EVERYONE has the odd job that needs doing - and two brothers think their social media start-up will bring the right minds together.

Tim Charters, along with his older brother Peter, both computer programmers from Surrey, have created Bobblejob.com.

They have chosen Brighton and Hove for the national site's first regional launch as they think it is "the best place in Britain to start a local revolution".

Tim said they chose the city to launch their odd-job introduction site because of its reputation for creativity, social conscience and sense of community.

He said: "We want people to get to know their neighbours and their wider community better by revolutionising the way people find help to do their odd jobs and allowing people with skills and time to spare to earn extra cash."

Explaining why Brighton and Hove was the natural choice, he added: "I have been to Brighton a thousand times and it's a cool place. We believe this is the place where people are most likely to embrace the idea and get involved."

Peter said their own paid-for research of 600 people indicated most wanted a local odd-job introduction service like Bobblejob.

He added: "A lot of the time you don't get round to an odd-job yourself or you're too busy; none of my friends would cut my grass for me."

The ethos is similar to the bob-a-job scheme run by the Scouts, and the Bobblejob name tips its hat to that tradition.

Peter added: "It's a relatively new sector which makes it a bit risky ... but it's sort of turning the market upside-down."

He said that rather than a tradesperson touting for work, it's a case of customers touting the work they have for people to bid on.

Izzy Elliott, a business studies graduate from the University of Sussex, has been recruited to help build relationships with small businesses, charities and other organisations.

She will also be encouraging people to register with Bobblejob, free-of-charge, and get involved in posting jobs or using their skills to earn some extra cash.

She said: "I believe it can make a real difference to local people. Everybody has odd-jobs they have been putting off and so many people have skills and spare time they could use to top up their income."

The site aims to have odd-jobs available for all sorts of people and not just handymen, and includes sections where people can look for help ranging from building flat-pack furniture to baking a themed birthday cake.