The Brighton Connectiv: June 2024

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Jun 17, 2024

*BREAKING BUSINESS BIKE NEWS* Brighton-based start-up Body Rocket, who help cyclists go deep with their data, have had a sprint of a start by raising over £500k from crowdfunding investment.
THREE Brighton agencies have been listed in the 25 Top Creative UK Companies of 2024 list in the If You Could awards. Tilt, Driftime and UnitedUs have all been given nods for providing brilliant, inspiring and supportive workplaces.
Brighton Digital agency NVisage have been aquired by Manchester-based Numagoo.
Brighton rapid-growth telecoms firm Rubix VT acquires Peterborough-based YouTech.
Hate politics? And everything else? Then vote for Steve. The world’s first AI parliamentary candidate is standing for election in Brighton Pavilion. Of course.
The Americans are interested in Steve. Of course.
And France.

Brighton & Hove City Council has been given top marks from Ofsted for its children’s services - something that has been recognised in the national media
And the University of Brighton’s teacher training courses have also been named best in class by the education inspectorate
As well as the Royal Spa Nursery in Queens Park.
Toot! Bash! Plink! The University of Sussex, Create Music and West Sussex Music are holding a big conference on best practice and future thinking in music education for all secondary schools across Sussex

Brighon-based arts fundraiser Elena Italia has written an interesting blog on whether AI will be a gamechanger for small cultural projects and teams applying for grants
Tea and drugs coming soon to Preston Manor
Brighton to get it’s first PsychFest this August
A tapestry depicting Duke’s Mound on Brighton beach, once an iconic LGBTQ+ landmark, has won the first Madame F Queer Britain Art Award at Queer Britain, the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum
The Theatre Royal has had a facelift

Rubix VT has donated over £10k of staff time and resources to the social proscribing, social health and loneliness charity Together Co (who have also only gone and won a major GSK Impact Award…)
Citizens Online and AbilityNet - two UK digital inclusion charities with big footprints in Brighton & Hove - are merging.
What should Brighton Pride look like beyond 2025? This survey is for you to tell the council your ideas.

*MORE BIKES?* Big boffins bring bikes to Brighton, banking bucks for British breakthroughs!

(I am so sorry)

‘Pilates Perspective On Menopause’ is a two-part podcast from Brighton menopause expert Kathryn Colas
A Brighton football team has scored some amazing goals against obesity

Want to know how to build a carbon neutral website? Join these free workshops from Fast Familiar and Sussex Digital Humanities Lab.
Sussex Bay goes live, with a big launch at The Dome.
* EVEN MORE BIKES* Not wanting to tyre you with more two-wheeled news, Brighton’s first ever pop-up festival of the bike is taking place from 10-14 July, with events, exhibitions and workshops pedaling the simple mantra ‘BIKES MAKE LIFE BETTER!’
University of Brighton researchers are blazing a trail with hydrogen-powered cremations.

Chilli Pickle returns…
Timeout impossibly ranks Brighton & Hove’s best 25 restaurants
PETA have chosen No Catch Co in Brighton as the best vegan fish and chips in the UK
And the Michelin guide profiles Palmito in Hove as their Bib Gourmand Restaurant of the Month