Pop Pressed helping to drive forward progress on UK Net Zero

Ahead of COP 29 next week, local business POP Pressed has taken measures to make sure it is one of the small businesses helping to drive progress in the UK’s journey to Net Zero.

POP Pressed serves as inspiration for existing or aspiring business owners, of any age and at any stage of their sustainability journey.

POP Pressed, a female-founded, Manchester-based organic and plant-based cold-pressed juice brand, previously secured a £15,000 Start Up Loan via its partner, Business Enterprise Fund. Before launching her own business, founder Kayleigh Cooper split her time between teaching yoga and working in a local health food café. When the pandemic hit, Kayleigh was placed on furlough so couldn’t do either job.

Despite these challenges, Kayleigh moved to Manchester and began working in a local deli that was providing a takeaway service. After teaming up with the deli to launch a juice menu, she was inspired to use the experience to launch her own juice shop and founded POP Pressed as a result, which is plastic free and focuses on having a positive environmental impact. POP is an acronym for “powerful organic plants”, in a nod to the roots of the main product of the business.

Originally, Kayleigh had planned to launch an online store, but her customer base quickly grew larger than expected resulting in the need to move into her own shop as a permanent home for the organic juice bar. Two years ago, the business transitioned to a delivery-only service. Kayleigh makes all of her juices from home, delivering to customers all over Manchester in her VW Beetle that she has turned into a ‘POP mobile’.

Kayleigh Cooper, founder of POP Pressed, said: