Final week to submit business festival events
There are only a few days left for businesses to submit their applications to host an event in the 2020 Black Country Business Festival.
The festival closes its doors to new event applications at 5pm on Friday, August 14.
Anyone can run an event and it can be about anything so long as it helps other businesses or employees to learn, share or grow.
Events can be digital, physical or a mix of the two, where a minimal amount of delegates will be able to attend while the event is live-streamed. A festival digital platform has been created on Zoom to allow event organisers to run their events online.
Already there are nearly 80 events in the festival which is now taking place from October 5 to 15.
Tickets to events will start to go live on the festival website www.blackcountrybusinessfestival.com from August 17. Events are split into sectors to make it easy to browse and sort.
Sandwell Council in conjunction with construction company, Balfour Beatty is running a virtual ‘meet the buyer’ event on October 8, where they will be sharing tips with local supply chains on how to win business on the landmark £267 million MMUH healthcare project as well as some of Balfour Beatty’s other regional projects such as the redevelopment of the Black Country Living Museum.
In Walsall, the council’s Works, Skills & Jobs Expo on October 5 is an all-day event for businesses and training providers, where there will be details about jobs, apprenticeships and courses for local residents.
Festival partner, the University of Wolverhampton is once again holding several events which range from examining the advantages and disadvantages of developing brown field land right through to intellectual property protection on innovations and the business of cyber protection.
Corin Crane, chief executive of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce, which initiated the BCBF three years ago, said: “There is such great engagement from the business community that the Festival is proving to be a showcase in itself of the positivity and resilience of the Black Country. But there are only a few more days left before the portal closes so any business wishing to be part of this brilliant fortnight needs to get their application in now.
“This is the third year of the Black Country Business Festival and this year is possibly more important to our businesses than ever before, because of the solid platform on which to re-energise and re-engage that it provides.”
Anyone wishing to submit an event needs to visit the BCBF website www.blackcountrybusinessfestival.com and complete the short application form providing details about their event, date and time.
