That caused footfall to melt away on the Barbican and in March Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the nation into lockdown.
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The business had only just weathered that disruption when the city was battered by a series of storms – including Ellen, Dennis and Jorge – in early 2020. The venture suffered its first setback when the Barbican was subject to major roadworks, including a six-week closure, as part of a £2million revamp ahead of planned Mayflower 400 events, which then had to be postponed. But when she launched the independent cake and confectionery business she had little reason to suspect prolonged roadworks, a stormy winter and then the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic would mean the business was hardly able to generate any income. Mum-of-two Beccy Elwell then opened the Barbican Cocoa Rooms in the unit in October 2019. The multi-national fast-food Subway brand shut its Barbican franchise in 2018 because of “diminished trade and traffic”, as the Southside Street outlet failed to fit in with an area changing from pub-led to food oriented. To sign up for Business Live's daily newsletters click hereĪnd visit the Business Live South West LinkedIn page here
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Get our breaking news alerts and weekly sector reviews too. We send morning bulletins straight to your inbox on the latest news, views and opinion in the South West. To contact William: Email: - Phone: 01752 293116 - Mob: 07584 594052 - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: Stay in touch: BusinessLive newsletters have been re-designed to make them even better. He is based in Plymouth but covers the entire region. William has more than a decade's experience reporting on the business scene in Plymouth and the South West. “Then we could employ an area manager and semi-retire, leaving someone to look after them.”īusiness Live's South West Business Reporter is William Telford. “We would like to get to the stage where we have five shops,” Mrs Park said. They have been working with Deliveroo, Just Eats and Uber Eats, and supply phone orders and carry out deliveries of frozen pasties, sausage rolls and cakes to people at their homes.īut the bricks-and-mortar stores are important and Mrs Park said she has been scouting locations in Ivybridge for a potential fifth outlet.Īnd she is creating jobs, with three full-time and four part-time staff needed at the Barbican unit and brining the total across the four outlet to about 35 workers. Mr and Mrs Park’s Oggy Oggy outlets, part of a franchised chain of about 20 around the South West, “pivoted” in 2020 to cope with Covid restrictions. “We will open from 8am to 5pm but also in the evening when there are events on the Barbican.” “We are doing breakfasts, cakes, paninis, jacket potatoes, baguettes, salads and hot drinks,” Mrs Park said. She said the venture will sell the popular range of Oggy Oggy pasties, of course, but with more on offer too.
I have family roots in the area and I’m really excited to be back to them. The new Oggy Oggy takeaway on the Barbican will be the fourth in Plymouth run by Lesley and Malkolm Park (Image: Matt Gilley)Īnd the couple, who already operate the Oggy Oggy outlets in the city centre’s Armada Way and in Plympton, are already making plans to create a branch in Ivybridge.īut first the paint has to dry at the new Barbican outlet, which like Plymstock will be takeaway only, and Mrs Park said: “It’s a great location, and I was also born near there.