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Entrepreneur Accelerator

Entrepreneur Accelerator is a free support programme from NatWest with one-to-one coaching, peer networks and expert help for businesses with ambitions to grow across the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

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

A free accelerator programme from NatWest with one-to-one coaching, peer networks, expert support and co-working space access, for businesses with ambitions to expand. Open to all business owners, not only NatWest customers.

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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

Any business with ambitions to grow can join the NatWest Accelerator community; the programme is free and open to all business owners, whether or not they are NatWest customers.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Download the app linked on the page and apply online, choosing the 'Newcastle' hub.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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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

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

  • Open on a rolling basis; no closing date stated.
  • Page says 'Please download the app' and gives a provider link for further information; the apply link is the provider's page.
  • Key contact named as Nickie Kilkenny; contact email given on the page.

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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 (natwest.com) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with NatWest before you apply.

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