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Derbyshire Times news bulletin 12th September
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12/09/2024
Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
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A prominent building in Chesterfield town centre,
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which has planning permission for nine apartments,
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has gone on the market for 350,000 pounds.
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The old church on Holywell Cross
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has most recently been run as Big Ball's pool and sports bar.
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Built in the 19th century,
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the building was originally a primitive Methodist chapel
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and closed in 1980.
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It later housed a YMCA, a cafe, and a recording studio
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before becoming a number of nightclubs,
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including Livingstones and Syn.
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Listed for sale on the MJB commercial property website,
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it is described as an established sports bar venue
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in an extremely prominent position
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in Chesterfield town centre.
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The fully fitted bar is a converted church
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with many interesting and attractive features.
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The property now also benefits from planning permission
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for conversion to form nine residential apartments.
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Plans have been drawn up for the apartments
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on the ground and first floor of the building,
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which also has a basement and a second floor.
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A new restaurant in Chesterfield
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has got off to a flying start
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after opening in the former carp department store
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on Elder Way.
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We caught up with Bottle and Time owners,
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Hannah and Gavin Granger, on their move across the road
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and the support they've had from the local community so far.
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I'm Hannah, this is Gavin, Granger.
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We've just opened our new venue, Bottle and Time.
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We had our venue across the road at 15 Nicewood Gate
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and we've just expanded to a new bigger premises
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on Elder Way.
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We got to the point in our old premises
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where we were just too small to be able to grow
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and to take in the extra customer base
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that we wanted to be able to serve.
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So we've taken the opportunity to expand,
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moved into one of the bigger units on Elder Way
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and it's meant that we've been able to offer
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more seats to customers, but also add to the business.
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So we've got an extra bar area.
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Private hire area.
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Private hire area, which has meant that we can offer
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a lot more that we wanted to be able to do
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in our old premises, but we just didn't have the space
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to be able to offer it.
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So we're really excited to see what else we can do here.
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So you've taken on more staff now?
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Yes, we've expanded I'd say by...
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About 30%?
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30% so far, but we're already recruiting at the moment
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for an events coordinator and some extra chefs
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just because we've been so much busier than we...
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We thought we'd be busy, but it has been unexpected.
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Really hit the ground running.
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Yeah.
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So we're already expanding our workforce,
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which is really exciting.
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The team have been working very hard
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to get the business ready and then to be working...
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And we are working with the customers.
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With the bigger numbers in a bigger venue.
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So everybody's needed a well-deserved rest at the minute,
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but we are taking more staff on and we're excited to do that.
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Yeah, we served things that we used to serve before
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in terms of like breakfast and brunch offering.
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We still get the small plates offering,
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but we're now like, we do double the numbers now.
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So you don't have to like be...
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Not be able to get in on a Saturday night anymore.
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The private hire areas have been a real plus for us
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because we've now got event space.
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So we can have like a 30th birthday with us, a wedding.
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We've got a few wedding reception inquiries through,
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baby showers, et cetera.
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And you've all got their own little private space,
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their own bar, a little courtyard on the side.
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So I feel that's a massive plus.
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Also the weekend, it's really good to have a bar area.
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So see quite a lot of people
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that were used to coming for drinks more,
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but then couldn't really get a seat at the bar
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and now started coming in here.
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So we get a lot more drinkers in here,
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like just having a nice like date night,
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cocktail or glass of wine.
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So yeah, I feel like we've got three different
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revenue streams now, which is quite great for us.
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We just want to mention how grateful we are
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for the support that we've had so far since opening.
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So we've had lots of our regular customers in,
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so lots of like old friendly faces,
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but also lots of new people trying us.
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It's been so lovely to meet everybody.
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Obviously I haven't been here as much.
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No, I've just been living and breathing it.
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But yeah, everybody's been so supportive
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and the feedback we've had so far has been brilliant.
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And as a town, it just feels,
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yeah, like just everybody's been behind us,
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which has been-
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A lot of comments saying it's like having a city venue
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in a town, which is, I think,
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Chesterfield's been crying out for something
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new and exciting.
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So hopefully this will be the start of maybe
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more development in this area.
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Really hope so.
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More people we speak to,
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but like people just want there to be
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more to go to in the town centre
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and to see that town centre come back to life really.
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So hopefully more people will come in
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and really build this up here.
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