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FEATURE • GRANTHAM
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   Daniel Jelley has built up a good following on Grantham market where he runs the fresh fish business
Josephine Allen has turned her passion for shoes into a business on Grantham market
Marina Bolton is doing well with her new business, Natural Dog Treats, which she started after investing in natural dog products when one of her three dogs became ill.
Marina and her husband Jeff have three dogs, Nala, a Great Dane, Bodhi, a terrier, and Florence, a miniature Jack Russell, who is the boss.
When Florence became ill, the couple had to pull out all the stops to get her back to full health and fitness, and they discov- ered that natural dog products seemed to do their pets a world of good.
“I thought I might as well spread the
word and start a business selling them,” said Marina. “Now the dogs drag their owners to my stall.”
Debbie Griffiths is also doing well with her new business, Sunset Candles, making and selling scented candles and wax melts.
She works three days a week and was at home during lockdown. “I was spending a fortune on scented candles which I love. There was too much football on the TV for my liking, so I decided to start my own scented candles business to save and make money,” she said.
Her husband John, who used to stand markets in the North East, has been
dragged away from his TV footie to help on the stall.
Finally, the most recent recruit is Josephine Allen who has turned her passion for shoes and footwear into a market business.
Josephine had worked as a business development manager for the food and drinks industry covering the whole of the UK, but she ended up fleeing domestic violence with her two young daughters.
Her business on Grantham market is not just a money earner and something for herself, it is also helping with social contact and support.
    FACTS & FIGURES
l Market Day: Saturday
l Market Rent: £25 for a single stall
l Grantham’s claim to fame: The town of Grantham in Lincolnshire is probably most famous as the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher, our first female prime minister, who lived over the corner shop in Broad Street. It is also where Isaac Newton went to school. Wool, then leather, followed by iron, steam engines, then caterpillar tractors have all been important in the town’s economy.
Debbie Griffiths and her husband John have started trading as Sunset Candles on the market after Debbie set up the business during lockdown
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