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Business grants and support in North Yorkshire

Including Harrogate, Scarborough and Selby

As of 1 November 2026, 314 schemes are open to businesses in North Yorkshire; 24 of them are only for North Yorkshire or York and North Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026: none opened and 2 closed of the schemes only for North Yorkshire or York and North Yorkshire.

What opened and closed across Yorkshire and the Humber this monthTalk to someone in North Yorkshire

For North Yorkshire 2 schemes

Schemes for North Yorkshire alone, not for the whole of York and North Yorkshire.

Open all yearSupport programme

Arboriculture, Forestry and Land-Based

Craven College

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build arboriculture, forestry and land-based skills, delivered by Craven College. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

IT Technician Skills Bootcamp (North Yorkshire)

Leep Talent Ltd

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build Level 3 IT cloud technician skills, delivered by Leep Talent Ltd. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10

Shared with neighbouring councils 1 scheme

Schemes for North Yorkshire and other council areas named with it, such as a loan fund for several districts.

Open all yearInvestment

Foresight Regional Investment Fund IV

Foresight Group

Equity investment fund for established, profitable companies with £500k+ EBITDA across the North East and Yorkshire.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10

Across York and North Yorkshire 23 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in York and North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire included.

OpenSupport programme

Strive Live Start-Up Incubator (Autumn 2026)

Enterprise CUBE, Strive Live, York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

A free online start-up incubator with weekly live training, one-to-one advice and on-demand learning, for people running or launching a start-up in York and North Yorkshire. Participants could win up to £2,500 in micro grants at the end of the programme.

Amount
Up to £2,500
Deadline
Closes 16 December 2026
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Adult Skills Fund

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

Supports employers and individual learners with accredited and non-accredited courses to bridge skills gaps, improve career opportunities and support career progression.

Amount
Courses may be fully or part-funded, dependant on learner eligibility criteria
Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Applied AI for Business Transformation

Primed Talent

A 10-week skills bootcamp from Primed Talent, four days a week and mostly online, on using AI in business: business analysis, data, process improvement and automation. Fully funded for independent learners and the self-employed; employers putting their own staff on it pay 10% (small and medium-sized businesses) or 30% (large businesses).

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme (York and North Yorkshire)

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority's apprenticeship levy transfer scheme pays 100% of apprenticeship training and assessment costs for employers based in York and North Yorkshire, while funds last.

Amount
100% of apprenticeship training and assessment costs, paid to the training provider (wages and travel not covered)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Business Basics Webinars

York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

Expert-led webinar series covering planning, finance, evaluation and operations for businesses of all stages, with recordings and resources available.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Business Resilience

York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

Guidance and links to help businesses plan for disruption and emergencies, including business continuity plan templates and advice from North Yorkshire Council and City of York Council. Information on the page is for business owners in York and North Yorkshire.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

CAD for Construction

HBXL

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build CAD for construction skills, delivered by HBXL. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Cyber Security Technician

Primed Talent

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build cyber security technician skills, delivered by Primed Talent. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Digital Edge (Level 4 Non-Regulated Advanced Digital Marketing)

Enterprise Made Simple

Flexible training programme of up to 16 weeks to build Level 4 advanced digital marketing skills, delivered by Enterprise Made Simple. Open to adults aged 19 and over; fully funded for independent learners and self-employed, 90% funded for small and medium-sized businesses, 70% funded for large businesses.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Fully Funded Training for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses

York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub

Fully funded training and certification courses for hospitality businesses in York and North Yorkshire.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Get Funded

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

A fully funded programme helping SMEs in York and North Yorkshire understand funding options, build investment readiness, and prepare funding applications through webinars, workshops, and one-to-one coaching.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Great Ideas

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

A personalised innovation support programme helping eligible businesses develop ideas into new products, processes and technology, with the chance to pitch for revenue grants of up to £60,000 to implement them.

Amount
Up to £60,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
York and North YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

All 23 in the funding list

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in North Yorkshire. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub

    Free, impartial advice for York and North Yorkshire businesses on starting, running and growing.

    See York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub on Local Landscape

    0800 246 5045

  2. Business North Yorkshire (North Yorkshire Council)

    Free, impartial council help for North Yorkshire businesses to start, grow, find funding and premises.

    0300 131 2131

Your chamber of commerce: West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce (York & North Yorkshire Chamber) (0113 247 0000)

Across Yorkshire and the Humber or the whole North 23 schemes

For the whole region or the North, North Yorkshire included. The soonest to close first.

All 23 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including North Yorkshire.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in North Yorkshire, 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 in North Yorkshire come first.

Business events in and near North Yorkshire

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

Within about five miles

Events for North Yorkshire, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in North Yorkshire

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 (14)

  • Conyngham Hall Business Centre

    Workspace · Knaresborough

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a virtual office

  • Elsworth at the Mill

    Event venue · Skipton · Small Meeting Room: £17 per desk per day ad hoc, £15 per desk per day on a continuous basis for one or two…

    Hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering

  • Evolution Business Centre

    Managed offices · Northallerton · Room hire starts at £19 plus VAT per hour.

