A small web agency is the latest business to embrace the idea of community partnership by revamping a carnival web site for free.

Nixon McInnes is volunteering its services to Pride in Brighton and Hove, the charitable trust best known for its annual parade and festival.

The firm, based in Old Steine, Brighton, is making it easier for Pride employees with little, if any, technical acumen to make changes to the web site.

The redevelopment will also make it easier for Pride to publish vital fund-raising information, details of events and other news as soon as it breaks.

Pride chairman David Harvey said: "Having a site that non technical staff and volunteers can update immediately will make a big difference to the way the organisation can react to events.

"Sometimes in the past we haven't been able to upload important documents quickly enough or correct errors so Pride thanks Nixon McInnes for its valued support of the charity."

The new website will be launched in the next few weeks.

Danielle Sheerin, a producer at Nixon McInnes, said it had been a great project to work and a privilege to "help empower Pride and the gay community as a whole".

Nixon McInnes is working towards the CommunityMark standard, a national kitemark for small and medium-sized businesses that recognises small business involvement within the local community.

Director of the Brighton and Hove Business Community Partnership Thea Allison said: "The relationship between Pride and Nixon McInnes is a terrific example of how corporate companies and community organisations can benefit from partnering.

"The company gets opportunities to develop staff skills and satisfaction, with positive PR and, of course, good old-fashioned fun.

"For the community partners a business can offer fantastic resources, skills and connections".