North West business grants
The North West is served by strong sub-regional growth support: the GC Business Growth Hub in Greater Manchester, the Growth Platform in the Liverpool City Region, and business support across Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria — plus every UK-wide scheme. Subvention shows the live grants a North West business can apply for.
Grants change frequently — always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines with the funder via the linked source. Subvention does not guarantee funding.
Funding bodies in North West
North West businesses are supported by a mix of regional and national bodies. The organisations below are the main routes to publicly-backed funding and support in North West — each with its own eligibility rules, so always confirm details on their own page:
- • GC Business Growth Hub — Greater Manchester's business growth support.
- • Liverpool City Region (Growth Platform) — funding and support for the Liverpool City Region.
- • Lancashire, Cheshire & Cumbria support — sub-regional growth hubs and council schemes.
UK-wide grants also open to North West businesses
On top of North West-specific support, every UK-wide scheme is open to businesses here — including GOV.UK Find a Grant, Innovate UK, UKRI, the British Business Bank's programmes and National Lottery funds. Subvention searches all of these at once and matches them to your company using your Companies House profile, so you see the North West and national grants you're eligible for in a single ranked list, each linked to its source.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find business grants in North West?
- Enter your company name above. Subvention pulls your Companies House profile and matches you against live UK, North West and European grants, returning a ranked, explained shortlist with a link to each funder's page — free to search.
- Where are business grants in the North West?
- Greater Manchester's GC Business Growth Hub, the Liverpool City Region's Growth Platform and Lancashire/Cheshire/Cumbria support run regional funding, alongside UK-wide grants that Subvention matches to your company.
- Are North West business grants free to search?
- Yes. Grant search and eligibility matching on Subvention are free, with no signup wall. Optional one-off passes add saved grants, alerts and deadline reminders.
- How current are the grants shown?
- Grant data is refreshed daily from dozens of official sources. Because programmes open and close frequently, always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the funder's own page — which we link to.
Grant data refreshed daily · page last reviewed 2026-07-26. Always confirm details with the funder.