Five things you need to know...

Brighton and Hove’s reputation as a Silicon Beach is fast-becoming a reality with innovators making an impact here and beyond.

With a distinctively dynamic bent, Business Matters gives you the week’s top five business stories worth reading – with a side order of fine Nordic cuisine and Sussex wine.

• Could parking woes be a thing of the past? One company hopes so after developing sensory technology which tells whether a space is free or not, to the potential benefit of untold drivers, authorities and carpark managers everywhere. Find out how Deteq are developing their technology with £100,000 growth funding

• How to solve humanity’s biggest challenges? A pair of entrepreneurs hope to do just that after winning the Brighton Grand Challenge – and a trip to Silicon Valley. Find out about their plan to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and bust online fraudsters

• Many will have heard about the Government’s Start-Up Loan scheme – but who is benefitting? Find out how much money has been given out in the city – and about some of the bright start-up founders such the linguists taking advantage of the mushrooming marketing for transnational translation. 

• Enterprise has been very much pro-Gatwick expansion. But what are the impacts to commercial property? We hear from Gatwick’s head of real estate about the airport’s plans and solutions to the big runway debate. 

• What better way to wrap up a week of business with some fine food and wine. This week we have networking lunch at Hotel du Vin with i360 architect David Marks; also a Scandinavian supper to promote Sussex produce abroad; we report on an award-winning winery showing off its striking tasting room and an acclaimed street food caterer beating off competition to win the people’s choice award at an international food festival.