Our Priorities

The Greater Brighton Economic Board (GBEB) grew from the 2014 City Deal and now enjoys membership from across the public and private sectors.

The Board’s vision is for the Greater Brighton region to have a growing, modern economy that is international, creative, connected, talented and resilient.

International:

Build an international profile with strong and relevant supporting messaging.
Establishment of an inward investment proposition.

Creative:

Support innovative businesses to scale and grow
Sharing and commercialising knowledge

Connected:

Roll-out of fibre infrastructure
To become the most 5G-enabled City Region

Talented:

Attracting and retaining talent in the City Region
Develop an integrated approach to talent

Resilient:

Build economic resilience
Build environmental and social resilience

Greater Brighton Chairman welcomes solar power expansion

Jan 25, 2021

The chairman of Greater Brighton today praised a scheme which has seen more than 1,000 households take advantage of low cost solar panels to power their homes. All seven councils of the City Region have joined in the scheme, run by West Sussex County Council, to...

Wind farm expansion plans supported by Greater Brighton chairman

Jan 21, 2021

Ambitious plans to expand a major wind farm and create sustainable energy to power more than one million homes have been welcomed by the Chairman of Greater Brighton. Rampion 2 could see the current wind farm - which is the only one off the south coast of England -...

£5 million funding boost for Newhaven

Jan 8, 2021

Greater Brighton members Lewes District Council have welcomed a £5 million funding boost to help transform Newhaven town centre. The Future High Streets Fund, which was set up by the government to “renew the country's high streets”, awarded £5,004,939 to help boost...