract can apply to.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Local services that help businesses in Pontefract and the rest of 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)
Open to businesses in Pontefract, 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 for Wakefield come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Pontefract, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Pontefract in the next 30 days.
No business in Pontefract 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 Pontefract.
Pontefract is a town in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Pontefract; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Wakefield: North Yorkshire, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Barnsley
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