Grants, loans, investment and support programmes for businesses in Leeds, Yorkshire and the North of England. Leeds and West Yorkshire come first. Pick your area to see only what is open to you.
Invest in Bradford
A grant for business property owners and tenants in Keighley to improve shop frontages within specified areas, offered through the Keighley Towns Fund.
Bradford Council
Grants to help businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit organisations switch to fully electric or other zero-emission heavy-duty or light-duty vehicles. Passenger cars, private hire vehicles and taxis are not eligible.
For the whole region, or for places in it outside West Yorkshire.
The Growth Company
Funded student or recent graduate internships to support a business's digitalisation journey.
HEY Business, Growth & Skills Hub
Grants of £5,000 to £250,000 and/or loans of £75,000 to typically up to £250,000 for established businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire investing in capital growth projects; applicants must show profitability and a viable, ready project.
Hull and East Yorkshire Business Support, Invest Hull
Grants of up to £500 towards start-up costs such as rent, equipment and training, for people starting their first business in Hull.
Hull and East Yorkshire Business Support, Invest Hull
Grants of up to 50% of project cost, to a maximum grant of £2,500, for eligible businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire towards costs such as external consultancy, exhibitions, accreditations, marketing and sales, and software.
Businesses in York and North Yorkshire can access funding from levy-paying employers transferring their unused levy, to help cover apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
For the North East, the North West or the whole North of England.
Community Foundation North East, Point North, North East Mayoral Strategic Authority
A new rolling programme of grants of up to £7,500 for charities and grassroots organisations supporting residents experiencing financial hardship in the North East. Funds food provision, community transport, digital inclusion, repair and reuse, and community spaces.
North East Mayoral Strategic Authority
Funds ambitious cultural events across the North East, for cultural organisations, event producers, festivals, creative practitioners and community organisations. Shortlisted projects are invited to develop a full business case.
Hyndburn Borough Council
Start-up and growth grants for new and established businesses in Hyndburn to invest, diversify or grow. Start-ups can apply for up to £2,000 and existing businesses looking to grow for up to £5,000.
Community Foundation North East
Grants of up to £2,000 for individuals aged 18-30 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland with businesses trading for less than two and a half years and turning over more than £500 per month.
Community Foundation North East
Grants of up to £500 for individuals aged 18-30 in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland starting a business with pre-revenue or less than £500 monthly turnover, trading less than two years.
Creative Central: NCL
Round 2 of a grant for skills development and business support in the creative industries, particularly for organisations based in the Creative Central NCL footprint in Newcastle.
North East Mayoral Strategic Authority, North East Growth Hub
Capital grants to help businesses in the North East automotive and EV supply chain invest in productivity, innovation and the transition to electrification. Backed by the Department for Business and Trade and delivered by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
North East BIC
Business support and grants for social entrepreneurs in Sunderland to start, develop and grow social businesses.
Made Smarter, North East Growth Hub
Support for small and medium-sized manufacturers in the North East and Tees Valley to adopt digital technology, with a digital roadmap, workshops, grants for expert technical advice and for new software or equipment, and fully-funded Digital Interns.
Digital Pathfinders
Grant covering 50% of costs (up to £3,000) for Newcastle-based trading businesses to implement technology that increases business and COVID resilience.
UMi
A £3.5 million UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme supporting business growth in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland.
SWEF
Grants of up to £500 for pre-revenue businesses or up to £2,000 for established businesses, for young people aged 18–30 living in County Durham or Tees Valley.
Pendle Borough Council
Grants of up to 50% of eligible costs (maximum £3,000) to improve shop fronts of commercial properties in Pendle's town centres.
Visit Eden
A small tourism marketing grant of up to £500 per project for tourism-related projects, events and activities that add value to the visitor offer or the visitor economy of Westmorland and Furness.
NBSL
Grant funding up to 40% of project costs between £3,000 and £6,000 for trading SMEs in Sunderland to access external expertise for business improvement projects.
Enterprising Sunderland
40% grant towards innovative projects valued between £5,000 and £25,000 for trading businesses based in Sunderland.
Preston Council
Reimburses the Living Wage Foundation accreditation fee for Preston employers accrediting for the first time. For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises headquartered in the Preston District, and voluntary sector employers.