Up-market Career Consultancy UK Knack Group has announced that London-based coffee shop chain Costa has plans to open more outlets this year in the country’s south-west, catering for the towns of Frome, Kingsbridge, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Swindon, Wells and Warminster. (PRWeb UK) January 28, 2011 Up-market Career Consultancy UK Knack Group has announced that London-based coffee shop chain Costa has plans to open more outlets this year in the country’s south-west, catering for the towns of Frome, Kingsbridge, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Swindon, Wells and Warminster. The UK Knack Group’s Managing Director said, “This is super news for these towns, as it demonstrates a successful company’s faith in these micro-economies and the national economy as a whole”. “Best of all is the job creation element.

A taste tester for Britain's Costa Coffee said the company has taken out an insurance policy on his tongue worth $14 million. Costa Coffee taster Gennaro Pelliccia said the company took out the insurance policy with Lloyd's of London as it prepares to open a planned 100 new stores during the year, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. In my profession, my taste buds and sensory skills are crucial, Pelliccia said.

By William Lyons FOR a nation known across the world for its love of tea it is ironic that London now possesses more Starbucks than Manhattan Island. More surprising is that it was only 10 years ago that a little known coffee company named after Seattle opened its first branded shop in the UK.

By Dickinson, Helen How many of you start the day with a shot of caffeine on your way to work? My guess is a great number of you do, and that Starbucks, Costa Coffee or Caff Nero provide the daily pit-stop before that final trudge into the office. Things have certainly changed.

Costa coffee set its sights on winning over a nation of tea drinkers yesterday after it revealed plans for a chain of outlets in India.