Brighton-based Wired Sussex has accepted an invitation by the digital media alliance Onedigital to join Manchester Digital, Bristol Media and London’s D-Media as its fourth principal member.

The addition of Wired Sussex means that recently-formed Onedigital now covers the United Kingdom’s major digital media clusters of London, Manchester, Bristol and Brighton. The four organisations represent over 6,000 digital media companies between them, and the addition of Wired Sussex puts Onedigital well on track in its ambition to create a single body to champion the UK’s digital media industry, nationally and internationally.

Phil Jones, Managing Director of Wired Sussex, said “It’s an honour for Wired Sussex to be invited to join Onedigital. It is real recognition of the increasing strength of Brighton’s digital media sector, which has grown to include hundreds of great companies from innovative start-ups to international players like Disney, iCrossing and Relentless Software. We look forward to working closely with Bristol Media, Manchester Digital and D-Media to help strengthen the UK’s digital industry“.

Onedigital spokesperson and D-Media CEO Gina Fegan said “Onedigital’s ambition to provide a unified voice for the digital industry and make the UK a global digital leader is significantly strengthened by the addition of the Brighton cluster. London, Manchester, Bristol and Brighton really are the key drivers of the UK’s multibillion pound digital media industry.”

For more information: Phil Jones: +44 1273 692888 on phil@wiredussex.com

or Gina Fegan: +44 7919 340334 on :  gina.fegan@d-media.co.uk