Vitello Lounge: Jobs boost for Ilkley as Loungers transforms former Banyan site
Loungers plc, the West Country-based café/bar group, has opened the Vitello Lounge in Ilkley, creating around 30 jobs for local people. Loungers has transformed the former Banyan site on Brook Street.
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00:00 Hello my name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.
00:06 You join me in Ilkley here in the heart of West Yorkshire.
00:09 And during a time when so many hospitality businesses have been struggling,
00:13 it's so uplifting to provide some positive news.
00:17 Lounges, who are a West Country based company, have opened the Vitello Lounge here in Ilkley,
00:22 creating 30 jobs in a site that was once occupied by Banyan.
00:27 It's a 217th site the company has opened in the UK.
00:32 And the fact they've chosen to open it here in Ilkley is a real vote of confidence in the town,
00:36 which was voted the best place to live in Britain by the Sunday Times back in 2022.
00:42 So at a time when so many businesses in the hospitality, restaurant and catering sector have been struggling,
00:48 it's so uplifting to provide some positive news.
00:51 The opening of the Vitello Lounge here in Ilkley is a sign that Ilkley as a town is on the way up
00:57 at a time when economies struggle for so long.
01:00 My name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.