Catering firm in South Lakes to benefit from food jobs boost
A catering firm from Newby Bridge, South Lakes, has announced that it will be expanding the business and creating new food jobs for the area.
This is great news for small businesses within the UK food industry, as the announcement comes in the same week as businesses in Manchester and North Yorkshire have unveiled ambitious new expansion plans after securing investments.
The Newby Bridge company, Bridge Catering, has experienced such impressive growth in the last few years that bosses are planning to move the company to Crakeside Business Park in Greenodd. Since the company was established by Mike Hales in 2004, it has evolved into a hugely successful catering group encompassing:
• Bridge Catering
• The Bridge Deli and Lifestyle Emporium
• Bridge Express
• The Bridge Café
Bridge Catering is now able to complete its £80,000 expansion with the help of an £11,000 Furness Enterprise grant for marketing and staff, enabling the premises move to go ahead. The company also expects to create four full-time food jobs and a number of part-time roles.
Explaining why Bridge Catering deserved the grant, the funding manager for Furness Enterprise, Val Robinson, said:
This is great news for small businesses within the UK food industry, as the announcement comes in the same week as businesses in Manchester and North Yorkshire have unveiled ambitious new expansion plans after securing investments.
The Newby Bridge company, Bridge Catering, has experienced such impressive growth in the last few years that bosses are planning to move the company to Crakeside Business Park in Greenodd. Since the company was established by Mike Hales in 2004, it has evolved into a hugely successful catering group encompassing:
• Bridge Catering
• The Bridge Deli and Lifestyle Emporium
• Bridge Express
• The Bridge Café
Bridge Catering is now able to complete its £80,000 expansion with the help of an £11,000 Furness Enterprise grant for marketing and staff, enabling the premises move to go ahead. The company also expects to create four full-time food jobs and a number of part-time roles.
Explaining why Bridge Catering deserved the grant, the funding manager for Furness Enterprise, Val Robinson, said:
"Not only is it a local business expanding locally, but they are creating local jobs which is difficult in these times.
"They are bringing in clients from across the country. It's brilliant."
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