New Works Table - Private Monthly Dinner

Format

Private dinner, 20 seats

Frequency

Monthly

Venue

The Wilmot, JQ

About

Past Tables

Who Attends

A private space for those thinking what comes next.

New Works space is a private monthly dinner for Midlands owners and operators who want to think clearly about the future of their business and hear honestly from peers who are working through the same questions.

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What you get from the evening

A room where you can

ask the questions you

can't ask anywhere else.

A room where you can ask the questions you can't ask anywhere else.

"AI is our new combustion engine. In the early days,

people thought it was only for cars. In reality it led us

to build airplanes and satellites. The question is what

we build next."

"AI is our new combustion engine. In the early days, people thought it was only for cars. In reality it led us to build airplanes and satellites. The question is what we build next."

Rt Hon Stephen McPartland, Guest Speaker, Dinner One

If you run a business with 25 to 500 people, you already know

the world is changing faster than most advice accounts for.

What you probably don't have is a trusted group of peers,

people at your level, who will tell you honestly how they are

navigating it.

If you run a business with 25 to 500 people, you already know the world is changing faster than most advice accounts for. What you probably don't have is a trusted group of peers, people at your level, who will tell you honestly how they are navigating it.

That is what New Works Table is. Twenty owners, MDs and

operators around one table at The Wilmot, once a month. No

presentations, nothing to sell. Just honest conversation

between people making the same decisions you are.

That is what New Works Table is. Twenty owners, MDs and operators around one table at The Wilmot, once a month. No presentations, nothing to sell. Just honest conversation between people making the same decisions you are.

You leave with practical intelligence, two or three people worth

staying in touch with, and a clearer sense of where to actually

focus. Because you heard it from someone who has already

tried it.

You leave with practical intelligence, two or three people worth staying in touch with, and a clearer sense of where to actually focus. Because you heard it from someone who has already tried it.

Seats per dinner

25+

Employees minimum

1×

Per month

Jewellery Quarter, birmingham

Jewellery

Quarter, birmingham

Past Tables

Table 01 — 17 March 2026

The Wilmot, Jewellery Quarter. Twenty people. Three

hours. The kind of conversation that does not happen

at industry events.

The Wilmot, Jewellery Quarter. Twenty people. Three hours. The kind of conversation that does not happen at industry events.

The Wilmot, Jewellery Quarter

From Table 01

"AI is our new combustion engine. The

question is not whether it changes things. The

question is what we build with it."

"AI is our new combustion engine. The question is not whether it changes things. The question is what we build with it."

Rt Hon Stephen McPartland, Guest Speaker

Table 01 , 17 March 2026

An evening on data, AI, cyber security and what comes next.

The first New Works Table brought together Midlands business leaders for an evening exploring how data, AI and digital security are reshaping business strategy. Our guest speaker was Stephen McPartland, former Security Minister and MP, who brought a rare perspective on where policy, technology and business intersect , and what that means for the decisions leaders are making right now.

Who was at Table 01

Stephen McPartland

Former UK Security Minister and MP

Martin Sadler

Director of Digital and Technology Services, Birmingham City Council

Vital Sizou

CTO, PlanBridge.AI

Joanna Birch

Chief Innovation Officer, Woodbourne Group

Joanna Lee-Mills

Affordable Housing Partner,
Ward Hadaway

Deepak Farmah

Director, Research & Innovation,
Coventry University

Director, Research & Innovation, Coventry University

Simon Marks

UK City Executive for Birmingham

Nirmal Vora

CEO, South Doc Services

Alex Moran

CEO, Ilarna

Mike Waters

Chief Technology and Insight Officer, West Midlands Combined Authority

Harpreet Hyare

Hon Associate Professor & Lead Consultant Neuroradiologist, UCLH

Jason Sahota

Serial Tech Entrepreneur

& Others

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Who attends

If you recognise yourself in any of these,

you belong at this table.

If you recognise yourself in any of these, you belong at this table.

You built it yourself

Twenty or thirty years building

something real. You have seen

recessions, pivots and plenty of people

who claimed to have all the answers. You

are open to what AI might mean for your

business , but you need to hear it from

people who actually operate, not people

who advise.

You inherited the

responsibility

You took over from a parent or founder

and now you are writing your own

chapter. You want to move faster than

the generation before you did , but you

also know what you stand to lose if you

move wrong. You want peers at the

same level, not consultants with a deck.

You run it day to day

Regional director, COO, divisional MD.

You have real authority and real

accountability. You need external

perspective and practical intelligence to

shape the decisions you are already

being asked to make , and you do not

have time for anything that is not

directly useful.

Who organises it

People with roots in this region

and a reason to care about its future.

New Works Table was started because we kept having the same conversation one to one and realised it was better with twenty people in the room. We live and work here and we have a genuine interest in what happens to Midlands businesses over the next decade.

Ed James DL

BBC Radio WM

Two decades as the voice of Heart FM,

now presenting on BBC Radio WM.

Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands.

A tireless champion of the Midlands and

the people who build it.

Vlad Mukhachev

Founder, Greenrepublic AI

A background in shipping and logistics

before founding Greenrepublic. An AI

product partner for businesses ranging

from Cathay Pacific and the UN to fast-

growing companies across the UK and

Europe.

Robert Bloxham

Co-Founder & CEO, Lunar Group

Co-founder of Lunar Agency, a full-

service brand and marketing partner

with strong Midlands roots and clients

including BrewDog, Villeroy and Boch

and Birmingham Airport.

Request an Invitation

The next dinner is

coming. There are 20 seats.

Tell us a little about yourself and your business. Every application

is read personally. If there is a seat that fits you, you will hear back

within five working days. No waitlist, no automated responses.

Tell us a little about yourself and your business. Every application is read personally. If there is a seat that fits you, you will hear back within five working days. No waitlist, no automated responses.

The only question we ask ourselves when reviewing an application

is simple: will this person make the conversation better for

everyone else at the table? If the answer is yes, we want you

there.

The only question we ask ourselves when reviewing an application is simple: will this person make the conversation better for everyone else at the table? If the answer is yes, we want you there.

Next Dinner

15 April 2026

The Wilmot, Albion Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

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Already been introduced by someone who attended? Mention their name in your application and we will prioritise your review.