diff --git a/app/Components.scala b/app/Components.scala
index 2e081ee4b50..60b7d60f9ff 100644
--- a/app/Components.scala
+++ b/app/Components.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class AppComponents(context: Context, val config: ApplicationConfiguration)
   val collectionService = new CollectionService(frontsApi, containerService)
   val faciaPressQueue = new FaciaPressQueue(config)
   val faciaPressTopic = new FaciaPressTopic(config)
-  val faciaPress = new FaciaPress(faciaPressQueue, faciaPressTopic, configAgent)
+  val eventBridge = new EventBridge(config)
+  val faciaPress = new FaciaPress(faciaPressQueue, faciaPressTopic, eventBridge, configAgent)
   val updateActions = new UpdateActions(faciaApiIO, frontsApi, config, configAgent, structuredLogger)
   val updateManager = new UpdateManager(updateActions, configAgent, s3FrontsApi)
   val cloudwatch = new CloudWatch(config, awsEndpoints)
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class AppComponents(context: Context, val config: ApplicationConfiguration)
   val defaults = new DefaultsController(acl, isDev, this)
   val faciaCapiProxy = new FaciaContentApiProxy(capi, this)
   val faciaTool = new FaciaToolController(acl, frontsApi, collectionService, faciaApiIO, updateActions, breakingNewsUpdate,
-    structuredLogger, faciaPress, faciaPressQueue, faciaPressTopic, configAgent, s3FrontsApi, this)
+    structuredLogger, faciaPress, faciaPressQueue, faciaPressTopic, configAgent, s3FrontsApi, eventBridge, this)
   val front = new FrontController(acl, structuredLogger, updateManager, press, this)
   val pandaAuth = new PandaAuthController(this)
   val status = new StatusController(this)
diff --git a/app/conf/Configuration.scala b/app/conf/Configuration.scala
index c762b343457..b6d5482e86f 100644
--- a/app/conf/Configuration.scala
+++ b/app/conf/Configuration.scala
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ class ApplicationConfiguration(val playConfiguration: PlayConfiguration, val isP
     lazy val stsRoleToAssume = getString("faciatool.sts.role.to.assume").getOrElse(stsRoleToAssumeFromProperties)
     lazy val frontPressUpdateTable = frontPressedDynamoTable
     lazy val userDataTable = userTable
+    lazy val eventBridgeBusName = getMandatoryString("eventbridge.bus_name")
   }
 
   object media {
diff --git a/app/controllers/FaciaToolController.scala b/app/controllers/FaciaToolController.scala
index 80a62404b99..52933ea5c06 100644
--- a/app/controllers/FaciaToolController.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/FaciaToolController.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FaciaToolController(
                            val FaciaPressTopic: FaciaPressTopic,
                            val configAgent: ConfigAgent,
                            val s3FrontsApi: S3FrontsApi,
+                           val eventBridge: EventBridge,
                            val deps: BaseFaciaControllerComponents
                          )(implicit ec: ExecutionContext)
   extends BaseFaciaController(deps) with BreakingNewsEditCollectionsCheck with ModifyCollectionsPermissionsCheck with Logging {
@@ -248,12 +249,14 @@ class FaciaToolController(
   def pressLivePath(path: String) = AccessAPIAuthAction { request =>
     faciaPressQueue.enqueue(PressJob(FrontPath(path), Live, forceConfigUpdate = Option(true)))
     FaciaPressTopic.publish(PressJob(FrontPath(path), Live, forceConfigUpdate = Option(true)))
+    eventBridge.putEvent(path, Live)
     NoCache(Ok)
   }
 
   def pressDraftPath(path: String) = AccessAPIAuthAction { request =>
     faciaPressQueue.enqueue(PressJob(FrontPath(path), Draft, forceConfigUpdate = Option(true)))
     FaciaPressTopic.publish(PressJob(FrontPath(path), Draft, forceConfigUpdate = Option(true)))
+    eventBridge.putEvent(path, Draft)
     NoCache(Ok)
   }
 
