Kurt’s Reawakening

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An established fish and chips restaurant in Wakefield have recently been acquired with the support of a £1.1m funding package.

Kingfishers on Calder Grove has been bought by Kurt McLoughlin. The 64- seat venue is open seven days a week, as well as offering takeaway.

McLoughlin is now planning to boost their turnover and also grow its team from 32 staff to 40.

“The funding from HSBC UK has been crucial to supporting me in purchasing the business and after a successful start to operations we are now looking to increase our turnover in the next 12 months, with anticipated growth expected in the Kingfishers team,” McLoughlin said. (this was pre-virus).

Ryan Slater, relationship manager for South & East Yorkshire at HSBC UK, added: “We are delighted to support Kurt with his purchase of such a popular fish and chip shop restaurant, and we believe that will be a huge success with continued growth for many years to come.”

Have you received funding to help increase turnover? Email Austen@chippychat.co.uk

Fish & Shops!

Afish and chip shop in Kenilworth were doing their bit (at time of press) to help the elderly and people self-isolating because of coronavirus. The team at School Lane Fish Bar offered a shopping delivery service and are also to delivery of fish and chip orders.

Pat Barker, who has been manager at the shop for around 27 years and worked at the shop for a total of 31 years, said: “We are a trusty chip shop that takes pride in what we do - from personal hygiene, cleanliness of the shop, regular sanitising of work surfaces and equipment and taking extra care when preparing your food. We are also five star rated in terms of hygiene. We are prepared to go the extra mile to ensure our customers get duty of care to overcome COVID-19.”

“I have talked to quite a few of my friends of mine who are over 70 and they have got heart problems and they have to self-isolate themselves and have said that they don’t know how they are going to get out shopping. This is a nice thing to do for the community and we can help them. “We were offering to do shopping for the elderly and those who are having to self-isolate and can’t get out. We were also offering to deliver fish and chips at the same time.”

“Shopping now is a nightmare and I can only imagine what it is going to be like for someone who is older. We can do any shopping for them that they need and take it to their door. “There will be no delivery charge for these services as we are doing this as a good gesture.”

How did you help the community during Covid-19? Email austen@ chippychat.co.uk Whilst many shops closed as they judged it was not safe to carry on some shops continued to open and deliver food as safely as possible.