What's on - workshops, events and competitions
Upcoming events
As the nation’s leading highways business, we regularly host events to connect with organisations operating in the infrastructure and professional services supply chain.
We run face-to-face and online events where we inform, consult and collaborate with suppliers - discussing sector challenges to find solutions and sharing information about our pipeline of work.
We also exhibit and participate in industry-led conferences, exhibitions and shows where we have the opportunity to talk to suppliers, stakeholders and road users about our work.
Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show – 21 to 23 April 2026
National Highways will be attending the Commercial Vehicle Show 2026, one of the UK’s leading events for the transport and commercial vehicle sector. The event brings together manufacturers, innovators, fleet leaders, and policymakers from across the industry.
Our team will be showcasing a wide range of free tools and resources designed to help fleets reduce risk, improve compliance, and support driver wellbeing across the strategic road network.
Visitors can explore our new immediate post collision response training modules – simple, quick learning with life saving potential – and our fleet data outcomes guide, which helps organisations turn telematics data into meaningful safety improvements. Both will be launched at the event.
We’ll also feature Operation Tramline, and one of our traffic officer vehicles, with colleagues on hand to explain the vital role traffic officers and inspectors play in incident response, managing live lane breakdowns, and keeping the network moving safely.
If you are attending the CV Show, please come and speak to our team.
Venue: Hall 4 & 5, Birmingham NEC, B40 1NT
Dates: 21 - 23 April 2026
Register: CV Show register form
Microlise – 12 May 2026
National Highways will be participating at Microlise 2026, one of Europe’s leading events focused on the logistics sector.
Road transport is one of the most important users of the strategic road network – our roads carry two-thirds of the country’s road freight. Our team will be there to listen to customers and discuss the work we are doing for people managing road freight on England’s motorways and major A-roads.
National Highways chief operating officer Duncan Smith will be discussing how the UK road transport landscape is changing — and what it means for fleet operators in the years ahead.
Leader of National Highways’ Incident Prevention Team, Mark Cartwright, will be exploring the personal and corporate powers that every delegate has to influence change — from the drivers in their own business to clients, suppliers and the wider supply chain.
If you are attending Microlise, please visit our stand and speak to our team. We welcome the opportunity to hear your feedback and discuss what we are doing to improve road transport safety and journey reliability.
Venue: Co-op Live, Etihad Campus, Manchester M11 3DU
Date: 12 May 2026
Register: Microlise registration
Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund webinars – 13 May 2026, 9 June 2026
The Growth and Housing Accelerator (GHA) Fund is investing £165 million to remove the transport infrastructure barriers holding back housing and employment sites across England.
Many housing and employment sites already have planning permission but cannot be built because transport improvements are needed first. The GHA Fund aims to address any viability funding gaps - targeting schemes that are ready to go, where infrastructure is the only thing standing in the way.
The match funding aims for a 3:1 basis: two parts public funding and one part private, to one part GHA Fund. National Highways works in partnership with local authorities and developers to maximise impact and accelerate delivery.
Local authorities and Mayoral Strategic Authorities can apply for GHA Fund investment.
Our free online webinars will walk you through the eligibility criteria and application process.
Traffex – 20-21 May 2026
Traffex is one of the UK’s leading road maintenance, traffic management and road safety events.
Traffex brings together local authorities, contractors and suppliers responsible for maintaining and managing the UK’s road networks.
National Highways’ presentations at Traffex include:
- keynote address: RIS3 – what it means for the UK roads sector (Elliot Shaw, Chief Customer and Strategy Officer)
- A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet – an update on National Highways’ biggest in-build project (Paul Salmon, Senior Project Manager)
- National Highways’ Network Model (Tom Coleman, Principal Geospatial Manager)
- communicating winter risk (Darren Clark, Severe Weather Resilience Adviser)
- LTC’s plans for building Britain’s largest road tunnels
- Roads Academy – what’s in it for companies and individuals?
Traffex will also be addressed by Roads Minister Simon Lightwood MP and Transport Select Committee Chair Ruth Cadbury MP.
In the National Highways Lounge you will find our Procurement, Digital Lab and Severe Weather teams – do come and see how we can help you!
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