Espresso Education CEO, Lewis Bronze, awarded ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award at 2010 Education Resources Awards
Friday, March 5 2010 
At the ERA Awards’ 12th annual ceremony, Lewis Bronze, co-founder and CEO of Espresso Education, was presented with the industry ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’. This is awarded to an individual who has given outstanding service to the education sector.
On behalf of the judges, Ray Barker, BESA’s Director announced: “This year’s winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award is a man with a vision. Someone who has transformed the world of learning through his blending of visual media and interactive resources. Ranging from his work with the BBC – remember Blue Peter? – to the new world of broadband, he has been at the forefront of innovation. Even before electronic learning credits and interactive whiteboards, his vision created a world of e-learning that is now recognised as the norm in the majority of primary schools. Please congratulate: Lewis Bronze of Espresso.”
Lewis, former editor of “Blue Peter” & producer of “Newsround”, co-founded Espresso Education in 1997. He was inspired by the idea of delivering video news to the classroom that would be regularly updated, adding meaning and relevance to the curriculum being taught in schools. The idea soon expanded to include the creation of browser-based, video-rich, multimedia educational ‘modules’, with video at the ‘heart’ to demonstrate hard-to-teach concepts. Today, over half of England’s primary schools subscribe annually to the Espresso Primary service, and almost a quarter of secondary schools subscribe to the company’s Clipbank service.
Since the establishment of the company, Lewis has worked tirelessly, not only to the benefit of Espresso but also to advance the ‘best use of ICT’ in classrooms across the UK. Through his passion for education, his willingness to explore emerging trends and his commitment to working at a national level with DCSF, Becta and BESA, Lewis has contributed greatly to shaping the development of ICT in education. Over the last 13 years, the company has grown substantially and won numerous awards and accolades both inside and outside the educational industry. Espresso has also featured three times in the Tech Track 100, the index of fastest-growing privately held technology companies.
Mr. Bronze states: ‘I am very grateful and surprised to have been honoured by our industry with the Outstanding Achievement Award. In turn, I congratulate all my dedicated colleagues, past and present, who have who have been on this journey with me. At Espresso, we strive to ensure we bring a level of content, service and support to our customers that sets a wonderful standard in the industry. It is simply a privilege to be able to feed children’s enormous appetite for learning with creative and innovative materials.’
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About Espresso Education
Espresso Education is the UK market leader in the provision of video-based digital curriculum services to primary and secondary schools, featuring Espresso Primary, Clipbank for secondary and Channel 4 Learning. Its learning services offer the highest quality content and support resources to enhance teaching, stimulate learning and raise standards in the classroom. The services update their learning modules and news weekly, making it uniquely placed to respond quickly to the educational agenda while giving schools access to the freshest, most relevant and topical resources available today. Its international division licenses and distributes content into more than 40 countries worldwide.
Espresso is the winner of six BETT Awards, BAFTA Award and Royal Television Society Award, and has been featured for the last three years on the Tech Track 100, ranked as one of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.
