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Welcome
This is the official web site of the Business Forum and the Economic Partnership in Brighton & Hove
The Business Forum is the city centre initiative for Brighton. It is supported by a number of core business funders and a variety of revenue raising projects. Projects include the multi-award winning Brighton & Hove Business Crime Reduction Partnership [BCRP] with over 425 members operating in both the day-time and night-time economy, it is the largest in the UK. The Business Forum also established Brighton's first Business Improvement District [BID] and successfully led it to renewal in April 2011. It continues to be involved with the BID giving administrative support and providing a base for the BID Manager. The renewed Brighton BID will generate about £1.8m over five years to provide additional services to businesses in the BID area. The Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership [BHEP] works with other stakeholders to devise the economic strategy for the city. It works with other partners to input into the Local Enterprise Partnership [LEP] for the sub region. Details of key project areas for the BHBF and BHEP are shown on the left hand side of this Homepage and latest news is shown on the right hand side. All documents and stories are archived in the Knowledge Base which can be searched by subject or keyword. The site also lists contact details of the partners [other Brighton & Hove business associations] that we work with and has a number of links to other useful sites.
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17 May 2012 - News
New Principal at City College
The governors of Corporaton of City College Brighton and Hove have appointed Lynn Thackway as the new Principal to replace Phil Frier when he retires at the end of August. Read more...
16 May 2012 - News
Council Strategic Director to leave
Brighton & Hove City Council's Strategic Director of Resources Charlie Stewart is leaving to take up a new role as Assistant Chief Executive at Stoke on Trent City Council. Read more...
16 May 2012 - News
i-KOS announces UK expansion
i-KOS, an e-commerce specialist, has opened a second office in Hove to support growth and provide an optimum service for the Brighton digital market. Richard Jones, Technical Director at i-KOS, will head up the new office whilst Managing Director Myles Davidson will continue to run the London office. Read more...
16 May 2012 - News
Looking for brand exposure at Brighton Fringe in 2013?
Otherplace Venues Ltd are a Brighton based company and the biggest promoter at Brighton Fringe. The Warren is a new, 150 seat, 'popup' theatre with secluded and picturesque garden bar just off West Street. They are currently seeking business partnerships. Read more...
14 May 2012 - News
Call to support unemployed young people
A campaign to tackle the growing problem of youth unemployment in Brighton & Hove was launched by the Brighton & Hove City Employment and Skills Steering Group (CESSG) and local company BrightonandHoveJobs earlier in the year. It needs more employers to complete a survey. Read more...
12 May 2012 - News
RDAs delivered better value per job created than Regional Growth Fund
The National Audit Office has produced a report stating that the cost of each job created by the government's Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is projected to be higher than those generated by the regional development agencies [RDAs]. Read more...
7 May 2012 - News
Retail rents hardly shift despite dire economy
Over the past five years retailers have had to contend with a double dip recession, eurozone crisis, plummeting consumer confidence and the rapacious growth of online shopping, but landlords have taken none of these things into account, with rent rates barely moving in that period. Read more...
7 May 2012 - News
Who are they saving it for?
As the Conservative and Labour groups on the city council prepare to present their petition to "save" Toads Hole Valley from development next week it is worth revisiting the facts behind the site to determine whether their intentions are misguided. Read more...
3 May 2012 - News
City centre waste ground gets planning permission
The Hargreaves site on the corner of Portland Street and Church Street has been granted planning consent for redevelopment after standing empty for 15 years. Read more...
1 May 2012 - News
Innovative 'City Skills & Jobs' shop launched
Caroline Lucas MP was the guest of honour recently at the official launch of the brainchild of City College Brighton and Hove; City Skills & Jobs - an innovative new 'skills shop' in Brighton. Read more...
1 May 2012 - News
Brighton i360 gets LEP funding
The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership [LEP] has allocated over £14 million towards five projects which have a total value in excess of £173m and will potentially provide over 2000 jobs. Brighton's i360 was one of them. Read more...
27 April 2012 - News
New Chair for the Economic Partnership
Simon Fanshawe has stepped down from the Chair's role after 12 years at the helm and Brighton & Hove businessman Gary Peters was elected for the next two year term at the Partnership's regular quarterly meeting on Tuesday. Read more...
