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Where the funding is: open schemes by council area

Each council area is shaded by how many opportunities 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: 302 opportunitiesMiddlesbrough: 301 opportunitiesRedcar and Cleveland: 303 opportunitiesStockton-on-Tees: 301 opportunitiesDarlington: 301 opportunitiesHalton: 286 opportunitiesWarrington: 268 opportunitiesBlackburn with Darwen: 275 opportunitiesBlackpool: 276 opportunitiesKingston upon Hull, City of: 278 opportunitiesEast Riding of Yorkshire: 277 opportunitiesNorth East Lincolnshire: 273 opportunitiesNorth Lincolnshire: 274 opportunitiesYork: 294 opportunitiesCounty Durham: 356 opportunitiesCheshire East: 268 opportunitiesCheshire West and Chester: 268 opportunitiesNorthumberland: 367 opportunitiesCumberland: 270 opportunitiesWestmorland and Furness: 269 opportunitiesNorth Yorkshire: 298 opportunitiesBurnley: 277 opportunitiesChorley: 276 opportunitiesFylde: 276 opportunitiesHyndburn: 277 opportunitiesLancaster: 276 opportunitiesPendle: 277 opportunitiesPreston: 277 opportunitiesRibble Valley: 276 opportunitiesRossendale: 276 opportunitiesSouth Ribble: 276 opportunitiesWest Lancashire: 276 opportunitiesWyre: 278 opportunitiesBolton: 275 opportunitiesBury: 275 opportunitiesManchester: 276 opportunitiesOldham: 276 opportunitiesRochdale: 276 opportunitiesSalford: 275 opportunitiesStockport: 275 opportunitiesTameside: 275 opportunitiesTrafford: 275 opportunitiesWigan: 275 opportunitiesKnowsley: 286 opportunitiesLiverpool: 287 opportunitiesSt. Helens: 286 opportunitiesSefton: 287 opportunitiesWirral: 286 opportunitiesDoncaster: 276 opportunitiesRotherham: 276 opportunitiesNewcastle upon Tyne: 367 opportunitiesNorth Tyneside: 364 opportunitiesSouth Tyneside: 346 opportunitiesSunderland: 359 opportunitiesBradford: 297 opportunitiesCalderdale: 295 opportunitiesKirklees: 295 opportunitiesLeeds: 296 opportunitiesWakefield: 296 opportunitiesGateshead: 352 opportunitiesBarnsley: 278 opportunitiesSheffield: 276 opportunities

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

Most opportunities

All 62 council areas, most first.

  1. 1Newcastle upon Tyne367
  2. 2Northumberland367
  3. 3North Tyneside364
  4. 4Sunderland359
  5. 5County Durham356
  6. 6Gateshead352
  7. 7South Tyneside346
  8. 8Redcar and Cleveland303
  9. 9Hartlepool302
  10. 10Darlington301
  11. 11Middlesbrough301
  12. 12Stockton-on-Tees301
  13. 13North Yorkshire298
  14. 14Bradford297
  15. 15Leeds296
  16. 16Wakefield296
  17. 17Calderdale295
  18. 18Kirklees295
  19. 19York294
  20. 20Liverpool287
  21. 21Sefton287
  22. 22Halton286
  23. 23Knowsley286
  24. 24St Helens286
  25. 25Wirral286
  26. 26Barnsley278
  27. 27Hull278
  28. 28Wyre278
  29. 29Burnley277
  30. 30East Riding of Yorkshire277
  31. 31Hyndburn277
  32. 32Pendle277
  33. 33Preston277
  34. 34Blackpool276
  35. 35Chorley276
  36. 36Doncaster276
  37. 37Fylde276
  38. 38Lancaster276
  39. 39Manchester276
  40. 40Oldham276
  41. 41Ribble Valley276
  42. 42Rochdale276
  43. 43Rossendale276
  44. 44Rotherham276
  45. 45Sheffield276
  46. 46South Ribble276
  47. 47West Lancashire276
  48. 48Blackburn with Darwen275
  49. 49Bolton275
  50. 50Bury275
  51. 51Salford275
  52. 52Stockport275
  53. 53Tameside275
  54. 54Trafford275
  55. 55Wigan275
  56. 56North Lincolnshire274
  57. 57North East Lincolnshire273
  58. 58Cumberland270
  59. 59Westmorland and Furness269
  60. 60Cheshire East268
  61. 61Cheshire West and Chester268
  62. 62Warrington268

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.