DISCOVER AWARD WINNING FOOD AT ‘POP-UP’ SKEGNESS SHOP

Award winning local produce is taking centre stage during this year’s annual Discover Lincolnshire Weekend (Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 March 2014).

AWARD WINNING local produce is taking centre stage during this year’s annual Discover Lincolnshire Weekend (Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 March 2014).

For one weekend only, a Pop-Up Shop with delicious artisan produce will be at Hildreds Shopping Centre, in Skegness. From melt in the mouth chocolates and creamy artisan cheese; to fruity Plum Bread and award winning succulent sausages.

Organised by Select Lincolnshire for Food, the Pop-Up Shop will turn a retail unit at Hildreds Shopping Centre, into a fully functioning shop selling produce from six Select Lincolnshire for Food members.

Business development manager, Gillian Richardson, said: “This is the perfect opportunity for people to come along to our Pop-Up Shop and try some delicious Lincolnshire food and drink.

“Joining us in the shop is Mountain's Boston Sausage, winner of this year’s People’s Choice award. As well as Spire Chocolates, Sweet Heat Chilli, Cote Hill Cheese, Moden Plumbread and Ownsworth Rapeseed Oil.

“I’d like to say thank you to Hildreds Shopping Centre for working with us. I hope that our Pop-Up Shop encourages people to discover the award winning food and drink that’s available on their doorstep in Lincolnshire”.

Steve Andrews, deputy centre manager at Hildreds Shopping Centre, said: “We are very excited about Discover Lincolnshire weekend.

“Hildreds Centre attracts around 16,000 shoppers every weekend, which will help Select Lincolnshire for Food members introduce their produce to a new coastal shoppers.  


“It will be a great showcase of what is truly great about Lincolnshire’s fresh food and produce. We hope there will be several similar weekends over the year introducing artisan and traditional producers to our shoppers.”

Councillor Colin Davie, Executive Member for Economic Development at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We're passionate about the county's food, and want everyone to know it's Britain's best. So if you're yet to discover the delights of Lincolnshire produce, this is your chance to find out what all the fuss is about. At our pop-up shop you'll be able to sample some of the county's very finest food and drink, including Boston Sausage, Spire Chocolates and Sweet Heat Chilli. This is one tasty treat food lovers will not want to miss”.

Discover Lincolnshire Weekend is on Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 March 2014.
Opening times Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 10am to 4pm.

For more information visit www.visitlincolnshire.com/dlw

WORKING FORUM - DEBT RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTRACTS

Featuring Roythornes

Wednesday 19 March 12.30pm to 2.30pm | Roythornes Offices, Spalding

We are delighted to invite you to our first Select Lincolnshire working forum of the year, regarding the management of debt and contracts within your business.

Packed with practical tips and advice, our forums aim to provide you with a wealth of information to equip you and your business with the right tools needed to develop and grow.

Our first event on Wednesday 19 March will take place at the home of our event sponsors, Roythornes LLP in Spalding.

What's on offer?
Roythornes will give you a whistle stop tour of debt recovery and the processes involved in chasing the cash you are owed. You will be able to instantly implement the advice offered to reduce your level of bad debt whilst understanding all the options that are open to you when customers aren’t forthcoming with the cash they owe.

It’s all in the detail, Contracts – who needs them?
Mike Mathews, Solicitor within the companies Commerce team will also provide an insight into the key elements of contracts. He will cover why you should have them in place and what you can do to ensure protection throughout all business transactions.

Find out more To find out more regarding the working forums, which will take place on the third Wednesday of each month at various locations around the county please contact Gillian.Richardson@lincs-chamber.co.uk.

The forums will also be hosted at various times throughout the day to accommodate all members within this vibrant sector.

To be one of our hosts or sponsors, or to find out more about the membership, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - LINCOLN CASTLE

Lincolnshire County Council is looking for expressions of interest to run the new café at Lincoln Castle.

The newly refurbished ground floor café will contain:

• Internal seating for circa 50 covers, with further additional seating of circa 30+ covers externally. 
• A new front and back bar service counter, adjacent to which will be a small wash up area
• It is envisaged, at this stage, that all the main equipment will be supplied by Lincs County Council.

Visitor numbers are expected to be in the region of 120,000 to 150,000 a year, with an extra 250,000 over the Christmas Market.

More information
If you are interested email Lydia Rusling at Lincolnshire County Council, and a copy of the Soft Expressions of Interest document will be sent to you.