Local company wins Highlight café contract

Daisy and Beas which already provides a catering service at Summerhill Country Park and has other premises in the town centre, won the contract in an open tender process.

Owner Sara Harvey said: “Daisy and Beas has been in business for eight years. We have been at Summerhill for nearly three years and this will be our next venture. It is great news for both us a business and the local economy as we will be creating at least ten new jobs.”

(left-right): Cllr Gary Allen, Sara Harvey, Cllr Pamela Hargreaves and Ian Gardiner, Hartlepool Borough Council's Head of Service: Active and Creative Hartlepool.

Councillor Pamela Hargreaves, Chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Economic Growth and Regeneration Committee, said: “It would have been really easy for the Council to have gone with a national brand to provide a café service at Highlight, but we are focussed on giving opportunities to local businesses wherever possible when procuring services. I’m absolutely delighted for Daisy and Beas and I’m sure they are going to do a great job.

“It is only by supporting our local businesses that we are really going to grow the local economy and create the thriving business community that is so important for the future of Hartlepool.”

Councillor Gary Allen, Chair of the Council’s Adult and Community Based Services Committee, said: “The café is going to be unparalleled in Hartlepool – offering fantastic views across the marina and towards HMS Trincomalee.

“The appointment of Daisy and Beas is another major milestone in the development of Highlight. I’m so pleased that a local business is being given this opportunity and my congratulations go to Sara and her team.”