Developing Greater Brighton
The Greater Brighton City Region has an extraordinary mix of coastal, urban and rural landscapes (including the South Downs National Park, a UNESCO biosphere and a number of areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty). It has a strong cultural, heritage, visitor (including business tourism) and sports components.
This richness and variety within a 15 mile radius is regarded by residents and national and international visitors alike as a strong attractor for skilled labour and inward investment. There are a number of significant brownfield sites for regeneration and a growing investor appetite across the whole area (rather than just in established pockets of investment).
Gigabit broadband rollout rolls on in Greater Brighton
Residents, visitors and businesses will soon benefit from faster and more reliable broadband internet as more areas across Greater Brighton. Brighton & Hove is following Adur, Worthing and Crawley on working with the UK's leading wholesale fibre network...
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Sussex green hydrogen revolution sparks into action
A new energy group dedicated to putting Greater Brighton at the forefront of a hydrogen fuel revolution has been established. Local authorities, businesses and organisations from across the region and further across the county have formed a group called Hydrogen...
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Gatwick Freeport proposal submitted to government
A bid for Freeport status at one of the largest industrial parks in the UK has been launched to support a post-COVID lockdown recovery in Crawley and the wider Greater Brighton region. Proposals submitted to Government by the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise...
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