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Investment Fund - North of England

Investment Fund - North of England is investment of £25,000 to £2,000,000 for small and medium-sized businesses with 10 to 249 employees based in the North of England. This scheme has closed.

Run by Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 7 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

Finance to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the North West, Yorkshire, the Humber and Tees Valley

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Not stated

How much

£25,000 to £2,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the North of England with 10 to 249 employees.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

information technology digital and creative, manufacturing, science and technology, service industries

How to apply

Apply on the NPIF website.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North

The North of England

Not 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 The North of England, 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.

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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 (gov.uk) on 7 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 15 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II before you apply.

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