Directory of facilities for flexible working and remote working in the South West

If you have details of facilities for flexible working in the South West of England not listed here please email flex@actnowcornwall.co.uk or call on 0800 800 935 to be included.

Cornwall

The Bodmin Futures Centre

The Bodmin Futures Centre offers easy-in easy-out desk space for business startups in and around Bodmin. Desk space can be rented by the week includes internet and phone, and access to experienced business mentors. Contact Gil Patrick for further info. Click here for contact details.

The Digital Peninsular Network

www.digitalpeninsula.com
The Network brings together individuals and small businesses working in creative and digital industries in Cornwall. For a small annual membership fee DPN members can make use of the office space and facilities at the centre in Penzance - a perfect location for flexible working and teleworking  See the website for details.

Location: Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2SL

Wireless broadband hotspots in Cornwall

Or if you are just looking for a place to connect to braodband  for remote working try one of the many hotspots in the county - you are never more than 10 minutes away from one, so it is an easy way of increasing productivity.  Look at the actnow website www.actnowcornwall.co.uk

Accommodation providing access to broadband in Cornwall

If you are staying in Cornwall on business or on holiday and perhaps want to email your photos home or carry out some remote working, then there are plenty of accommodation providers offering broadband to guests. Click here for a map of the accommodation providers actnow have details of.
If you are an accommodation provider in Cornwall who has installed broadband for guests' use and want to be included please email info@actnowcornwall.co.uk or call 0800 800 935.

Devon

Millfields Trust                                 

www.millfieldstrust.com
The Millfields development trust provides a number of meeting rooms, available by the hour, catering for between 6 and 50. An ideal location for the working nomad . See web site for details, under ‘Conference Rooms’.

Location: Plymouth, PL1 3HQ

Tamar Science Park                         

www.tamarsciencepark.com    
The science park has a number of small meeting rooms available for hire by the hour, which are perfect for teleworking.. Room sizes vary catering for between 8 and 24 with a ‘board room’ layout style. Further details can be found on their website.

Location: Plymouth, PL6 8BX

Bristol

The Hub

www.the-hub.net
The Hub is an incubator for social innovation. They offer membership of inspirational habitats in major world cities for social innovators to work, meet, learn, connect and realise progressive ideas – including flexible working and teleworking.  In Bristol they may be found close to the waterfront on King Street two doors down from the Old Vic Theatre. 35 King Street.

Location Bristol, BS1 4DZ

Watershed                                        

www.watershed.co.uk
Situated firmly in the heart of Bristol's historic and vibrant harbour side, Watershed Café/Bar is one of the most relaxed and welcoming venues in the city. The Café/Bar offers superb views across the harbour and is a light and airy loft space with a unique buzz that's really hard to find anywhere else. One of the few independents left on the waterfront, Watershed’s free and fast wireless access ensures it is one of the most popular places in Bristol for mobile working and working on the move.

Location: Bristol, BS1 5TX

Wiltshire

The PACT Centre                             

www.thepactcentre.org.uk  
Providing hot desks, with computer, telephone, printing and fax services as well as free coffee, nowhere could be better for flexible working! Rentable for a minimum period of half a day

Location: Pewsey, Wiltshire  SN9 5AQ

Hotspots in the SW and beyond

Find a Wireless hotspot with the HotSpot Directory www.hotspot-hotel.com (click here) , you can also find your nearest hotspot by texting a postcode or town name to 81041.

It may also be worth checking out the local coffee shop and fast food outlet as many, such as Starbuks and MacDonalds now have hotspots, so make the perfect venue for working on the move, increasing productivity.

Some hotspots are free, some you must pay for. However, most pay-for operators (like BT Openzone, The Cloud, T-Mobile etc..) have reciprocal agreements so you can use your account across a whole range of hotspots.