REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Brighton: A ‘collaborative city with no shortage of talent’
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ell-educated, tech-savvy, creative, tolerant and talented… positive adjectives for Brighton and its inhabitants trip readily off the tongue from experts keen to wax lyrical about its many strengths.
In the latest feature in Business Leader’s city spotlight series, we learn more about why Brighton is a city which has entered the new decade bursting with confidence and ‘speaking with its own unique voice’…
What is unique about Brighton as a place to do business? Gavin Stewart, Executive Director of Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership, said: “Nestled between the South Downs and sea, Brighton & Hove has long been a place of escape. In fact, anecdotally, it’s known as the place where 30-somethings come to retire. Not from work I might add, but from the rat race. “Brighton & Hove has one of the highest business start-ups per capita in the country (second only to London according to the 56
most recent Centre for Cities report). It also has a relative failure rate, but that only serves to exemplify the feeling of freedom that many entrepreneurs have here; freedom to experiment, freedom to disrupt and the freedom to dream. “If you are looking for a well-educated workforce, you’ll also find them here because we are in the top ten UK cities with the highest number of residents with NVQ4 or above.
continues to attract people to the city – with one of the most diverse arts calendars in the country (Brighton Fringe Festival is one of the three largest in the world) to sports events (one football team in the Premier League) as well as live music, conferencing, indi-retail, and of course Pride. “There are many places that would bite off Brighton & Hove’s arm for just a handful of the riches on offer to nourish and embolden even the most tentative entrepreneur.”
“But it’s what’s on offer outside of work that March - April 2020
