Northamptonshire has strong ambitions to be a leading area for innovation, business growth, and green technologies. We aim to attract private sector investment, and to enhance the special environmental and rural qualities as well as its local heritage which make it a great place to live.

View the Northamptonshire Arc strategy​ to find out about Northamptonshire's future plans.

​Support for your business

SEMLEP Growth Hub

SEMLEP Growth Hub offers business advice and support as well as a range of events and workshops

Register your business

Find out how to register your business and how much it costs

Business start up workshops and advice

The Business and IP Centre offer a range of business support workshops located at Northamptonshire Libraries

Funding for your business

There are different ways in which you can get funding to help grow your business

​Northamptonshire business services

​Bookable meeting rooms

Libraries

Hire a room at a Northamptonshire Library

Country parks

There are bookable meeting rooms at 3 different country parks

Knuston Hall

There are 10 meeting rooms available at Knuston Hall that can accommodate up to 100 people

​Northamptonshire is a leading area for food and drink manufacturing and supply, and is home to world-leading brands including Alpro, Weetabix, Coca Cola, Schweppes and Carlsberg​​​.

​View vacancies​​

We have vacancies ​​w​orking for​ the council and our part​ne​r ​​organisations across ​​​Northamptonshire​​​​

Council jobs ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Northampto​nshir​e apprent​i​​ce​sh​ips

Find an apprenticeship in Northamptonshire
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Appren​t​iceships ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Volunte​ering 
opport​​u​​​n​​itie​​s​​

Find a v​olu​​nteering opport​​​​unity in Northamptonshire through the Get Involved Hub

Get Involved Hub ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Our projects

Superfast Northamptonshire

Superfast Northamptonshire is the public face of the Northamptonshire local broadband project

Find out more about Superfast Northamptonshire >> 

​Ready2Grow

​The Ready2Grow project aims to improve the capacity and performance of small and medium sized enterprises and to encourage entrepreneurship across Northamptonshire

Find out more about Ready2Grow >>

Northamptonshire ​Digital Enhancement Project

Grants and support to help local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make digital improvements to their business

Find out more about the Northamptonshire Digital Enhancement Project >>​​