Kick off your week with the Morning Mixer at NatWest's Birmingham hub — an early-doors networking breakfast for founders, business professionals, and anyone building connections in the city. Informal format, no hard sell, good coffee.
NatWest's practical guide to equity funding for founders — covering angel investment, VC, crowdfunding, and the alternatives most people overlook. Free and in-person at NatWest's Birmingham hub. If you're approaching your first external raise, this is a good room to be in.
Birmingham's original community makerspace opens its doors every Wednesday. Bring a project, learn to use the kit (3D printers, laser cutters, electronics, CNC), or just come to meet the makers. fizzPOP is a genuine hidden gem — one of the most characterful tech spaces in the city.
AWS Community Summit makes its Birmingham debut at The Bond in Digbeth — 25+ talks and workshops across 2 tracks from leading figures in the AWS community. Topics span cloud migration, digital transformation, application modernisation, GenAI, and data analytics. Full day from 9am to 10pm, food and coffee included in the price. Free tickets available for students and early-career professionals.