Resources for Digital Freelancers in Brighton

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Wired Sussex has many resources freelancers can take advantage of, including a Projects Board listing available work and members directory. They also hold occasional networking events in Brighton.

Shared Office Space

The Skiff is a coworking space dedicated to freelancers and small businesses, they are purely hotdesks, no small offices. They’re in the North Laine area, a few minutes from Brighton Station. Many local tech events use The Skiff in the evenings for their talks and meet ups.

Platf9rm have several extremely well appointed coworking spaces in Brighton and Hove. They offer a mix of hot desks, full time desks, and small to medium sized offices so are perfect for someone trying to grow their business.

The Werks has several shared offices around Brighton, some of which offer coworking or maker spaces.

Freedom Works offer coworking and shared office space in Hove and various towns and villages nearby.

The Dock Hub – shared office space quite near Hove station, north of the cricket ground.

Farm member Nathan Pope has two sets of desk space in Kemptown, which is very well suited to freelancers on that side of the city.

Local Networking Groups

Wired Sussex have an excellent events calendar which you should find useful if you’re looking for local meetings.

Brighton Farm for digital freelancers, find out more about us all over this site.

Brighton Business Curry Club is a regular business networking event, combining meeting interesting people with eating good curry.

Niche Local Groups

Async run talks and meetings about using JavaScript & the latest techniques and web technology in your sites and apps.

WordUp Brighton – meeting for people using WordPress to power their website. Including talks covering all areas of web and business.

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