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BIPC Leeds free business support

BIPC Leeds free business support is a free support programme with one-to-one guidance and resources for start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs in Leeds and West Yorkshire. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Business and IP Centre Leeds

Checked against the official page (libraries.leeds.gov.uk) on 20 Oct 2026.

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.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Free

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs in Leeds and West Yorkshire can use free support, resources and one-to-one guidance.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Get in touch with BIPC Leeds by email or phone to access resources or to be guided to the right one.

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Where it is open: West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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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: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Business sizes not stated; listed as small businesses and start-ups in the text
  • Some services are only at specific library centres or through a named BIPC; check before visiting

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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 (libraries.leeds.gov.uk) on 20 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 20 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Business and IP Centre Leeds before you apply.

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