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Rochdale Start-up Grant (High Street Retail)
Capital grant for new independent retailers opening in selected empty high-street units across Rochdale, Heywood, and Middleton. Covers doors, windows, signage, and permanent internal fit-out works to bring vacant units back into use.
Published opportunity
- Funding
- Up to £5,000 (50% of eligible refurbishment costs)
- Location
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester, North West England
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline published
- Provider
- North West UKSPF / local authority grants
Published criteria
Who this opportunity is for.
- Who can apply
- New independent retailers opening in selected empty units in Rochdale, Heywood, or Middleton town centres. Applications must be submitted before the business opens.
- Funding organisation
- Rochdale Borough Council
- Location
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester, North West England
- Location
- Rochdale borough only (Heywood and Middleton included; not Greater Manchester-wide). Must be opening in a listed empty unit in Rochdale borough town centres. Cafes, restaurants, clothes shops, health and beauty, and specialist retail encouraged. Takeaways, pubs, and charity shops excluded. No retrospective spend.