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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, national schemes included. 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: 119 support programmesMiddlesbrough: 118 support programmesRedcar and Cleveland: 119 support programmesStockton-on-Tees: 118 support programmesDarlington: 119 support programmesHalton: 114 support programmesWarrington: 99 support programmesBlackburn with Darwen: 105 support programmesBlackpool: 106 support programmesKingston upon Hull, City of: 105 support programmesEast Riding of Yorkshire: 104 support programmesNorth East Lincolnshire: 105 support programmesNorth Lincolnshire: 103 support programmesYork: 125 support programmesCounty Durham: 170 support programmesCheshire East: 99 support programmesCheshire West and Chester: 99 support programmesNorthumberland: 185 support programmesCumberland: 99 support programmesWestmorland and Furness: 99 support programmesNorth Yorkshire: 128 support programmesBurnley: 106 support programmesChorley: 105 support programmesFylde: 105 support programmesHyndburn: 105 support programmesLancaster: 105 support programmesPendle: 105 support programmesPreston: 105 support programmesRibble Valley: 105 support programmesRossendale: 105 support programmesSouth Ribble: 105 support programmesWest Lancashire: 105 support programmesWyre: 106 support programmesBolton: 105 support programmesBury: 105 support programmesManchester: 106 support programmesOldham: 105 support programmesRochdale: 106 support programmesSalford: 105 support programmesStockport: 105 support programmesTameside: 105 support programmesTrafford: 105 support programmesWigan: 105 support programmesKnowsley: 114 support programmesLiverpool: 114 support programmesSt. Helens: 114 support programmesSefton: 115 support programmesWirral: 114 support programmesDoncaster: 105 support programmesRotherham: 105 support programmesNewcastle upon Tyne: 183 support programmesNorth Tyneside: 182 support programmesSouth Tyneside: 166 support programmesSunderland: 174 support programmesBradford: 124 support programmesCalderdale: 124 support programmesKirklees: 124 support programmesLeeds: 124 support programmesWakefield: 125 support programmesGateshead: 171 support programmesBarnsley: 107 support programmesSheffield: 105 support programmes

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

Most support programmes

All 62 council areas, most first.

  1. 1Northumberland185
  2. 2Newcastle upon Tyne183
  3. 3North Tyneside182
  4. 4Sunderland174
  5. 5Gateshead171
  6. 6County Durham170
  7. 7South Tyneside166
  8. 8North Yorkshire128
  9. 9Wakefield125
  10. 10York125
  11. 11Bradford124
  12. 12Calderdale124
  13. 13Kirklees124
  14. 14Leeds124
  15. 15Darlington119
  16. 16Hartlepool119
  17. 17Redcar and Cleveland119
  18. 18Middlesbrough118
  19. 19Stockton-on-Tees118
  20. 20Sefton115
  21. 21Halton114
  22. 22Knowsley114
  23. 23Liverpool114
  24. 24St Helens114
  25. 25Wirral114
  26. 26Barnsley107
  27. 27Blackpool106
  28. 28Burnley106
  29. 29Manchester106
  30. 30Rochdale106
  31. 31Wyre106
  32. 32Blackburn with Darwen105
  33. 33Bolton105
  34. 34Bury105
  35. 35Chorley105
  36. 36Doncaster105
  37. 37Fylde105
  38. 38Hyndburn105
  39. 39Hull105
  40. 40Lancaster105
  41. 41North East Lincolnshire105
  42. 42Oldham105
  43. 43Pendle105
  44. 44Preston105
  45. 45Ribble Valley105
  46. 46Rossendale105
  47. 47Rotherham105
  48. 48Salford105
  49. 49Sheffield105
  50. 50South Ribble105
  51. 51Stockport105
  52. 52Tameside105
  53. 53Trafford105
  54. 54West Lancashire105
  55. 55Wigan105
  56. 56East Riding of Yorkshire104
  57. 57North Lincolnshire103
  58. 58Cheshire East99
  59. 59Cheshire West and Chester99
  60. 60Cumberland99
  61. 61Warrington99
  62. 62Westmorland and Furness99

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.