Watch an interview with Allegra MD, Jeffrey Young, following
their report into the Role of Coffee Shops on the High Street:
The Independent's Top 50 Coffee
Shops
To build upon research if you are
planning your coffee shop, you might wish to visit one (or all!)
of the coffee shops which have been selected for the
Top 50 Coffee Shops feature by the Independent newspaper,
February 2010.
LONDON
Monmouth
Coffee Company, SE1 9AP
Munson's
Coffee and Eats, W5 5RG
The
Espresso Room, C1N 3HZ
Flat
White, W1F 0PT
The Tea
and Coffee Plant, W11 2EB
LJ
Coffee House, W1D 6JY
Kaffeine,
W1W 7QJ
Mahoe
Cafe Bar, EC4N 2SJ
Gwilym's
Carts, E2 7RH
Taylor
Street Baristas, C2M 4TP
Reynolds, W1W 8DW
The
World's Larder, E11 2AA
The
Parlour, Fortnum & Mason, W1A 1ER
The Lido
Cafe, SE24 0PA
Rhodes
Baker, SE10 9HU
Concrete, SE1 8XX
Dose,
EC1A 9EJ
Cafe
Freddo on the Green, W5 2NX
Ginger
and White, NW3 1QS
Taste of
Bitter Love, E2 7SJ
SOUTH
Relish, Wadebridge, PL27 7QN
Seasons
Cafe Deli, Old Amersham, HP7 0DQ
Mabocino,
Twickenham, TW1 4BW
Urban
Kitchen, Reigate, RH2 0AA
The
Boston Tea Party, Barnstaple, EX31 1DH
Ground,
Brighton, BN2 1ED
Combibos,
Oxford, OX1 2BU
Online Barista Training Course - offering
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Coffee supplier
Miko Northern is launching its own brand of Italian coffee
across the north west of England. Miko envisage that their new
brand, Grand Milano, will account for 30% of sales within a
year..
Costa
Costa has
contributed to outstanding profits for Whitbread over the last
year. Costa’s sales in the quarter to November 2009 rose by
6.7% in like for like sales. Total sales in the UK and overseas
franchises where £141.8m, up 28.2%
Caffe Culture
Don't forget this important date to
put in your dairy. The Caffe Culture show takes place on
23-25 June 2010 at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London.
Definitely a trade show not to be missed! Further
details at:
Many small companies are
currently unable to access finance, despite taxpayers' money
being used to bail out the banks.
The government is now seeking
the views of the business community and hoping to develop
proposals for reform later in 2010.
According to Paul Myners,
Financial Services secretary to the Treasury, small firms
'have not been able to replace bank lending by directly
tapping financial markets or non-bank financing.'
To have your say visit the
Treasury’s website at the following link:
