Category Archives: Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise

News From the LYF Board

Goodbyes!  A sad farewell to our marvellous John Lewis Partnerships secondee – Hannah Mitchell who worked ‘virtually’ with the LYF and supported us with all of our publications and online media. She will be missed and we wish her all the best in her future career at JLP. Also a fond farewell to Kate Sebag who [...]

Oromo Coffee Company Goes Royal?

This summer has been the Summer of Love – for not one but TWO – Dukes of Cambridge! The entrepreneur, Geetie Singh, proprietor of London’s famous organic gastro-pub ‘The Duke of Cambridge’ recently fell head over heels for Oromo Coffee Co. coffee (OCC). After being approached by an LYF ‘fan’ and hardcore coffee addict – Geetie [...]

Lorna Young’s Legacy – Cafedirect still showing its credentials

Lorna Young was one of the founders of Cafedirect, and was its first marketing manager, when it was still an experiment thought up by innovative pioneers. She secured their first supermarket listings and, with her colleagues at the time, launched the company into the mainstream. It’s her pioneering work that enabled Cafedirect to be the [...]

Our Friends at the Oromo Coffee Company Enjoy More Success

Our great friends and colleagues at the OCC are celebrating another success. They just managed to secure a prestigious deal to supply all the coffee to the cafe at St Albans Abbey. Well done chaps, you continue to be an inspiration. http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st_albans_abbey_goes_fairtrade_1_834373

The LYF’s Martin Meteyard supporting new Social Enterprise Hub

http://www.socialenterpriselive.com/section/news/community/20110311/co-op-hub-launched-scotland-%C2%A375m-investment

Our ‘Not Just Us’ programme in the press