
Initially, Nick Tolley had claimed that Taylor St Baristas – a speciality coffee house he started with his two siblings in 2006 – would not become a big company. “It was a quirky business that you needed a map and a compass to find as it’s in the back alleys of London,” he said.
“Taylor Street was more about coffee geekery and different brewing techniques. With Harris + Hoole we thought we could bring a far better cup of coffee to the high street itself in a way Taylor Street wasn’t set up to do.” The Tolley siblings, who set up a partnership with Tesco three years ago, will maintain their 51 per cent stake. However, Andrew, Nick and Laura Tolley have opted to leave Harris + Hoole to re-focus their efforts on Taylor Street.- The ethical brand company “making sure that nobody has a bad coffee at work ever again”
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Taylor Street launched the UK’s first coffee bond in 2013 in the hopes of raising between £1.5m and £3m to double the number of its venues by 2016.
With four shops planned to open in 2015, Nick Tolley announced that the raised finance would go to creating another six stores in 2016.
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