27 April 2012 - News
Double dipper
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics [ONS] the UK economy shrank by 0.2% between January and March, which following on from the 0.3% decline in the last quarter of 2011 takes the country back into a double dip recession. Read more...
27 April 2012 - News
Montefiore House development lauded at Acumen Commercial Property Awards 2012
The project to create a state of the art private hospital within a former Victorian warehouse has been recognised as a significant achievement by the Acumen Commercial Property Awards held on Thursday evening. Read more...
27 April 2012 - News
Anston House Plans
Owners Investec Bank, the Joint Receivers and local property agency Stiles Harold Williams have teamed up with Urban Splash to create £44m plans for the eyesore Anston House opposite Preston Park. Read more...
25 April 2012 - News
Guidance for taking on an employee
A new online toolkit has been launched today by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb, which provides first-time employers with a step-by-step guide through their obligations when taking on a member of staff. Read more...
24 April 2012 - News
Tackling anti-competitive practices consultation
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills [BIS} has launched proposals today to make it easier for small businesses and consumers to challenge firms they believe are acting anti-competitively. Read more...
24 April 2012 - News
Trouble in Eastbourne
Legal & General is reconsidering its plans to redevelop the town's ageing Arndale centre after the council gives consent for an out of town retail park. Read more...
24 April 2012 - News
Brighton BID news update
Summer is almost here and to celebrate, Brighton's Business Improvement District [BID] will be awash with bunting, banners and hanging baskets in time for the Festival season. Read more...
24 April 2012 - News
Drought advice for businesses
Brighton & Hove City Council will host a public meeting on May 3rd to offer advice to businesses that may be affected by the water shortage and restrictions on water use imposed by Southern Water. Read more...
21 April 2012 - News
Economic Partnership member gets Queen's Award
Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership member Hugh Burnett OBE DL has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion for his work supporting small businesses. Read more...
20 April 2012 - News
Consultation on rules for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
On 5th April Brighton and Hove City Council made a direction under the 1995 Town and Country Planning Order which removes the automatic right to convert houses into HMOs. They are now consulting on the order before it can come into force. Read more...
20 April 2012 - News
Businesses help to boost job seekers' career prospects
A careers fair held at City College's Central Campus in Pelham Street on Wednesday was attended by close to a thousand students and local residents looking to improve their career prospects. Read more...
19 April 2012 - News
Sackville Hotel developer is first to try his luck with new NPPF rules.
Although the National Planning Policy Framework [NPPF] diluted the presumption to say yes to development proposals that are "sustainable", the concept still remains at the core of the new rules on planning. Brighton & Hove might be about to see its first test case. Read more...
19 April 2012 - News
Sussex Police April news
The Brighton & Hove division of Sussex Police has published its April newsletter showing a mixed picture of crime in the city with overall crime decreasing but with some worrying trends on the increase. Read more...
18 April 2012 - News
WorldHost training boosts Brighton's Treatment Rooms
Staff from Brighton's best known urban day spa, The Treatment Rooms, have recently gained 'WorldHost' customer service training qualifications at City College Brighton and Hove with award-winning Retail Trainer, Marcus Pescod. Read more...
18 April 2012 - News
Jobless rate falls
According to latest official figures from the Office for national Statistics [ONS] unemployment in the Britain has fallen for the first time in 12 months. Read more...
17 April 2012 - News
What prospects for 2012's graduates?
As the next batch of 7,000 or so students prepare to leave Brighton's two universities, nationally one graduate in every three that left university in the past six years is in a job that only requires entry-level skills; up from one in four from 10 years ago. Read more...
17 April 2012 - News
Dyn moves in
In Science, Dyn is a unit measuring the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram at a rate of one centimetre per second squared.In Brighton it's an American internet services company which is the latest to locate in the city to join its burgeoning digital sector. Read more...
17 April 2012 - News
Register your support for faster broadband
The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership [LEP] has committed to help to improve broadband throughout the LEP area. To do this they need as many businesses of all sizes to register their need for improved broadband services, now and in the future. Read more...
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