Delicious business opportunity for on-site café

Published Monday 7 November 2022

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to operate and run a vibrant café business at Harborough Innovation Centre (HIC) with an option to open a second café at Harborough Grow-on Centre (HGC)

Harborough Innovation Centre - building exterior.
Harborough Innovation Centre - building exterior.

The café at the HIC is the heart of our bustling business centre which hosts office space for 48 businesses and additionally, provides conference facilities, events space and flexible drop in workspaces. The café is also open to the public and visitors and is also popular with workers from other industrial sites at Airfield Farm Business Park.

The HIC team proactively support the café to help promote the products and services to increase revenue for the café operator through hosting events, conferences and workshops which regularly bring a high footfall of visitors to the centre.

Harborough Grow-on Centre is a business centre with larger, established businesses based in close proximity to Market Harborough Leisure Centre. It is currently home to approximately 80 business professionals with several other business units and residential areas close by. The site offers huge potential for growth to the right applicant.  The contract for the café opportunity at Harborough Grow-on Centre will be discussed by separate negotiation.

Cllr Phil King, Leader of Harborough District Council said, “This offers a great opportunity to take ownership of an already established and popular café in Harborough district. Harborough Innovation Centre is a thriving hub, home to multiple successful start-up and growing businesses. The business centres also regularly host events, conferences and workshops attracting many external visitors. As a council we continue to support local businesses in finding opportunities for them to grow and flourish.”

Harborough Innovation Centre and Harborough Grow-on Centre are owned and operated by Harborough District Council, as part of the Economy and Business Service, which is committed to support local businesses and the economy of Harborough District to develop and thrive.

If you’d like to find out more about this great opportunity or would like to submit an application, please visit:

https://www.harborough-ic.co.uk/deliciousbusinessopportunity/  where you will find a more detailed brief.

Written proposals to be sent via email to: hic@harborough.gov.uk by Monday 14th November 2022.