Author: Andrew & Claire Bowen

7 Ways for Indie Coffee Shops to Win at Christmas

Advice for helpping your coffee business at Christmas

Christmas and New Year are one of those times when you can really use the season to take more money, but planning is essential. Here you are 7 Advice tips for helppinghelping your coffee business at Christmas.

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The Death of the Barista and the Birth of the Community

The Death of the Barista and the Birth of the Community

Will automation improve the quality and consistency of coffee – such that the role of barista will disappear? And what will be the new role that the coffee shops will play?

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How to Become a Coffee Shop that People Regularly Visit

How to Become One of 25 Coffee Shops People Regularly Visit

New research has discovered that people tend to visit a maximum of 25 different places on a regular basis. Once they have found a place they are comfortable with they tend to stick with that place, whether it’s a gym,

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Penny Wise and Pound Foolish: The Mistakes of a Bustling Coffee Shop

The Mistakes of a Bustling Coffee Shop

We have just returned from a client with a bustling coffee shop that has been trading now for a little over two years. They have built up an excellent local reputation and have got through the inevitable hiccups of bedding

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What We Learned From Visiting 1500 Coffee Shop And Cafe Websites

What We Learned From Visiting 1500 Coffee Shop And Cafe Websites

Recently we looked at the internet presence of around 1500 of London’s coffee shops and cafes. There are some truly stunning examples out there, beautifully designed, fabulous images, easy to navigate that made us want to stop what we were

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How to Open A Successful Coffee Shop

How to Open A Successful Coffee Shop

It certainly seems it’s a good time to close one if you are Jamies Italian – 12, or Byron Burgers -20 or Prezzo – 100 or Strada – 11. These brands were at the top of their game until a

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What Do You Miss To Make Your Coffee Shop Famous?

What Do You Miss To Make Your Coffee Shop Famous?

A few coffee shops, diners & restaurants go on to be household names around the world, but they all have one thing in common, they all started by opening their first store. First, they get amazing at what they do

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London Coffee Shops Go Green and Get More Guests

London Coffee Shops Go Green and Get More Guests

An innovative new scheme that gets coffee shops new customers and promotes environmental awareness is launching in London in February 2018. When working with Coffee Shop and Cafes to get more customers one of the most successful strategies is using

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Coffee Shops: Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall

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All you’ve got to do is change! With apologies to James Taylor, in his timeless favourite, ‘You’ve got a Friend’. Each season moves along with the complete certainty that nature brings. You know yourself that in the summer you will

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Coffee Shop Bootcamp: A Journey In The Coffee Shops’ Experience

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At the end of September, the very first Coffee Shop Bootcamp was run at the Union Hand-Roasted Coffee Campus in London. In planning the event, the team put a logical agenda that pulled on all their combined experience of working in

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