United Baristas Covid-19 Support

As the coffee industry restarts after covid-19, United Baristas is working with people and organisations across the industry to build a better future.

While on furlough

Understand furlough and use this time to both relax and prepare for the future:

• UK Government advice for employees on furlough
• Exercise at home with yoga for coffee people

Trading with restrictions

Support to open and successfully trade as the nation lifts from lockdown and manages risks from coronavirus.

Protecting staff & customers

Opening your coffee business to prevent the spread of coronavirus:

UK Government guidance

• Guidance for keeping customers and staff safe (updated 23 June 2020)
• Opening certain businesses and venues in England from 4 July 2020 (23 June 2020)
• How to interpret covid-19 legislation for food businesses offering take away or delivery
• Guidance for food businesses

Foods Standards Agency

• Reopening and adapting your food business during Covid-19

Consumer Sentiment

• Coronavirus UK public perception, Ipsos Mori, 19 June 2020
• Ipsos Mori UK public perceptions during covid-19: majority of people think re-opening businesses puts too many people at risk (5 June 2020)

Rent

Managing landlord relations:

• Extension of the rent moratorium and the future of landlord – tenant relations – interview with Rob Fay, Shackleton Property (26 June 2020)
• New measures to protect UK high street from aggressive rent collection and closure, UK Government press release (23 April 2020)
• March quarter rent moratorium – your payment obligations

Staffing & recruitment

Returning staff to work and hiring new staff:

• Returning to work
• Keeping the coffee industry working – Hire staff with a free Restart Coffee job listing

Restarting coffee equipment

To correctly commission your coffee equipment, follow these guides or find a certified engineer to get your up-and-running:

• Flush your water filters
• Victoria Arduino espresso machines
• La Marzocco espresso machines
• Find a certified engineer

Design inspiration

Do social distancing measures have to ruin your ambience? These designers are working to make the ‘new normal’ more pleasurably and no less functional:

• Good Measures: way-finding for social distancing

Proprietor experience & ideas

Learn from others’ first-hand experiences re-opening their coffee businesses:

• Callum, Fire & Flow Coffee, share thoughts on covid considerations and implementation of the guidance
• Preventative measures taken by Wrecking Ball Coffee, USA

Reducing our environmental impacts

Let’s re-open coffee business that are better for the world:

• Managing re-useable takeout cups as we re-open
• Why espresso machines are responsible for the majority of coffee’s carbon footprint

Employment, Training & Recruitment

Keeping the coffee community in work and prepared for the future.

Prepare for your next role

New series: get advice on preparing for your next coffee job in a series of interviews with experienced coffee people

United Baristas Jobs

Find your next coffee job with United Baristas Jobs. The coffee jobs site, for coffee people.

Add your resources

We are compiling useful information for the coffee industry to help build a better future. If you have relevant resources, initiatives or insights, share in the comments below or let us know.