A growing Staffordshire brewery has expanded its portfolio of cafe bars with a new venue.
Stoke-on-Trent-based Titanic Brewery has taken over the former NatWest Bank in High Street, Newport, Shropshire and has transformed it into a new bod cafe bar.
The new site - which has created 20 new jobs - is the fourth bod to be rolled-out by the family-run company, and follows the success of other sites in Stafford, Trentham and Stoke Railway Station. It is due to officially open on Monday. (September 9)
Director Dave Bott said: "We have been looking at the town for some time and, when the NatWest bank came available, it represented an ideal opportunity.
"We believe we have created something very special in the bod café concept and customers at our other sites in Stafford, Trentham and Stoke have been very enthusiastic."
Bod cafe bars open for breakfast at 8am and trade until 11pm - operating as a cafe - which serves coffee, sandwiches and snacks - throughout the day and a bar in the evening. Craft, real ale and other alcoholic drinks are available from lunchtime.
Dave - who runs the business with his brother Keith - added: "The bod format works well as it promotes a relaxing, inviting environment for the whole community.
"We get a very diverse crowd, from students coming in for milkshakes or hot chocolates to business people looking for a different space to meet in. Our cafe bars also prove popular for people of all ages looking for a light lunch and we also encourage community use, playing host to a variety of special interest groups.
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"In the evenings, bod becomes a place to relax with an exciting range of craft beer, gin and wine.
"We are really excited to be opening the doors in Newport on Monday. The interior is looking fantastic and we have a superb location at the heart of historic Newport."
Bod Newport is the latest addition to Titanic's portfolio of eight pubs and three cafe bars.
Bod is a new, innovative concept which was launched by Titanic Brewery last year to offer customers a flexible, casual dining experience.
It has proven so popular with customers that Titanic is now drawing up a five-year plan to roll out the concept across the region.
Dave said: "We have made no secret in recent years of our desire to expand our estate. Titanic has become known for its friendly, comfortable and well stocked community pubs and the bod bars are a different twist on that theme.
"The community has always been at the heart of what we do as we believe that good quality pubs are at the heart of successful towns and villages across the country.
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"Our bod cafe bars build on that and are designed to meet a new desire by our customers for a multi-purpose venue, open throughout the day.
"Following the success of the bod brand, we are currently developing a medium-term plan to find the right development sites across the Midlands and North West.”