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British Confectioners Association

British Confectioners Association

A group of twenty-six people representing the practical craft sector of the confectionery industry met in 1905 to form the BCA, under the guidance of Mr. H G Harris. The main aims were to meet regularly to promote the skills of the trade and exchange ideas, to enhance their businesses, to encourage the study of confectionery as an art form, to provide social intercourse between members and to promote trade interest. They were spread throughout many regions of the United Kingdom.

The association has survived to celebrate its centenary because it has not deviated from those original principles. The membership, which is confined to sixty people, has continually evolved and has featured many of the outstanding craftsmen and top bakery businesses throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The founding Secretary was John Macadam, a publisher, whose father had been a baker in Scotland. He carried out the job for 40 years. Thereafter his grandson John Copeman took up the post in 1950 and continued for 51 years maintaining a remarkable family commitment to the association. The current secretary is Tim Cutress, a baker from Brighton, who was elected as a member in 1982 and took over in 2001.

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