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Business & IP Centre

The Business & IP Centre is a free support programme, with workshops, events and one-to-one advice, for people starting, running or growing a business at the British Library and over 70 libraries across the UK. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by British Library, Business & IP Centre (British Library)

Checked against the official page (bl.uk) on 28 Oct 2026.

Free business support, workshops, one-to-one advice and business and IP information at the British Library and over 70 libraries across the UK, for people starting, running or growing a business.

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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

Free business support, events, workshops and one-to-one clinics at the British Library and over 70 libraries across the UK. The pages do not set out specific eligibility rules.

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

Visit the Business & IP Centre website or find your local BIPC and contact it.

Not 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.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Services are free, but the page does not state a single application process or eligibility rules.
  • Some services may be delivered by individual local libraries; check the local centre's own terms.

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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 (bl.uk) on 28 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 28 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with British Library before you apply.

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