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 funding bids kick-start regeneration schemes
Around £150 million of funding secured by Greater Brighton is helping to transform the region and is creating thousands of jobs. A report for Greater Brighton Economic Board details how the investment has kick-started multimillion-pound regeneration projects in and...
Greater Brighton to step up efforts to support £1.5billion creative industries sector
Greater Brighton is to step up efforts to protect, support and help develop the creative industries in the region which latest figures show are worth £1.5 billion a year to the economy. A report says the City Region has an extremely strong creative industries sector...
Cash boost to fuel hydrogen future
Greater Brighton is giving a £25,000 kickstart to plans for a low carbon hydrogen economy for the region. The money for Hydrogen Sussex was agreed by the Greater Brighton Economic Board (GBEB) as part of the Greater Brighton Energy Plan, which aims to tackle climate...