We have changed our payments processor to Mollie. Mollie is a company based in The Netherlands and processes its data in the EU. We previously used Stripe. For UK customers they are based in Ireland and process data in the EU but data also gets passed to its parent company based in the US. Their … Read more
Decaffeinated coffees used to have a bad reputation which means that even today many people think of decaf coffees as having no taste, or even a bad chemical taste. But thankfully times have changed, and modern speciality decafs use the same types of high-quality coffee beans and remove the caffeine using far gentler and less … Read more
Last year my pre-existing anxiety started to get even worse. I was frequently having debilitating feelings of panic, and occasional panic attacks. This was on top of waking up in the night drenched in sweat, and slightly raised blood pressure. Some of you may recognise this straight away as perimenopause which my doctor diagnosed after … Read more
You may know Roasting House is a husband & wife company, and in 2021, just as the pandemic was ending and after we invested in our business to hopefully come out of it stronger we were dealt a blow we weren’t prepared for; our “good” residential landlord of over seven years gave us a no … Read more
Like all activities, making a cup of coffee has a carbon footprint. Coffee is grown on farms in the tropics, the ripe cherries are picked then processed at a mill where the pulp is removed, the beans are washed and then dried, it is transported across the world via ship and road, the beans are … Read more
Our search for less environmentally damaging packaging started with a stack of coffee orders all packed up and ready to go out to customers. I suddenly imagined all those plastic pouches going in to the bin and landfill, and then another stack when our next delivery went out, and another and another… I didn’t want … Read more
For a while I thought that the whole AI thing was over-stated and people weren’t using it quite as much as the hype would have you believe, but apparently 79% of people have used AI at work so it really is everywhere. Only 15% of small businesses are using it compared to 68% of large … Read more
Recently we wrote about discovering our website is very heavy and as a result, had a big carbon footprint. We’ve been doing some work to lighten it up, changing the design and reducing unnecessary features and we’re very happy to say it’s much better now. It’s gone from being dirtier than 56% of websites tested … Read more
When you have a small business there is a constant pressure for growth. People with zero experience in business will, upon hearing you have a small business, start offering advice on how to grow. Stories of small businesses that have grown to take on more contracts and more staff are celebrated, and there are thousands … Read more
Every May is Small business month in the USA. Here in the UK we just get the one day to celebrate small businesses, Small Business Saturday which takes place in December. This doesn’t seem right considering all of the benefits of small businesses to the UK. Alone we are small, but collectively small businesses are … Read more