West Mids local gov and developers to come together at regeneration investment collab

With no other opportunity to bring the region’s local government together with developers and funders, Pagabo is set host the West Midlands Investment Collab, with support from the organisers of the largest built environment conference of the year, UKREiiF, for which Pagabo Group is returning as platinum partner for 2025. The event will take place on 27 November at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, which is historically a regeneration project procured through Pagabo’s Major Works framework.  

It will be the first of a series of events across different UK regions that will provide a centralised forum to serve as a platform for success and springboard for opportunity. With space to not only explore options for upcoming developments, the events will also bring forward public sector procurement success stories – making sure that learnings can be taken forward into future projects to generate a greater level of success.  

Jonathan Parker, development director at Pagabo, said: “The recent Autumn Budget made a firm statement for growth and improvement in public services, with a focus on regionality with six authorities with ‘track records of managing major programmes’ announced as eligible for integrated funding settlements to invest in their areas, including the West Midlands Combined Authority. 

“The West Midlands has already seen great success in many areas, such as the City West and St George’s developments in Wolverhampton which have been procured through the developer-led framework Pagabo manages. This being said, there’s a palpable feeling of the opportunity in front of us, and there is so much potential still to be unlocked in the West Midlands – from remediating disused brownfield sites to town or city-wide redevelopment. 

“No one party can create large-scale development by themselves, and that’s where relationships become central to success. Our Regional Investment Collabs are there to build and nurture relationships that drive that town and city-wide regeneration that brings about transformation not just from a built environment perspective, but from the social, economic and environmental side too. At Symphony Hall, our focus will be on how to bring the parties together that make visions a reality – and makes the Midlands the absolute best it can be.” 

Attendees have already been confirmed from West Midlands Combined Authority, Birmingham City Council, City of Wolverhampton Council, Coventry City Council, Lichfield District Council, West Midlands Growth, Staffordshire County Council, and Newcastle-upon-Lyme Borough Council. 

During the day, a panel of leading UK funders will also share what they look for when deciding how to allocate investment in the West Midlands, seeking to help those local government officials in the room improve their bidding processes.

 Matt Christie, director of external relations and content at UKREiiF, said: “We are delighted that Pagabo Group has returned as UKREiiF’s headline partner in 2025. By organising this event, it’s clear the team wants to take our shared principles - of facilitating the unlocking of regeneration across the country – beyond the three-day UKREiiF programme, which is something we fully support. 

“The buzz around this inaugural gathering – particularly from local authority participants – is building. I hope many of the conversations that are set to take place feed into Pagabo Group’s programme at UKREiiF in May 2025 - we may even see some early success stories emerge.”  

A regional investment report will be released after the West Midlands Investment Collab. Similar events will be hosted in other regions around the UK in the run up to UKREiiF itself, taking place in Leeds in May 2025.  

For more information, please get in touch with the Pagabo team via info@pagabo.co.uk