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National Business Support Helpline
The National Business Support Helpline is free advice and guidance for small businesses at any stage, from just starting out to growing, in England. Open, no fixed deadline.
Run by UK Government
Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.
Free advice and guidance for small businesses at all stages to find support schemes and publicly funded business support programmes available in their area and across England.
These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with UK Government before you apply.
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Status and deadline
Status
Confirmed on the official page
Deadline
Confirmed on the official page
How much
Who can apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Business size
Not confirmed on the official page
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How to apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: England-wide
Not confirmed on the official page
Open across 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.
- Confirmed on the official page
- Uncertain, or sources disagree
- Important, but we could not find it
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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 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with UK Government before you apply.
Run this scheme? Claim UK Government's page to keep it right.
- growthplatform.org/programmes/via Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region): programmes and funding, read 29 Oct 2026
- gov.uk/business-support-helplinethe official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- growthplatform.org/programme/national-business-support-helpline/via Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region): programmes and funding, read 5 Oct 2026