Manchester design firm teams up with gym entrepreneur to create 20 jobs with new coffee house

A new joint venture partnership has brought a new coffee house concept to Manchester, creating over 20 jobs for the city.

The Foundation Coffee House will launch in the city centre this autumn and is the result of a longstanding relationship between Northern Quarter based design studio NoChintz and regional entrepreneur Adam Chapman, founder of the Heald Green based QDos Fitness gym. Together, the team will invest over £400k in the creation of the business.

Outlining the venture and proposition, NoChintz and Foundation Coffee House’s operations director Dominic Beardwell said: “This is the perfect partnership and one which will bring a new café concept to Manchester. It’s about taking the best of our skills from NoChintz – strategy, interior design, branding and communications – and fusing them with Adam’s own business prowess along with his extensive coffee knowledge – thus, creating the perfect business blend.”

Adam Chapman said: “I have always had a great interest in coffee, the making of the drink, the cultures and history behind it, so it’s been an absolute delight to extend my knowledge with this project. I look forward to implementing what I’ve learnt.”

The project’s creative director Natalie Gray said: “While Adam’s been expanding his knowledge of coffee, my team’s been exploring the environment and process in which it should be served.”

“We’ve visited some of the world’s best cafes and social spaces – taking the lead from those in New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and London. This has helped us fuse new ideas with concepts already established internationally; I can’t wait to unveil the completed space.”

The team is now focusing on finalising the location of the inaugural coffee house as well as assembling its management team.

The Foundation Coffee House will launch in Autumn 2014.

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