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BUSINESS GRANTS

Grants mean growth for

flourishing Worcester café

A popular coffee shop and café in
the centre of Worcester is going

from strength to strength, with
the aid of grant money awarded
by the City Council.

Hangar in Reindeer Court Alongside the traditional
prides itself on offering a café fare are some authentic
first-rate service, particularly Persian and Mediterranean
to older Worcester dishes – and they are
residents. A City Council proving popular with
growth grant of £3,000 plus customers too, as are the
an empty retail unit grant range of cakes and pastries.
of £2,500 has helped joint
owner Roham Naderasli IMPROVING
extend the building to CONVENIENCE
provide accessible toilets. Mandana does much of
the cooking, especially the
Roham, who has run the traditional Persian dishes,
business with his mother while Roham manages front
Mandana for over four of house along with their
years, said: “We are trying friendly team of staff.
to provide a service,
particularly for older people “The business has been
– somewhere they can relax going well for a while,
and enjoy a chat and some but the only issue we had
good food. We play older was that our toilets were
music, ‘60s and ‘70s but upstairs and that’s not always
not too loud, just music in convenient for older people toilets which are wheelchair Roham added: “The
the background. We have and I am really keen that we accessible and had the space grants that we received
plenty of space for people should all do more for the to include a baby-changing made a big difference.
to move around and we elderly people,” said Roham. area too.” Not only did they cover
provide simple, traditional a portion of the cost, but
food like cheese toasties, “We decided to buy the The grant money also helped it also gave us a feeling
jacket potatoes, toasted unit next door which would to open up the access of confidence – we felt
teacakes and homemade allow us to extend into it to between the two units and appreciated, and we felt
soup.” provide some downstairs to extend the kitchen area. supported.”

APPLY FOR A BUSINESS GROWTH GRANT
Is your business based in Worcester and:
• looking to launch a new product?
• looking to enter new markets?
• looking to employ more staff?

If so Worcester City Council’s Business Growth Grant
may be for you!

Grants of between £1,000 and £3,000 are available -
which must be match-funded, pound-for-pound, from
the business’s own resources.

More information: www.worcester.gov.uk/business

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