Greater Brighton residents will soon be able to access support to skill up as part of a major development in Greater Brighton. Crawley Borough Council is working with contractor Kier to create a new Town Hall and commercial offices. As part of deal, Westrock will...

A regional green infrastructure 'new deal' and an online cultural showcase are just two ways in which Greater Brighton could boost growth and help the area bounce back from COVID-19. Like much of the UK, the City Region - which covers much of the Sussex coast and...

An ambitious programme of water and energy conservation projects has been unveiled by the Greater Brighton city region as it bids to “grow back greener” from the lockdown crisis. Amid continuing population growth in the region, water supplies under pressure and energy...

The University of Brighton has partnered with Plus X to deliver a growth and innovation programme to support businesses across the Greater Brighton region. Over three years, the Brighton Research Innovation Technology Exchange (BRITE) programme will bring £10.5m worth...

A leading pharmaceutical firm which has a UK base in Greater Brighton has received the backing of UK public health officials for its test which finds out whether people have been infected with coronavirus in the past. Public Health England said the antibody test,...

Greater Brighton has welcomed the work of leading healthcare companies GSK and Diversey to help protect essential workers in the fight against COVID-19.  Global brand GSK, which has a branch in Worthing, contacted the Sussex Resilience Forum (SRF) with the offer of...

The Leader of Crawley Borough Council and the town’s MP have written to the Government calling for urgent help and listing 10 interventions to rescue the town’s economy. This follows the recent Centre for Cities report, which forecasts that Crawley - which is a key...

Greater Brighton leaders have agreed to work up a sustainable Economic Recovery Plan to help the City Region bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. With lockdown affecting many of the tens of thousands of businesses and one million residents across the area, the...

Greater Brighton engineering firm Ricardo is using its design and manufacturing expertise to support the UK’s fight against COVID-19. As a part of the national effort to provide much needed personal protective equipment (PPE), the world leading engineering consultancy...

Greater Brighton leaders have praised a local engineering firm Ricardo for driving forward the push to cut carbon emissions in transport across the globe. Having been founded in Shoreham over a century ago by Sir Harry Ricardo, the company is a global, multi-industry,...

The new government has been warned that it must not leave the South East behind as it seeks to ‘level up’ investment between the North and South. The chairman of Greater Brighton, Cllr Daniel Humphreys, said a "false narrative" had been allowed to arise which...

How do you define a successful business? It’s a question many people who either oversee existing enterprises or are planning to start up new ones often pose. For many years, the pursuit of profit was the key driving factor. But, with issues such as globalisation,...