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The Alphabet Gift Shop is a well established independent gift shop and licenced coffee shop. It offers customers a carefully curated retail experinece alongside home cooked breakfast, brunch, lunch artisan coffee and cakes.
It has been an established local presence for the past 18 years with a loyal local customer base situated in prominent village position.
Mickleover is a thriving community with a growing affluent population , currently around 17,000 residents, and a vibrant local high street.
The village attracts families, professionals, retirees and commuters, creating a broad and loyal customer base for independent retail and hospitality businesses.
The retail side of the business offers a carefully selected range of design-led gifts and lifestyle products. It benefits from regular occasions based purchasing and strong seasonal trade.
Product categories include: Greetings cards, birthday gifts, wedding gifts, new baby gifts, homewares, candles and fragranced products, jewellery, bags and scarves, seasonal gifts and decorations, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Teachers Gifts etc.
Brands stocked include Jellycat, East of India, Katie Loxton, Joma, Alice Wheeler, Caroline Gardner, Wanderflower, Paper Salade and more.
The licenced coffee shop is a key part of the business and complements the gift shop providing an additional income stream alongside the gift shop.
It serves breakfast, lunch, coffee and cakes attracting both regular customers and gift shop visitors. It encourages longer customer visists and creates cross-selling opportunities.
As well as the food offering the coffee shop sells a range of hot and cold drinks to drink in or take away.
Artisan espresso style coffees, chocolates and matcha, speciality teas, milkshakes and smoothies, soft drinks,
Afternoon teas, champagne breakfasts, cakes and pastries are also popular all year round.
The coffee shop has a premises licence to sell alcoholic drinks within the permitted terms.
The business is positioned as a friendly, independent lifestyle destination combining gifting, food, drink and community appeal and has clear growth opportunities through events catering, prvate hire, online sales, extended opening hours, Sunday opening.
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Do not pay any deposit to private sellers upfront. If you are looking to purchase a business, we advise that any deposits or transactions made are through a solicitor to prevent fraudulent activities from occuring.
Don't share confidential information with any private sellers, including your home address, account passwords, bank accounts and credit card information.
The vast majority of these scams involve the transfer of substantial sums of money. We advise all transactions made are through a solicitor to prevent fraudulent activities from occuring.
Send a test amount before you consider handing over a large number of funds. Maybe even try transferring £1, and then speaking to your solicitor to confirm receipt.
Do not disclose proof of funds directly to the sellers. If the sellers request you to show proof of funds, we advise that it is done through a solicitor to prevent fraudulent activities from occuring.
Buying a business is not covered by consumer rights legislation. It is your responsibility to acquire a business that holds up in quality and agreement.
Fraudsters will typically use false news in an attempt to get you to act quickly. For example, 'Your account has been disabled. Reset your password now.'.
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