Category Archives: Use of cafe spaces

New research project: exploring the impact of the Chatty Café Scheme

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Jennifer Ferreira

Coffee shops are important for different people in different places. I have argued in some of my previous work that coffee shops are important spaces for people to connect, and important places of community creation. For the next couple of … Continue reading →

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Appearance on Keys to the Shop podcast Episode 90

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

Some time ago I was made aware of the Keys to the Shop podcast when listening to the guys from Orange Cactus Coffee. It’s an excellent podcast for those interested in the coffee shop industry. Produced by Chris Deferio this … Continue reading →

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Coffee and the transport hub: the rise of specialty coffee in train stations and airports

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

In a recent blog post on reaching peak Costa Coffee in the UK I mentioned how a Guardian article had hinted at a shift taking place where more specialty coffee was becoming available in transport hubs, particularly train stations. Given … Continue reading →

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Coffee shops and work: considering the ‘coffice economy’

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

Last week I gave a presentation at the Coventry University Faculty of Business and Law conference about cafés as important spaces of co-working (summarised in this blog post), and right on schedule a new piece of research has been produced … Continue reading →

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Spaces of Community: Dynamics in the cafe industry – Research Summary

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

The ‘Cafe Spaces’ blog was originally established to support the activities around the research project ‘Spaces of Community: exploring dynamics in the café industry‘, which sought to explore the growth and development of the café industry in the UK, and … Continue reading →

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Co-working and the cafe

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

This blog post is based on a talk I prepared for a workshop at CAMEo, the Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies at the University of Leicester on co-working dynamics in the city. “It was a pleasant cafe, warm … Continue reading →

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Coffee and a furball: the rise of animal cafes

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Jennifer Ferreira

  It was reported this week that Bristol is the next city in the UK to get its first cat cafe, a cafe where visitors can spend time with cats roaming around while they have their coffee. Bristol is one … Continue reading →

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Wi-fi in cafes: an expected service?

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Jennifer Ferreira

The BBC reported this week on the use of wi-fi in cafés. While for many people there is an expectation that a café is likely to provide free wi-fi, there are many cafés which are deliberately not providing the service. … Continue reading →

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Cafe Innovations: Ziferblat

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Jennifer Ferreira

 “Ziferblat is the first place where everything you see if free except the time you spend there. You can work, make art, drink coffee, play the piano, attend events and get acquainted with good people”. Ziferblat website Last night the … Continue reading →

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Cafe Pokénomics: riding the Pokémon Go wave?

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Jennifer Ferreira

Whether you’re a fan or not of the recent craze that has been spreading across the world over the last few weeks, PokémonGo has captured the attention of millions of people. The location-based augmented reality game from Niantic involves using your phone … Continue reading →

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