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Evron Centre

    Managed offices · Filey · Room 21 or Room 22 costs £25.00 per 3 hours for community groups and £42.00 per 3 hours for…

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • King Street Workshops

    Studios and workshops · Pateley Bridge · Offers are sought in the region of £3,500 per annum exclusive…

    Labs or workshops

  • Knaresborough House

    Managed offices · Knaresborough · Rents are from £1,650 per annum exclusive, with flexible terms to be agreed on a new lease.

    Private offices and event space

  • Lakeside Conference Centre, York Biotech Campus

    Conference centre · York

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space, event space, outdoor space, catering, a theatre or auditorium, hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices and labs or workshops

  • Phoenix Business Centre

    Managed offices · Ripon

    Private offices

All 14 in North Yorkshire

Event venues to hire (36)

  • Beeforth's Hive, South Cliff Gardens

    Meeting rooms to hire · Scarborough · Up to 30 people; 24 seated at tables; 30 seated with chairs only

    Meeting rooms, training rooms and outdoor space

  • Catterick Racecourse

    Conference centre · Catterick Bridge · Up to 180 people theatre style in its large meeting rooms

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, outdoor space and catering

  • Elsworth at the Mill

    Event venue · Skipton · Up to 70 guests seated; small meeting room up to 6 people at individual desks or 8 in boardroom style

    Hot desks, meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering

  • Evolution Business Centre

    Managed offices · Northallerton · Conference/meeting rooms seat up to 30 people.

    Private offices, meeting rooms, a conference hall and catering

  • Evron Centre

    Managed offices · Filey · Room 21 and Room 22 each hold 40 persons; combined 80 persons. Room 69 holds 50 persons.

    Private offices, meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • Great Yorkshire Events Centre

    Conference centre · Harrogate · over 450 delegates

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Harrogate Convention Centre

    Conference centre · Harrogate · Auditorium: 1,977 theatre style. Royal Hall: 978 theatre style. Studio One: 1,200 theatre style.

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

  • Harrogate Library

    Meeting rooms to hire · Harrogate · Claro room: 4; Carnegie room: 6; Nidderdale room: 6

    Meeting rooms

All 36 in North Yorkshire

All 41 workspaces and venues in North Yorkshire, on a map

No business in North Yorkshire 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.

Networks and communities for businesses in North Yorkshire

Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.

News from North Yorkshire

Stories about businesses, schemes and events here, from the news we read every day.

All news from North Yorkshire

Organisations that support businesses in North Yorkshire

Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.

Closed lately in North Yorkshire

Schemes for this area that closed in the last four months, in case you were looking for one, with what is open instead.

Towns in North Yorkshire

Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.

Where North Yorkshire is

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffieldHarrogate: see its pageScarborough: see its pageSelby: see its pageRipon: see its pageKnaresborough: see its pageSkipton: see its pageCatterick Garrison: see its pageNorthallerton: see its pageWhitby: see its pageCatterick Racecourse: conference centreConyngham Hall Business Centre: workspaceElsworth at the Mill: event venueEvolution Business Centre: managed officesEvron Centre: managed officesGreat Yorkshire Events Centre: conference centreHarrogate Convention Centre: conference centreHarrogate Library: meeting rooms to hireHelmsley Arts Centre: arts venueHigh Trenhouse: conference centreKing Street Workshops: studios and workshopsLakeside Conference Centre, York Biotech Campus: conference centreNormanby Room, Whitby Museum: heritage venueNorthallerton Library: meeting rooms to hirePavilions of Harrogate: conference centrePhoenix Business Centre: managed officesPickering Memorial Hall: community venueRichmond Community Library: community venueRipon Library: meeting rooms to hireScarborough Library: community venueScarborough Spa: arts venueSelby Civic Centre: meeting rooms to hireSelby Town Hall: community venueSibling Workspace: managed officesSkipton Town Hall: community venueSneaton Castle: conference centreSpringboard Business Centre: managed officesSpringfield House: managed officesStephen Joseph Theatre: arts venueThe Business Hub at Saint Catherine's: meeting rooms to hireThe Forum, Northallerton: community venueThe Galtres Centre: community venueThe Garden Rooms at Tennants: conference centreThe Milton Rooms: arts venueThe Motorist: meeting rooms to hireThe Station, Richmond: arts venueTreadmills Business Centre: workspaceWhitby Pavilion: arts venueWoodend Gallery and Studios: workspace

North Yorkshire is a council area in York and North Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns are Harrogate, Scarborough and Selby.

Next to it: Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, York, County Durham, Westmorland and Furness, Lancaster, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Doncaster, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield

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 York and North Yorkshire. Show open funding for North Yorkshire on your website. Every area