Greater Brighton City Region


The Greater Brighton City Region is a city region in the south of England centred on Brighton and incorporating seven local government districts in East Sussex and West Sussex. The Greater Brighton Economic Board was created in April 2014 to oversee a 6-year programme of development and investment within the area. There are over one million people within the city region as of 2020.

Economic Board membership

The City Region was initially formed from five local authorities, together with the South Downs National Park, the University of Sussex, the University of Brighton and the Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. The City Region was subsequently extended to include Crawley and Gatwick Airport on 6 February 2018 and Arun in 2019.
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Economy

In 2019 the city region was seen to support over 500,000 jobs and had a net work of £23 billion. Creative industries worth more than £1.5 billion in the city region, with Brighton and Hove and Crawley boroughs being particular key areas. In its first six years of running the Economic Board was reported to have attracted £160 million of investment to the city region.

Demographics