Café Society Awards 2010

The Café Society is a trade body focused on the encouragement of the café experience as a way of life in the UK. As well as providing support for its members, the Society aims to promote the café society to consumers in a way that will encourage the development and embodiment of this casual way of life into British lifestyles.

In these challenging times, it is all too easy to let standards slip and to put innovation and creativity on a back burner - yet the long term future and integrity of the café market depends on us all maintaining the high standards and reputation that the industry has achieved to date.

The relaunch of the Café Society Awards in 2010 is intended to encourage good practice, innovation and standards by recognising those who continue to push the boundaries and lead the way in promoting all aspects of the Café Society in the UK.

The awards will take the form of a luncheon at renowned The Blueprint Cafe in London on Thursday, 25 February 2010 when seven awards will be presented.

Nomination and Luncheon Booking Form

Keeping coffee in the family

L-R: Rebecca, Frank and Adrian Maxwell

In 1964, when Birmingham engineer Frank Maxwell began making coffee machines in his garden shed, he couldn’t have imagined that his hobby would become one of the region’s most successful manufacturing companies.

Forty-five years later the 23-strong team at Fracino, the UK’s sole manufacturer of cappuccino and espresso machines, is raising cups to its newest company trainee - Frank Maxwell’s grand-daughter, Rebecca.

Advice for businesses on swine flu can be found on the various links below

HPA: Swine flu: advice for businesses

NHS: Pandemic Flu advice for businesses (.pdf)

HPA: Swine Influenza (influenza A H1N1v)

Business Link: Swine Flu

Department of Health

Caffè Culture announces it is to host the World Barista Championships and the SCAE Wonderful World of Coffee in 2010

Caffè Culture, the UK's leading industry event, has announced that it is to host next year's World Barista Championships and the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe's Wonderful World of Coffee, making it the largest event for the café and coffee bar market to take place in Europe in 2010.

The plans unveiled just ahead of this year's Caffè Culture, will see the 2010 event hosted from 23-25 June, extended by a day and relocated to the Grand Hall, Olympia to allow the time and space for it to encompass a significantly larger exhibition and conference.

Bring a little culture into your life...