Following extensive research among both start-up and existing cafè bar owners in the UK, we have discovered that a large number of you would like some additional support when dealing with specific issues in your business. Whether this be how to effectively manage your staff, how to increase footfall and/or customer spend or how to choose the right supplier for your business.

We have therefore developed the Caffe Business How to Guide area within the website. Here you will find useful articles, links to videos and webinars and a myriad of tools that we feel maybe helpful to you as you develop and grow your business. Each month we will also publish a 'How to Guide' focussing on a specific area of your business. These will eventually build up to create a complete guide to starting and running a cafè bar business. We hope you find them useful.

The Big Question During the twenty years that we have owned or advised literally hundreds of start up coffee shops there has emerged one key question that, if answered correctly, will have a huge effect on the success or failure of the enterprise. So much of our message normally revolves around the need to treat...