In just under two weeks’ time, the Walsall area will host fourteen exciting business events – all part of the Black Country Business Festival starting on 23 April.
In total,122 events will be taking place throughout the Black Country over the fortnight to 4 May, making the Festival – in its inaugural year, the biggest business event in the region.
There is everything from seminars, workshops, behind-the-scenes tours and speed networking to conferences, exhibitions, gala dinners and debates. Most events are completely free to attend.
Walsall has a fantastic assortment of different topics which really showcase the diverse nature of its business community. Subject matters include healthier cakes, electric vehicles, hypnosis and art, whilst there are also practical events focussing on common industry themes such as health and safety, manufacturing, exporting, digital marketing and skills.
Business Festival initiator, the Black Country Chamber of Commerce is running a Manufacturing Roadshow at Walsall Football Club on 3 May. Corin Crane, chief executive said, “It’s amazing to see the colourful range of events in just this one part of the Black Country alone. The entire business community has pulled together to make this Festival the biggest business event in the region that contains something for everyone.
“Our Manufacturing Roadshow at Walsall Football Club is open to any business of any size in the manufacturing sector in particular. We will be providing bags of information specifically for manufacturing businesses such as funding, innovation support, training, staffing, planning and much more. As well as the exhibition, there will be short presentations and lots of opportunites to network, gather knowledge and make new connections. So it would be worth anyone in this sector coming along to find out more and see how they could tap into available help and support to grow their business.”
