Category Archives: Enterprise

Enterprise

Community Cafe and Training Kitchen

Posted on March 8, 2012 by philip

Sustaining Dunbar has won a tendering process to work in partnership with East Lothian Council to develop a new community enterprise to take on the running of the cafe and training kitchen which forms part of the new Dunbar Community Centre at Bleachingfield. This enterprise will provide:

cafe facilities for those using and working in the [...]

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Keep Me Warm!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by sue

Curtains are one of the best ways to keep the heat in this winter. You can line your existing curtains with thermal and or insulating lining (cost ranges from £3.99 per meter to £8.99 per meter) and or make new ones. If you want to get in on a bulk order of curtain lining contact: [...]

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Community Bakery Opens!

Posted on October 6, 2011 by philip

At long last, Dunbar’s Community owned bakery has opened for business!  As Scotland’s first community owned bakery, the opening has generated lots of media interest including on BBC News and a good write up on Prof. Leigh Spark’s blog.
This new enterprise is jointly owned by over 300 local shareholders and employs eight local people, including [...]

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Final Push for Dough

Posted on July 8, 2011 by philip

Dunbar Community Bakery is owned by the 270 or so people who have so far contributed £38,000 in community shares. Conversion of the bakery premises at 60 High Street is now well under way, as is recruitment of bakers and other staff. In the lead up to opening in a few weeks time, the Bakery is [...]

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