Cheshire East Council

Cheshire East Council

Grants and Finance

Current and Planned Business Support Grant Programmes

Our current and planned business support grant programmes are detailed below. 


To find out more about the live grants or to register your interest in planned programmes, please click on the links provided or contact our team.

Rural Capital Grant

SCHEME CLOSED

Grant funding (capital grants) for small scale investment in micro and small enterprises in rural areas 









SCHEME CLOSED

Repurposing the High Street

OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

We’re offering grants for businesses that take on empty commercial premises in the town centre to help them with the costs of fitting them out and buying essential equipment.

Learn More | Apply

Flexible Work Space Project

OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

The scheme is offering grants from £25,000 up to £100,000 to landlords/leaseholders to refurbish vacant or under-utilised property into flexible co-working spaces.Grant recipients must therefore make at least a £75,000 contribution toward total costs to be able to receive a grant of £25,000 or at least £300,000 to be able to receive a grant of £100,000.

Learn More | Apply

Sustainable Inclusive Growth

SCHEME PAUSED

 The Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Programme Grant Scheme is now paused, as we have awarded nearly all the funding. 



Grants will be awarded to eligible businesses on a first come first served basis until the total amount of funded allocated to the Sustainable & Inclusive Growth Grant has been spent.

SCHEME PAUSED

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. Further information on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be found at: UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Cheshire East Council (CEC) is the lead authority for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) in Cheshire East. It has overall accountability for how the Fund is administered in the borough.


A summary of Cheshire Easts approved investment plan can be found at: UK Shared Prosperity Fund (cheshireeast.gov.uk)

Register your interest in current and future local grant schemes and you will be updated as soon as the programmes are launched

For more information or to chat with one of our advisers, please get in touch:

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