Key Details
The business
Trading for: 6 months
Sector: Food service
Location: Cromer, Norfolk
Reasons for funding
- PR & Marketing
- Cash flow
- Fixtures and fittings
Solution
- Unsecured business loan
- Fixed repayments
- £8,400 over 18 months
Results
- Funding and delivery of local marketing campaign
- Purchase of new kitchen equipment and restaurant fittings
- Improved cash flow
Our visit to Shelley’s Pie & Mash shop was nothing less than delightful. It's clear to see why it’s already been rated the #6 best restaurant in Cromer, Norfolk, on TripAdvisor since its launch in March 2015.
It’s a coastal town restaurant with a Soho vibe – the interior has been decked out with warm blue base tones, lashings of rustic wood, vibrant flowers and quirky industrial lighting creating an inviting atmosphere. Alongside a straightforward, well-executed menu of comfort food, including a range of gluten-free options you actually want to eat, it’s not hard to see why this seaside startup is thriving.
On the ball
Owner Shelley Dickinson has full control of the day-to-day running of the business and is completely in tune with her team and her customers, resulting in a friendly, cosy vibe. Shelley has plans for "world domination" – or at the very least expanding her business but realised earlier this year that she needed extra funding to maximise the potential of the restaurant to achieve her plans.
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Working with Fleximize was a walk in the park. They'll work with you and help you out. I'd definitely recommend them.Shelley Dickinson
Enter Fleximize
Funding Options referred Shelley to Fleximize when she needed a small cash boost for local marketing. Just a few weeks after receiving a business loan in July, she launched a radio and print advertising campaign in the run up to Cromer Carnival. The marketing took up 60% of the funding, and the rest went to aid cash flow and pay for restaurant fixtures.
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Shelley knows what customers want and how to present it.
Do you run a business like this?
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