Business Grants in Yorkshire & Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber region offers business funding through West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire combined authorities, local councils, and the regional Growth Hub. Key sectors include advanced manufacturing, digital, and healthcare.
West Yorkshire Funding
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority runs business support programmes for Leeds, Bradford, and surrounding areas. The AD:VENTURE programme and other schemes support SME growth and innovation.
South Yorkshire Support
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority provides business grants and support across Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley. Programmes focus on growth, skills, and sector development.
Humber Region Grants
The Humber region including Hull and East Riding has its own business support through local councils and the LEP. Energy and offshore sectors receive particular attention given the region's strategic importance.
Yorkshire & Humber Business Grants
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Innovation Supper October 2026: Apply to pitch
An initiative hosted by York Business School, Patch York, and York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub where eligible start-ups undergo expert pitch training from York St John University and pitch their business idea to win seed funding.
Innovation Supper: October 2026
Six emerging businesses pitch their ideas to an audience, who vote to choose a winner. The winning business receives cash funding collected from ticket sales to boost their business idea.
Strive Live Start-Up Incubator Micro Grants
An award-winning incubator programme for grassroots entrepreneurs to launch and grow their business, featuring weekly live online training, one-to-one advice, and on-demand learning, with the opportunity to win micro grants at the end of the programme.
Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme
A scheme enabling large levy-paying employers to transfer up to 50% of their annual apprenticeship levy funds to other employers, supporting apprenticeship starts aligned with local labour market needs, SMEs, and workforce upskilling across York and North Yorkshire.
Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme
The scheme supports small to medium-sized enterprises in South Yorkshire (specifically Sheffield) to grow, become more productive, or introduce new digital technologies through match-funded grants.
Great Ideas – York and North Yorkshire
A fully funded innovation support programme, with access to innovation grants of up to £60,000.
Digital Enterprise
Match-funded grants and impartial advice for West Yorkshire SMEs to invest in digital solutions that will fuel business transformation.
Biorenewables Development Centre Collaborative Grants and Innovation Projects
Pre-funded innovation projects and collaborative grant opportunities designed to help businesses overcome technical barriers, explore the bioeconomy, and develop sustainable technologies or biorefining processes.
AD:VENTURE
The AD:VENTURE programme provides dedicated support to eligible young and new businesses with strong growth ambitions. The AD:VENTURE programme is targeted at people who are planning to start, or have started a new business with high growth potential, and have been trading for less than 3 years. To be eligible you must trade with other businesses (B2B)
Business Development Grant Scheme – Scarborough
The main objective for awarding the grant will be that the business will be creating new jobs and meets with the Council’s key priorities and objectives. The Business Development Grant Scheme has been established to encourage the formation of new enterprises and stimulate the growth of established small and medium sized businesses in the Borough and companies looking to relocate into the area.
Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) – Yorkshire
Support for scientists and business specialists to solve a process, material, or product development challenge.
AD:VENTURE Business Growth Grant
A Growth Grant available to new businesses in West Yorkshire.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about business grants in Yorkshire & Humber