BUSINESS GRANTS IN BRADFORD

Grants available from £1,500 - £315,000.

Keighley and Shipley Towns Fund

This grant is designed to help new business start-ups, small, medium and large businesses based in or looking to locate into the Keighley & Shipley Towns Fund designated area.

Grants are available to businesses to undertake investment projects subject to them fulfilling eligible criteria. The project will need to be designed to

  • create new businesses
  • improve productivity
  • expand or diversify existing businesses leading to sustainable growth and job creation

Businesses can use the grant to invest in business premises, machinery, equipment or property fit out and bringing disused buildings back into use.

Grant applications can be submitted by a business after engaging with a business adviser.

Interactive map for the Keighley and Shipley Towns Fund

https://cbmdc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9ea249855a9b4671a78430d1ca06e11b

 

Shipley Shop Front Improvement Grant Scheme

Business property owners and tenants in Shipley are encouraged to apply for a grant that will allow them to spruce up their shop frontages within specified areas.

The grant is being offered through the Shipley Towns Fund.

The grant will cover 80 per cent of the cost of improvement works, costing a minimum of £1,250 with a maximum award of £20,000. 

Improvements will be subject to planning permissions and can include exterior work to premises such as painting; removal of vegetation from guttering; new windows; new signage; repairs; and access improvements.

For further information on these schemes please contact the Invest in Bradford team on 01274 437727. You can also check the Documents section for guidance and forms.