When putting this article together, there’s a mixture of two feelings. How good it is to see so many new people launching projects but then how shit it has been for the hundreds of small businesses in our industry that are hanging on to survive at the moment.<\/p>\n
In the words of Hip Hop Chip Shop’s owner Ozzie<\/a>, “Hospitality is on the ropes, a lot won’t survive this. New companies will rise from the ashes of Covid casualties to take advantage of a new landscape. For those that scrape through a long tough road awaits with many succumbing to huge unserviceable debts taken out during this time.”<\/p>\n At the same time, there is something quite lovely about seeing so many people in the past 12 months take those ideas they’ve always sat on and give them a proper go. On our Instagram post around this<\/a>, (which I should say was inspired by the brilliant Mob Kitchen<\/a>), we had 1,952 comments from local people pushing their hobbies, or their friends new project, or a local business they know that had started in lockdown. It’s really really nice to see that support<\/p>\n So this isn’t a comprehensive guide (there were too many) but a snapshot of some of Manchester’s lockdown start-ups. Hopefully reading this might put you onto somewhere that you like, it might help support a few small local businesses or inspire you to have a go at something yourself. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.<\/p>\nOrnella\u2019s Kitchen<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n