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Business Academy

Business Academy is a free support programme of live events and on-demand videos on digital skills, growing a business and selling overseas, open to businesses of any size across the UK. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Growth Platform, GOV.UK, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Checked against the official page (great.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Free webinars on business growth and exporting to help businesses unlock opportunities in the UK and overseas.

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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

Not stated

Who can apply

Businesses of any size in the UK can access free training through live events and on-demand videos covering digital skills, running and growing a business, and selling overseas.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Create a free account on the Business Academy website and book events.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

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

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Funding source not stated
  • Geographic eligibility not stated

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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 (great.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 22 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Growth Platform before you apply.

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