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Business grants by county: what is open near you

National schemes are the same everywhere. What your council and your Local Enterprise Office add on top is different in every county.

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What is open in your county?

Pick a county to see its Local Enterprise Office, what the council itself offers and the next closing date.

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How this is worked out

For each county we read the Local Enterprise Office pages, the council's own business support pages and the LEADER group's site.

A scheme only shows as available if we found a current 2026 round on the official site. Where a council had a scheme in an earlier year and nothing this year, we say so.

Closing dates change. Check the date on the official page before you rely on it.

This tool gives an estimate from published rules. It is not a decision, and it is not financial advice. The body that runs the scheme always decides.

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