In October 2011, Mandy Alderson and Jayne Carr got in touch with Five Lamps with a brilliant idea – to open up INFINITY catering right next to Stockton’s Infinity Bridge.
With Jayne’s experience in the catering sector and Mandy’s in Customer Service they had the perfect combination of great food, well priced, in a perfect location next to this new iconic Stockton landmark.
To help them identify all the key steps and actions they needed to take, they worked with Chris Butler, Senior Business Development Officer at Five Lamps. Over a number of weeks, Chris supported them to research their customers, pricing, marketing and start up costs in order to produce a business plan. They secured funding from Stockton Council and launched their new exciting venture.
The business is going from strength to strength, with the girls building up an ever increasing band of loyal customers from the surrounding businesses who enjoy the food and the friendly banter.
When Chris called in recently to check out the parmos, Mandy said
“Five Lamps have been invaluable to us, their advice helped us to pursue our business idea. We would highly recommend their services. Any one with a business idea should certainly talk to them, its free practical advice. This is our first business venture, we would never have taken it further if it was not for Five Lamps, and we will certainly never look back – Thanks guys.”
Infinity Catering are located on the approach to the Infinity Bridge on the Thornaby side of the river.
You can contact them on 07403 243469 or jnmsinfinitycatering@gmail.com
Five Lamps run Communities Fund on behalf of Stockton Council to support people who are unemployed. The Enterprise Gateway is delivered by Five Lamps on behalf of Stockton Borough Council.
The Enterprise Gateway project is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government, securing £380,643 ERDF investment. The ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013 is bringing over £300m into the North East to support innovation, enterprise and business support across the region.