Businesses from across the West Midlands are being urged to play a part in the delivery of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Firms from across the region are being invited to hear from the contractors involved in the global sporting event, which runs from July 28 to August 8, later this week.
The Meet the Contractors Delivering Birmingham 2022 event - which is taking place on Thursday (Feb 3) - aims to make small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) aware of the potential opportunities with some of the organisations involved in the Games.
It will be one of the final opportunities for SMEs in the region to become a supplier.
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Speakers will discuss the operations, technical, production, site infrastructure and personnel supplier contracts available to businesses in the region and how to bid for the work.
David Grady, chief financial officer at Birmingham 2022, said: "As the biggest sporting event ever to be held in the West Midlands, we are committed to making opportunities available for local businesses to support the Games.
"The event will outline these opportunities and provide information about how local suppliers can play a part in Birmingham 2022."
The hour-long session has been organised by the West Midlands Growth Hubs - which includes the Stoke-on-Trent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Growth Hub and the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP (CWLEP) Growth Hub.
Craig Humphrey, managing director of the CWLEP Growth Hub, said: "We're pleased to be helping businesses in the region with another opportunity to be involved in the ongoing work taking place ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
"By attending the free online supplier session, SMEs can engage with some of the contractors who are delivering the Games and find out if their business can supply the materials, goods and services that are required.
"Being awarded one of the supplier contracts on offer is a golden opportunity to be involved in one of the West Midlands' most important events in generations."
The Meet the Contractors Delivering Birmingham 2022 event will start at 9am and will be available via the West Midlands Growth Hub website.
Businesses spread across the various West Midlands Growth Hub areas including Coventry and Warwickshire, Greater Birmingham and Solihull, the Black Country, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, Worcestershire and The Marches are invited to sign up to the event.
Visit the West Midlands Growth Hubs website for further information.
