Ed Allison-Wright
BHEP Vice Chair
Director: Haydon Consulting
Ed Allison-Wright is a Chartered Surveyor and a Chartered Town Planner. He runs his own consultancy and is also a Director at Fairhomes Group of Companies, an international real estate developer and investor, with a property portfolio in Brighton & Hove.
Ed is a board member for the Brighton & Hove Strategic Housing Partnership on behalf of the BHEP and has also previously Chaired the Brighton & Hove Learning, Skills and Employment Partnership. He has direct experience in leading regeneration projects in Brighton & Hove and has had past involvement in a number of key sites in the City.
Ed is a founding partner of the ‘Construction Voice’ events, delivered in partnership with Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce and providing a debating platform for the construction and property industry in Brighton & Hove and wider Sussex. He has also supported the UK-wide charity, Young Enterprise as a Business Adviser to one of the UK’s leading schools, Brighton College; co-founded an employment focused initiative for the local construction industry that was endorsed by Central Government (named ‘Want to Work in Construction’) and was a key member of a successful EU-funded Pop-Up Shop initiative for start-up retailers, with Brighton & Hove City Council.
Ed says: “Brighton & Hove punches above its weight both within the Greater Brighton Economic Region and also within the United Kingdom as a whole. It’s a city that is full of proactive individuals and businesses willing to commit time to promoting positive enhancements to our city’s future, through economic rationality. Our role is one that involves as many stakeholders from as many industries as is required in order to deliver an Economic Strategy for the city that brings results and surpasses expectations.”