diff --git a/app/services/EventBridge.scala b/app/services/EventBridge.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bca7d21ae86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/EventBridge.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package services
+
+import com.amazonaws.services.eventbridge.AmazonEventBridgeAsyncClient
+import com.amazonaws.services.eventbridge.model.{PutEventsRequest, PutEventsRequestEntry, PutEventsResult}
+import com.gu.facia.api.models.faciapress.PressType
+import conf.ApplicationConfiguration
+import play.api.libs.json.Json
+
+import java.util.Date
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.util.Try
+
+class EventBridge(config: ApplicationConfiguration) {
+  val client = AmazonEventBridgeAsyncClient.asyncBuilder().build()
+
+  def putEvent(path: String, pressType: PressType): Future[PutEventsResult] = {
+    val requestEntry = new PutEventsRequestEntry()
+      .withTime(new Date())
+      .withEventBusName(config.faciatool.eventBridgeBusName)  // if we don't define this then we use the default event bus, can be referenced by name or arn
+      .withSource("facia-tool") // could be used in the EventPattern to trigger only some Rules
+      .withDetailType("front-path") // maybe superfluous? "used to decide what fields to expect in the event detail"
+      .withDetail(EventBridgeDetail(path, pressType).toJsonString)
+
+    val request = new PutEventsRequest()
+      .withEntries(requestEntry)
+
+    Future.fromTry(Try(client.putEvents(request)))
+  }
+}
+
+case class EventBridgeDetail(`front-path`: String, pressType: PressType) {
+  def toJsonString: String = {
+    Json.toJson(this)(Json.writes[EventBridgeDetail]).toString
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/services/FaciaPress.scala b/app/services/FaciaPress.scala
index aa1107093ce..54b037c1029 100644
--- a/app/services/FaciaPress.scala
+++ b/app/services/FaciaPress.scala
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class FaciaPressTopic(val config: ApplicationConfiguration) {
 
 }
 
-class FaciaPress(val faciaPressQueue: FaciaPressQueue, val faciaPressTopic: FaciaPressTopic, val configAgent: ConfigAgent) extends Logging {
+class FaciaPress(val faciaPressQueue: FaciaPressQueue, val faciaPressTopic: FaciaPressTopic, val eventBridge: EventBridge, val configAgent: ConfigAgent) extends Logging {
   def press(pressCommand: PressCommand): Future[List[SendMessageResult]] = {
     configAgent.refreshAndReturn() flatMap { _ =>
       val paths: Set[String] = for {
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class FaciaPress(val faciaPressQueue: FaciaPressQueue, val faciaPressTopic: Faci
             case Success(_) => logger.info(s"Published to the SNS topic, $pressType event: $event")
           }
 
+          eventBridge.putEvent(path, pressType).onComplete { // fire & forget (but log)
+            case Failure(error) => logger.error(s"Error publishing to the EventBridge, $pressType path: $path", error)
+            case Success(_) => logger.info(s"Published to the EventBridge, $pressType path: $path")
+          }
+
           faciaPressQueue.enqueue(event)
         }
         result.onComplete {
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4c686bbfeee..a6b193b88b9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
     "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-ssm" % awsVersion,
     "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-sts" % awsVersion,
     "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-dynamodb" % awsVersion,
+    "com.amazonaws" % "aws-java-sdk-eventbridge" % awsVersion,
     "com.gu" %% "content-api-models-scala" % capiModelsVersion,
     "com.gu" %% "content-api-models-json" % capiModelsVersion,
     "com.gu" %% "content-api-client-aws" % "0.6",
diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index 37f8172ba99..0160a11ef18 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ PROD {
     faciatool.sns.tool_topic_arn="arn:aws:sns:eu-west-1:163592447864:facia-PROD-FrontsUpdateSNSTopic-kWN6oX2kvOmI"
 }
 
+eventbridge.bus_name="cms-fronts-eventbridge-bus-CODE"
+
 faciatool.show_test_containers=true
 
 include "local.conf"