The Skiff

The Skiff is a lovely little co-​working space in the centre of Brighton. It largely caters to the tech freelancer workforce in Brighton, providing desk space and a shared office environment to stop people from going slowly insane in their home offices.
Permanent desks are available from about £300pm if memory serves, but there are a variety of cheaper packages for workers that prefer to balance time at home with time someplace else.
I’ve been involved in a social context with the Skiff for many years now, and have to say that one of the most positive aspects of it is the number of free events that are hosted here after hours — generally user group meetings for key technologies.

This place bills itself as a nice little place to work in the middle of Brighton, which is as succinct a summary as you could wish for.
It aims to provide a cross between a coffee shop and a place to do proper work (what do you mean, that sounds like your office?), allowing lonely bedsit-​bound types the chance to get out and see the world without abandoning their precious screenplay. One-​off users can drop in for free as long as they promise to behave like sentient human beings; desks are also rented out £250 a month plus VAT.
The Skiff also hosts regular events and I went along last night to the inaugural Brighton Future of News Meetup. The space is clean and functional. The pink chairs and beanbags in the downstairs made the place look more like a crèche than a meeting room, but the assembled journalists, PR people, software architects and other media types were undeniably grown-​up.