Achieve More

 This little book was on sale at the Timberyard Cafe which makes much of its meeting friendly space.  Out of Office by Chris Ward is all about how your creativity and productivity increases if you move from an office to your local cafe.  Great Cafes agrees and perhaps a New Year Resolution that all cafe operators would endorse.

A happy and prosperous 2014 to all our readers.

Have You Had Some Cake Yet?

Wi-Fi Network Address at the Alpine Restaurant, part of the Grange Garden Centre in Melton.

No WiFi? We Have a Solution

Courtesy of Facebook, Lotte Duncan, my bro and the Tree of Life Resort, Jaipur.

Nice Details

 Supporting local charities

 Free WiFi

Design Touches

all at the Beach Cafe, Wells-next-the-Sea

WiFi Humour

This yacht club's wifi password, posted prominently in the bar, raised a chuckle.

15.4 Million Wi-Fi Reasons

We were wrong - only 15.4 million Ipads were shipped in the 12 weeks to Christmas - not the 20 million we reported back in October http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/10/wifi-get-with-it.html

Unbelievably, we still come across 'third spaces' (a.k.a cafes) that haven't yet installed wi-fi.  Wakey, wakey, another cafe with wi-fi will takey your sales.

WiFi - Get With It

Only 20 million Ipads are forecast to be sold in the next 12 weeks!  20 million.  WiFi is essential for these Steve Jobs specials and the smart cafes have switched on given their role as affordable out-of-home meeting spaces.  Hotels charging £5/hour for wifi and goodness knows what for a poncy cup of coffee are dinosaurs. Just make sure your external advertising features the information.

CAFE + WiFi = MORE SALES

Latest group to get it - Starbucks have just announced free WiFi throughout the UK