United Baristas Change Log

Recent changes at United Baristas 

The purpose of the changelog is to provide a summary of recent changes before they are fully documented in Help Centre.

• Information on using United Baristas services is available here
• You can also ready information on key United Baristas updates

UB-iD

New experience for UB-iD, our secure login portal to keep your personal information private. 

• United Baristas, United Baristas Jobs and United Baristas Store now use the new UB-iD
• Some users may be required to reset their password 
• Please note, Marketplace currently has a standalone login. Find out why
• All United Baristas services will use the new UB-iD once it is fully implemented later in 2020  

United Baristas 

Over the past couple of years the readership of articles has grown dramatically, so we've been working to make United Baristas easier to read, search and navigate. Recent updates include:

• Major updates to the structure of Articles for readability and navigation  
  • Follow key themes across articles by Series
  • Explore articles by Topic
  • you can now listen to popular and thought-provoking articles with Audio Articles
• Introduced United Baristas Radio, so you can subscribe to get the latest Audio Articles
• United Baristas and third party audio and video content is easier to explore with Channels
• And Channels now link nicely with articles, series and topics so the thematic and topic connections are more apparent
• You can now buy items from United Baristas Store in pounds or euros
• Your information is even more secure with the new UB-iD
• Updates the cookie acceptance and management system as well as policy
• Updated terms and conditions of use
• Some articles now require a free United Baristas Community Membership to access – just login or sign up to read 
• Further reduced the carbon footprint per view 🌍

United Baristas Jobs

• United Baristas Jobs takes the best bits of Careers, and makes them even better
• The transition from Careers to Jobs is now complete
• Full application details optionally emailed to an account of your choosing 
• Updated application process to help applicants and companies ascertain cultural fit
• Added right to work declaration 
• Rejected applicants are automatically notified
• Added new job types including Waiting Staff and Kitchen functions 
• Added new work types including: short-term / casual, volunteer, internship and contract
• Compliant job listing header images automatically posted on Instagram  
• Withdrew messages from the job vacancy page
• Uses the new UB-iD, which is useful for companies wanting multiple members of staff to have access to their company account
• Further reduced the carbon footprint per view 🌍

United Baristas Business 2

• Introduced Simple Search, Real-time Filtering, and Marketing Status - more info
• Introduced new Notifications system (replacing Business Alerts) - more info
• New plans and options for selling your lease or business - more info 
• Introduced professional services for companies looking to sell using an agent - more info
• Introduced new 'Looking to Buy' section to market your site search requirement - more info
• Summary of new features in Business 2

United Baristas Marketplace

• Updated payment escrow service to be compliant with new processes and regulations. Users who set up accounts before 14 February 2020 may need to update their information at Settings > Payments to continue receiving payouts.

United Baristas Newsletters

There are fundamental changes underway to United Baristas newsletters.

In short, United Baristas has grown too big and our users’ needs too diverse for a regularly monthly newsletter be useful for our community.

Newsletters will now be organised by objective. Let us know why you use United Baristas and we’ll update you with information that is specific to your needs. And you can update your objectives as your needs change.

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Community wide newsletters will now only occur when there are significant updates to our services. So make sure you get the information you want.