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Business Start-Up Course

The Business Start-Up Course is a fully funded support programme for people over 19 who are exploring self-employment or starting a business in England, excluding several areas including West Yorkshire. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Kick Off in Business

Checked against the official page (t4fhdnaqhc9.typeform.com) on 1 Nov 2026.

A free-to-access short online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Fully funded

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Who can apply

People over 19 who are exploring self-employment or starting a business, including people in their first year of trading. The funded course is not available in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, West Yorkshire, Tees Valley, Cambridge and Peterborough, or Bristol and Bath.

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Business size

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

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Apply on the Kick Off in Business website.

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Where it is open: England

England, except Greater Manchester, Liverpool, West Yorkshire and Tees Valley

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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: 41 council areas in England. Not available in Greater Manchester, Liverpool, West Yorkshire, Tees Valley.

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 (t4fhdnaqhc9.typeform.com) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 27 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 14 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Kick Off in Business before you apply.

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