On Tuesday 3 October and Wednesday 4 October SME 2017 are hosting a business exhibiton taking place at the NEC in Birmingham. This event will together over 100 exhibitors and 100 speakers to help you accelerate your business growth strategy.

Show highlights include: 

• 6 educational seminars covering funding, finance, marketing, business tech, outsourcing and innovation.  To see the agendas for each seminar click here 

• Visionary keynotes including Patrick Magee, COO British Business Bank, Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO, Innovation Birmingham, Emma Jones MBE, Founder, Enterprise Nation and Richard Harpin, Founder, HomeServe, Suresh Patel, Birmingham City Council.See all confirmed speakers here 

• You may be eligible for a grant. We have created the ‘SME Grant Zone’ where visitors can have a 1-2-1 meeting with the people behind the Midlands based business grants including the British Business Bank (Midlands Engine Investment Funds), Birmingham City Council, Coventry Council, Digital Birmingham, Low Carbon Workspaces and Skills Support for the workplace.  For more information click here 

• Do you need to raise finance?  Then all your questions on what is the best source of debt or equity finance will be answered. Check out the ‘Meet the Lenders’ panel featuring Biz Britain, ThinCats, BCRS, ESME, Rate Setter, Alternative Business Funding and NatWest.

• Free business support.  If you are not familiar with the Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Hubs, then you should get connected with them as they provide a wealth of support and signposting to help you grow your business.  Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP Growth Hub, Coventry & Warwickshire LEP Growth Hub & Black Country LEP Growth Hub will be exhibiting. See the complete list of exhibitors here

• Google Digital Garage will be hosting free seminars including ‘Reach new customers online’, ‘Social media for business’, ‘Understanding Google Analytics’ & ‘Online security for businesses’.  See the complete agenda here

• A brilliant line up of marketing experts to help you win more business including CIM, Beattie Group, Connect Group.

• The Midlands is home to some fantastic innovation support - Keele University will present ‘How universities can help your business out-innovate your competitors’ and Coventry University Enterprises will host a workshop on ‘Ideation for Innovation’.

"Our partner the Black Country Growth Hub is one of the sponsor of this exciting exhibition"

Venue : The NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT

Free to attend

If you would like to attend, you can follow this link to register