Software for Brighton businesses
Brighton and Hove has one of the strongest creative and digital economies outside London. The city is home to a large number of web, games, design and marketing agencies, many working from spaces such as New England House near Brighton station and the Plus X innovation hub at Preston Barracks. The University of Sussex and the University of Brighton supply graduates in computing, design and business, and the Sussex Innovation Centre at Falmer supports start-ups.
American Express has its European headquarters in the city centre, making financial services a large employer. Tourism is central too: the seafront, Brighton Palace Pier, the Royal Pavilion and the conference trade bring visitors all year, while North Laine and The Lanes are packed with independent shops, cafés and restaurants. Brighton Marina and nearby Shoreham Port add marine and port businesses to the mix.
That creates two distinct types of software client in Brighton:
- Agencies and start-ups that need a development partner for back-end work, APIs or overflow capacity
- Hotels, venues and attractions needing booking, ticketing and channel manager integrations
- Independent retailers who want stock, online orders and accounts to stay in sync
- Charities and social enterprises needing supporter databases and grant reporting
For agencies, we can work behind the scenes on API development, complex WordPress or Laravel builds and integrations, while you keep the client relationship and design work. For hospitality and retail businesses, the focus is usually on joining up the systems already in place so staff stop copying bookings and sales between screens.
Who we build for in Brighton
- Digital, design and marketing agencies
- Tech and games start-ups
- Hotels and guest houses
- Attractions and conference venues
- Independent retailers
- Restaurants and cafés
- Charities and social enterprises
- Financial services teams
How we work with Brighton clients
We work remotely from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, using video calls, shared staging sites you can click around in and short build stages you can see. Every project gets a fixed-price quote after a free initial chat and a short scoping stage. You own the code and the data. We have been building software and integrations for UK businesses since 2006.
Free chat
Tell us the problem in plain English: what you do now, what goes wrong and what "better" looks like. No charge, no obligation.
Scoping
We map the processes, systems and data involved, agree what is in and out, and write it down so there are no surprises.
Fixed-price quote
You get a fixed price for the agreed scope, or a phased plan for bigger builds, so you can start small and prove it works.
Build and test
We build in short stages you can see and try, test against real data, then go live carefully with a rollback plan.
Hand over and look after
You own the code and the data. We can host it, support it and keep improving it, or hand it to your own team.
What we build in Brighton
Nearby
- Reading
- Oxford
- Southampton
- Portsmouth
- Milton Keynes
- Canterbury
- Slough
- Guildford
- Woking
- Crawley
- Maidstone
- Basingstoke
- High Wycombe
- Aylesbury
Frequently asked questions
Can you work with our Brighton team remotely?
Yes. dijitul works remotely from Mansfield, using video calls, shared boards and Git repositories. Many Brighton agencies and start-ups already work this way, so we fit into your existing tools and give you access to a staging site throughout the build.
Do you cover Hove, Shoreham, Lewes and Worthing?
Yes. We work across Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area, including Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Lewes, Newhaven, Burgess Hill and Worthing. Every project gets the same free chat, scoping stage and fixed-price quote.
Can you work white label for our agency?
Yes. We can build back-end systems, integrations or custom plugins for your clients under your brand, with code in your repository and documentation you can hand over. We quote each piece at a fixed price so your own margins stay predictable.
Tell us what you need to build
Free chat, clear scope, fixed-price quote. You own everything we build.