Luke Daniels and his partner Emma Smith opened Urban Gelato & Milkshakes in a former tea room on Navenby High Street on June 29. Photo: Arora Marketing
A salon owner in a village near Lincoln is opening an ice cream parlour in a former tea room after the success of his lockdown project.
Local businessman Luke Daniels, owner of Urban Angels in at Courtyard Mews on Grantham Road in Navenby, was forced to close when lockdown started.
It was such a big success that, when the opportunity came up to move into a building on Navenby High Street, which was formerly occupied by The Cottage Tea Rooms for 10 years, he took it on a 10-year lease with his partner Emma Smith.
Urban Gelato & Milkshakes opened in its new location at 11am on Monday, June 29 after an initial investment of £60,000. This will move to £100,000 as the expansion continues and it will create around 10 jobs.
A selection of the range of delights available at Urban Gelato & Milkshakes. Photo: Arora Marketing
It will sell over 20 flavours of artisan fresh gelato including vegan, and even marmite, three fresh sorbets (lemon, mango and pineapple), warm Belgian waffles topped with gelato and fresh fruit, and sundaes.
Dogs can enjoy treats at the parlour too such as peanut butter crunch with ripe bananas, yoghurt and a gravy bone flake.
Urban Gelato & Milkshakes on the High Street in Navenby. Photo: Arora Marketing
Luke told The Lincolnite : “It’s fantastic and something we never envisaged we would be doing. At the start of lockdown we never even thought we’d be selling ice cream, but it grew and grew with more flavours and it’s been a big success.”
In September, Luke plans utilise both floors and move the Gelato section to the other side of the building with a serving hatch.
The move and marketing were a big team effort involving local businesses – Mindy Arora at Arora Marketing, Sam Mcintosh at SGM Construction, Ed Lees at Cook & Sleep and GRS Signs.
The first customers at the new premises. Photo: Arora Marketing
The main area will become a tea room/coffee house, serving Navenby breakfasts, with locally sourced ingredients, New York deli style sandwiches, homemade soup, cakes, afternoon tea and more on a simple and fresh menu.
He added: “I think it’s important to keep the tea room element as the tea room belongs to the village and myself and Emma will be the custodians for the next 10 years. We will let the village decide the tea room’s name.”
The Cottage Tea Rooms at Navenby confirmed its closure earlier this month.
Urban Angels
Luke will reopen his salon Urban Angels on July 4 and he said the recent government announcement came at the right time for the industry.
The salon is currently being sanitised and it will have clear barriers between clients and styling stations.
Staff will wear face shield and if customers want to, there will also be masks available for them, but this will not be compulsory.
Luke Daniels and his partner Emma Smith are the owners of Urban Gelato & Milkshakes in Navenby. Photo: Arora Marketing
In addition to hand sanitising stations, there will also be extra seating outside for any customers waiting. Door handles, lights and toilet flushes will be sanitised every 10 minutes.
Luke said: “I am really looking forward to getting back to work at the salon and my team coming back together again to get a slight bit of normality back to people.”
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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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