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Where the funding is: open schemes by council area

Each council area is shaded by how many support programmes a business there can apply for, counting schemes for the area itself and for its wider region, but not national ones. Choose an area to see what is open to it.

Local and regional schemesEverything, national schemes tooAll typesGrantsLoans and guaranteesInvestmentSupport, advice and trainingCompetitions and awardsTax relief
Hartlepool: 28 support programmesMiddlesbrough: 27 support programmesRedcar and Cleveland: 28 support programmesStockton-on-Tees: 27 support programmesDarlington: 28 support programmesHalton: 22 support programmesWarrington: 7 support programmesBlackburn with Darwen: 13 support programmesBlackpool: 14 support programmesKingston upon Hull, City of: 13 support programmesEast Riding of Yorkshire: 12 support programmesNorth East Lincolnshire: 13 support programmesNorth Lincolnshire: 11 support programmesYork: 33 support programmesCounty Durham: 78 support programmesCheshire East: 7 support programmesCheshire West and Chester: 7 support programmesNorthumberland: 93 support programmesCumberland: 7 support programmesWestmorland and Furness: 7 support programmesNorth Yorkshire: 36 support programmesBurnley: 14 support programmesChorley: 13 support programmesFylde: 13 support programmesHyndburn: 13 support programmesLancaster: 13 support programmesPendle: 13 support programmesPreston: 13 support programmesRibble Valley: 13 support programmesRossendale: 13 support programmesSouth Ribble: 13 support programmesWest Lancashire: 13 support programmesWyre: 14 support programmesBolton: 14 support programmesBury: 14 support programmesManchester: 15 support programmesOldham: 14 support programmesRochdale: 15 support programmesSalford: 14 support programmesStockport: 14 support programmesTameside: 14 support programmesTrafford: 14 support programmesWigan: 14 support programmesKnowsley: 22 support programmesLiverpool: 23 support programmesSt. Helens: 22 support programmesSefton: 23 support programmesWirral: 22 support programmesDoncaster: 13 support programmesRotherham: 13 support programmesNewcastle upon Tyne: 91 support programmesNorth Tyneside: 90 support programmesSouth Tyneside: 74 support programmesSunderland: 82 support programmesBradford: 33 support programmesCalderdale: 33 support programmesKirklees: 33 support programmesLeeds: 33 support programmesWakefield: 34 support programmesGateshead: 79 support programmesBarnsley: 15 support programmesSheffield: 13 support programmes

Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.

Most local and regional support programmes

All 62 council areas, most first.

  1. 1Northumberland93
  2. 2Newcastle upon Tyne91
  3. 3North Tyneside90
  4. 4Sunderland82
  5. 5Gateshead79
  6. 6County Durham78
  7. 7South Tyneside74
  8. 8North Yorkshire36
  9. 9Wakefield34
  10. 10Bradford33
  11. 11Calderdale33
  12. 12Kirklees33
  13. 13Leeds33
  14. 14York33
  15. 15Darlington28
  16. 16Hartlepool28
  17. 17Redcar and Cleveland28
  18. 18Middlesbrough27
  19. 19Stockton-on-Tees27
  20. 20Liverpool23
  21. 21Sefton23
  22. 22Halton22
  23. 23Knowsley22
  24. 24St Helens22
  25. 25Wirral22
  26. 26Barnsley15
  27. 27Manchester15
  28. 28Rochdale15
  29. 29Blackpool14
  30. 30Bolton14
  31. 31Burnley14
  32. 32Bury14
  33. 33Oldham14
  34. 34Salford14
  35. 35Stockport14
  36. 36Tameside14
  37. 37Trafford14
  38. 38Wigan14
  39. 39Wyre14
  40. 40Blackburn with Darwen13
  41. 41Chorley13
  42. 42Doncaster13
  43. 43Fylde13
  44. 44Hyndburn13
  45. 45Hull13
  46. 46Lancaster13
  47. 47North East Lincolnshire13
  48. 48Pendle13
  49. 49Preston13
  50. 50Ribble Valley13
  51. 51Rossendale13
  52. 52Rotherham13
  53. 53Sheffield13
  54. 54South Ribble13
  55. 55West Lancashire13
  56. 56East Riding of Yorkshire12
  57. 57North Lincolnshire11
  58. 58Cheshire East7
  59. 59Cheshire West and Chester7
  60. 60Cumberland7
  61. 61Warrington7
  62. 62Westmorland and Furness7

A Leeds business can apply for schemes for Leeds, for West Yorkshire and for Yorkshire, so each area counts all three. Schemes that do not say where they are open are left out.