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West Yorkshire Enterprise Agency
Helping West Yorkshire businesses start, survive and grow, WYEA provides help, advice and training for those setting up in business. Subscribe to their newsletter and use their business generator to find new contacts. Specific help for women through their Women In Networks events.
Searchable Business Information
Search the Businesses Indexes online from the Leeds Business Library provided by Leeds Library and Information Service.
Funded by Yorkshire Forward to support High-growth businesses in West Yorkshire. There is eligibility criteria for their programme.
Some help available via the City Council website.
‘Leeds, Live It, Love It' aims to promote Leeds as a leading business city. They have useful links to information if you are wanting to start a business here.
Incubation space and business support provided by City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in conjunction with UKBI and Wakefield First.
Think Business@Bradford is the university's support for students and graduates to become more enterprising. They will help with mentoring, networking, ideas and funding leads and their Ideas lab where you can use their facilities to meet clients or hot desk to start your business. There are also events such as the Entrepreneurs' Boot Camp and Dreamstart conference.
There is lots of support from the university. This includes Business Mine to help students test business ideas on campus, the Huddersfield Business Generator providing support to new start-ups including office space, specific advice and support for people wanting to start a business in the Sports, Tourism or Leisure Sectors, and Uni-BIC to help capture and exploit the university's unique intellectual property.
White Rose Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (WR-CETL) has its own Enterprise Zone to support student and graduates, offering events, workshops, competitions and use of their facilities.
Business Start Up provides Information Sessions, Workshops, Business Advice, Competitions, Proof of Concept funding, a Summer School and help with Business Incubation for students and graduates of Leeds Met.
Graduate Enterprise provides advice and support including funding for market research and access to the Entrepreneurs' Boot camp - the summer school running in the region.
The LEGI scheme for Bradford to help promote self-employment and business creation in disadvantaged areas of the city.
The LEGI scheme for Leeds to help promote self-employment and business creation in disadvantaged areas of the city.
West Yorkshire Social Enterprise Link
Useful site for advice and news of events and funding advice for people setting up a Social Enterprise in West Yorkshire.