Councillor Mohammed Asaduzzaman, Brighton & Hove City Council Cabinet Advisor for Small Business and Innovation business surgeries.

If you have not already signed-up to attend a Business Surgery with Cllr Asaduzzaman, please book your place:

Brighton & Hove Business Surgery – hosted by Councillor Mohammed Asaduzzaman, Brighton & Hove City Council’s Cabinet Advisor for Small Business and Innovation, will be hosting a regular business surgery from our Business & IP Centre (BIPC) in Jubilee Library.

Drawing on his years of civic leadership and ongoing work across neighbourhoods, Cllr Asaduzzaman highlights the need to place small businesses, community traders, and festival organisers at the centre of economic and cultural planning. He recognises the persistent challenges faced by small business owners — and champions stronger and more consistent support to ensure that local businesses are treated as core partners in economic growth, regeneration, and cultural development.

The aim of the Business Surgeries is to build on Cllr Asaduzzaman’s support for small businesses to open a stronger dialogue with business owners and entrepreneurs on delivering growth, building on the work of the BIPC and the new Growth Hub digital service.

Listening to Small Business – delivering growth

In late 2024, Brighton & Hove City Council agreed to adopt a citywide Economic Plan that re-affirms our commitment to supporting and accelerating skills, jobs, and sustainable growth across our city. The plan wants to see imaginative ways to reach communities and neighbourhoods and build on the work of our many innovative small businesses, to create a fairer, more sustainable, and more productive city.

If your answer to the following questions is “yes,” then booking a Business Surgery with Cllr Asaduzzaman might be for you!

Do you run a business? Or want to scale-up a business?

Do you want to move to Brighton & Hove to grow your business?

Do you want to invest in our city?

Do you have innovative ideas that you would like to share?

Is there something that is blocking your investment that you need help with?

Please note that this is not an opportunity to pitch for funding – no financial requests will be considered in the Business Surgery.

How to find us:These surgeries are in Conference Room 3, top floor of Jubilee library, next to the BIPC - Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton BN1 1GE

Important Note:Please let us know if you can no longer make it after booking a ticket. There is high demand for these sessions; if you are unable to attend your session, please cancel your appointment to allow others to take your place.

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FAQs

Can you help if I'm not based in Sussex?

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Absolutely! Any Sussex based business/person with a business idea is welcome. Though we always recommend joining the library as it's free and will make accessing our databases, books and publications much easier.

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