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Access to finance - Greater Manchester and Lancashire

Access to Finance is a support programme for small and medium-sized businesses in North West England that need help raising money to grow. Open, no fixed deadline.

Checked against the official page (businessgrowthhub.com) on 1 Nov 2026.

Access to finance is a scheme for businesses who need help raising finance for growth.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Small to medium-sized enterprises with 0 to 249 employees who need help raising finance for growth.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Start-ups

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

construction, education, health, hospitality and catering, information technology digital and creative, manufacturing, real estate and property, science and technology, service industries, transport and distribution, travel and leisure, utilities providers, wholesale and retail

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How to apply

Apply on the GM Business Growth Hub website.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North West

North West England

Not confirmed on the official page

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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 TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: 35 council areas in North West England.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (businessgrowthhub.com) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with the organisation before you apply.