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Rooting for Redcar – Michael Roberts, who runs Oliver’s Fish
and Chips with his wife Helen. The restaurant and takeaway has
become the 150th Redcar / Cleveland Ambassador.
REDCAR
ROCKS
Oliver’s Fish and Chips becomes
150th borough Ambassador
F
ish ‘n’ chips. They go together with
Redcar in the same way rock goes
with Blackpool, cream goes with
Devon and tea goes with China.
And the seaside town’s fond association
with our national dish has been given a
further boost with Oliver’s becoming the
150th Redcar / Cleveland Ambassador.
The award-winning fish ‘n’ chips
restaurant and takeaway has become
the milestone member of a group of
businesses and individuals committed to
furthering Redcar and Cleveland as a great
place to live, enjoy and do business.
Oliver’s is rated the best fish ‘n’ chips
takeaway and restaurant in Redcar by
reviews on the online review website, Trip
Advisor.
It was also the first fish ‘n’ chips
takeaway on Teesside to achieve
certification from the Marine Stewardship
Council, the strongest independent
guarantee that fish is from healthy stocks
and caught with minimal damage to the
marine environment.
Owned by husband and wife team
Michael and Helen Roberts, the thriving
business is named after their son Oliver.
Now they have strengthened the bond
with their hometown by joining the Redcar |
Cleveland Ambassadors programme.
The programme is a network of
companies, organisations and groups
committed to helping the borough develop
its economy, increase employment and
create the greater demand for housing,
restaurants and leisure activities that
disposable income generates.
The Ambassadors act as a sales force in
‘talking up’ the borough and encouraging
inward-investment to create demand for
new housing and generate increased retail
spend.
Michael said that, as a proud Redcar
business, joining the Ambassor scheme
was an easy decision.
“We want to promote the area,” he said.
“Everyone has to play their part and pull the
same way. We can’t wait for anyone else to
solve our problems for us.
“We’re so chuffed to be the 150th
Ambassador. We’re passionate about
Redcar and have been cooking in the area
for more than 22 years.”
Oliver’s has been running since 2011,
initially operating a takeaway and restaurant
from the same unit.
In 2015, in a great display of confidence in
their business and the trading conditions in
Redcar, the couple invested £150,000 when
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they expanded their business by taking on
a second unit to act as the takeaway, and
converted their initial base to a permanent
restaurant.
Helen commented: “It’s not just us. You
can see more businesses spending money
and making things look better. You try to
calculate as best you can and spend what’s
right for your business.”
Frans Calje, chief executive of PD
Ports and chair of the Redcar | Cleveland
Ambassadors, said: “I’m delighted
to welcome Oliver’s as the 150th
Ambassador.
“It’s great to hit this milestone,
particularly with a business that is so
synonymous with Redcar: fish and chips
are a big part of our identity.”
Featuring a 63-seater restaurant and
adjoining takeaway on Bath Street –
close to the seafront fountains – Oliver’s
employs 21 full and part-time staff.
They have revealed that they serve up
44,000 servings of chips per year, equating
to more than 1.7 million chips!
The Redcar | Cleveland Ambassadors
are always looking to recruit more
people and businesses to promote the
borough. To find out more, visit: www.
redcarcleveland.co.uk/ambassador
Also serving pies,
burgers, paninis and
sandwiches.
We’re proud to now
cater for vegetarians
and pescatarians.
Bath Street, Redcar TS10 3AF | Restaurant: 01642 477520 | Takeaway: 01642 494399 | W: www.oliversfishnchips.co.uk