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Swinky's Sweets

Swinky Sweets Ltd (Swinky’s to its followers) is a celebration of all things sweet, providing Bristol’s finest in ‘cupcake couture’, and Bristol’s first ‘sweet’ delicatessen. Deliciously smooth and sophisticated cupcakes sit alongside sweet treats that are brilliantly British in their origin or at very least in their eccentricity – who would have thought ‘marshmallow spread’ could be so good?!

Swinky’s offers an array of cupcakes inspired by travels, trivia, emotion and the everyday, whilst chewy cookies and gluten-free brownies provide the full compliment to this home-baked range. Providing traditional grainy fudge - the type of fudge that crumbles – and, marshmallow, that is both billowy, soft and (shock horror!) fresh, Swinky’s is giving a whole new meaning to the term ‘treat wise’. The finishing touch to this sweet escape is the Aladdin’s cave of traditional sweets tucked away in the far corner of the shop. Stocking sweets from recipes that have been passed down through five generations of a family in the southwest, Swinky’s truly takes the ‘Great’ from Britain and has brought it right to the heart of Bristol.

Friska

Friska is a healthy, seasonal, fast food restaurant with its first two places in Bristol (Victoria Street & The Bristol & Bath Science Park). We cater for the breakfast and lunchtime market as well as office meeting and event catering. We are defined by our ethical sourcing policy, fresh ingredients and our seasonally changing menu, offering a range of hot and cold food available to ‘eat in’ and to ‘take away’.

Friska’s founders Ed and Griff plan to seek outside investment to grow Friska into a National Chain over the next 10 years.

Griff Holland (27) is co-founder of Friska and a graduate of the University of Bath, where he studied Economics. Prior to starting Friska Griff worked at the HM Treasury for a placement year, and looked into starting a technology business before settling on the idea of a food business. Prior to launching Friska Griff worked for the Real Olive Company to gain experience into the supplier side of the food industry and before that he worked at various food businesses to gain firsthand knowledge on how to operate a food business. In Friska Griff takes lead responsibility for Business Development, HR and operations.

Ed Brown (25) is co-founder of Friska and a graduate of the University of Bath, where he studied Economics. Prior to starting Friska Ed was based in the SETsquared technology incubator, run by the University of Bristol. During his time in SETsquared Ed was testing the viability of a getting a technology business to market. Before that he worked as an Economist at the property consultancy DTZ in Bristol. In Friska Ed takes lead responsibility for finance, systems & procedures and sales analysis.

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