Tech Events at 2 St Philip's Place, Birmingham, B3 2RB, Birmingham

A 90-minute look inside the NatWest Accelerator hub at 2 St Philip's Place. You get a guided tour of the workspaces, time with the Accelerator team, and a chance to talk to founders already in the community. Thursday 26 November, 09:30 to 11:00, hosted by the Birmingham NatWest Accelerator. They also cover how the programme supports sales, funding and leadership, and how to get involved. Free. It is an open house rather than a workshop, so there is no talk to sit through. Why go: the quickest way to see whether the hub and its community fit before you commit to the programme. Best for Midlands founders deciding whether to apply.

The fifth workshop in the Birmingham NatWest Accelerator's Sales Accelerator, at 2 St Philip's Place from 09:30, on organising and using sales data. It covers why a CRM matters, how to structure one so it tracks leads, customers and performance rather than becoming a graveyard, and which metrics are worth measuring for your business. There are exercises to identify your own key numbers, real founder examples of where better data changed the sales outcome, and an Action Lab session to set up or improve your own CRM before you leave. The Sales Accelerator is a twelve-week programme of six workshops; individual sessions are open without joining the whole thing. Free. Why go: you leave having actually configured something rather than with notes about configuring it. Best for founders and early sales hires whose pipeline currently lives in a spreadsheet.

The fifth workshop in the Birmingham NatWest Accelerator's Funding Accelerator, at 2 St Philip's Place, 09:30 to 13:00, on the financial information funders expect to see. It covers the metrics that signal a business is fundable, how to organise financial information so a funder can read it quickly, and how to build or refine a cashflow forecast that holds up. There are practical exercises rather than a lecture. The wider Funding Accelerator is a twelve-week programme of six expert-led workshops, and you can attend individual sessions without committing to the whole thing. Free. Why go: most founders can describe the business and then fall apart on the numbers, and this is the session that fixes that. Best for early-stage founders preparing for a raise or a lending conversation.

The Birmingham NatWest Accelerator's regular morning mixer at 2 St Philip's Place — free, open to founders inside and outside the programme.