Coworking Brighton perhapses

Matt Weston, 18 Aug

This is a v. of an email I’ve been emailing to poll interest:

I’m seriously toying with the idea of starting a physical coworking space in Brighton, perhaps a lot like the coworking space in SF etc http://coworking.pbwiki.com or, if no, http://www.the-hub.net i.e. a “cafe-like community/ collaboration space for developers, writers and independents.” - oh, and freelancers, small business owners and etc etc. I don’t know yet if the model is Really viable here or even exactly what form said model should take. But the very next step seems to be to flush out a group of perhapses - reply by email please. mailto:matt.weston@businessbricks.co.uk

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Jay Gooby says:
Well there’s certainly an existing market for it: http://www.brightondeskspace.co.uk/ and I know from personal experience that nice shared space is very hard to find beyond the usual suspects of The Media Centre and some grotty places on the Steine.
by Jay Gooby on 23 Aug

Matt Weston says:
Addenda: (i) in addition to Jay’s comment above, I drew replies on the BNM and Coworking threads, plus c. ten off-list replies from other perhapses (ii) see, too, the coworking wiki (iii) immediate next step is for some of us to meet-up at next Tuesday 5 Sept’s Brighton Cluster and begin to figure out, collectively, what we want.
by Matt Weston on 31 Aug

Ivan Pope says:
I guess the starting point would be to look at what BMC do and do the exact, total and utter opposite.
by Ivan Pope on 26 Oct

Jonathan says:
I’m a little late in replying here, but I personally think this is a great idea for the UK market. So much so that of late, I’ve been looking into setting up a similar venture here in the north west - specifically in the Liverpool and Manchester areas. As a freelance creative myself, working from home can be an isolating experience, so on a personal level I believe there’s a captive market for a well designed environment that encourages collaboration and networking between like-minded people. As well as providing decent desk and lounge space at affordable dayly, weekly or monthly prices. A kind of incubator for ideas and individuals. But my own project has slowed up as the premises I had earmarked went to someone else. And as we all know, the right space in the right location is vital. Or is it? I imagine there are similar things already out there in the south, but in the north it seems anything vaguely similar is still a little too ‘corporate’ and ‘office space’ like. I’d be interested to see how your own findings and plans are developing.
by Jonathan on 31 Oct