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2-13 February 2026
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With over 100 events to choose from across two weeks, discover ideas, connections and inspiration to help your business grow. Browse by theme, date or location and start building your personalised schedule.
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- Business Development & Networking
From Chaos to Clarity: How to set effective business goals that actually stick
Help drive genuine business impact across the West Midlands, with this workshop that tackles one of the region’s biggest productivity challenges: ineffective goal-setting.
From Chaos to Clarity: How to set effective business goals that actually stick - Book now
- Business Development & Networking
Think Local, Grow Global - Powering Business Growth in our City (Local Roots to Lasting Impact)
Large events with inspirational business expert panel members and break-out rooms with offers from wide range of businesses providing business growth expertise.
Think Local, Grow Global - Powering Business Growth in our City (Local Roots to Lasting Impact) - Book now
- Retail & Nightime Economy
The Fort Retail Academy
The course is designed to help anyone looking to start a new retail business, whether from a shop, a market, from home or online.
The Fort Retail Academy - Book now
- Health and Wellbeing
Thrive at Work - Workplace Wellbeing Event
Hear from thought leaders in workplace wellbeing, gain fresh perspectives and actionable strategies to drive meaningful change in your organisation.
Thrive at Work - Workplace Wellbeing Event - Book now
- AI, New Technologies & Innovation
Marketing Reimagined: Human Creativity with AI Scale
Join Tribera for a fast-paced, inspiring panel exploring how AI is transforming marketing - not by automating originality out of existence, but by scaling the best of human creativity.
Marketing Reimagined: Human Creativity with AI Scale - Book now
- Finance & Professional Services
Securing Investment for Growth and Impact
Join Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP for a practical, webinar-based workshop exploring the when, why and how of securing investment for your business from a legal perspective.
Securing Investment for Growth and Impact - Book now
- Leadership & Managerial Development
BGWM – Solihull High Growth Leadership Forum
Driving Innovation, AI and Competitiveness in the West Midlands
BGWM – Solihull High Growth Leadership Forum - Book now
- Social, Cultural & Diversity
Mental Health Means Business: The new workplace KPI
An interactive workshop which will examine poor mental health and its impact in the work environment.
Mental Health Means Business: The new workplace KPI - Book now
- Leadership & Managerial Development
Practical HR and Employment Law for SMEs
A must attend event for employers.
Practical HR and Employment Law for SMEs - Book now
- Skills & Recruitment
Simplifying Graduate Recruitment
Thinking about hiring a graduate or taking on an intern?
Simplifying Graduate Recruitment - Book now
- Business Development & Networking
Managing Change with a Growth Mindset
This interactive session is designed for West Midlands business owners and managers who want to lead with confidence in times of uncertainty.
Managing Change with a Growth Mindset - Book now
- Retail & Nightime Economy
The Fort Retail Academy
The course is designed to help anyone looking to start a new retail business, whether from a shop, a market, from home or online.
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