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Tag Archives: social enterprise
Café culture in Coventry
Coventry is a welcoming city, a changing city, and a city full of culture – it has submitted a bid to be the UK City of Culture 2021. When you think of café culture, Coventry probably isn’t the first city … Continue reading
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Cafes with a conscience: revisited
Back in November I wrote a short post on social enterprise cafes entitled ‘Cafes with a conscience‘. A few days ago the Guardian published an article with a similar title touching on some of the same issues. The article highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Coffee, High Streets, Social Enterprises, Sustainability, UK
Tagged Belfast, Bristol, business models, Cafe, coffee, community, Glasgow, London, skills, social enterprise
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Cafés with a conscience: Social enterprise cafés in the UK
Social Bite, a chain of cafés in Scotland, recently entered the media spotlight when the actor George Clooney paid a visit to show his support for their activities, which include helping the homeless. Earlier in 2015 Russell Brand gained media … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, Coffee, High Streets, Social Enterprises
Tagged Cafe, Cafe Artysans, charity, community, Glasgow, Inverness, London, Milk, Paper & Cup, social, social bite, social enterprise, trew era cafe
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Coffee with a conscience: social enterprises in the coffee shop industry
One aspect of my research into the coffee shop industry is the extent to which the industry contributes to the development of ‘community’ – one element of this is exploring the activities of social enterprises in the industry and how … Continue reading →