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They currently operate PIGGS Spanish Wine Bar and Café on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, and are the sons of Ignacio Campos, who had Iggs, then Barioja on Jeffrey Street from 1989, and is now retired.
PIGGS Wine Bar was launched for the first time in 2019 on the Royal Mile by eldest son Daniel and Victor came on board soon after.
Now expanding out of the city center for the first time, the move was said to be “always on the horizon”.
The agent said the business is “in a great location in one of Edinburgh’s thriving off-licence circuits in Bruntsfield, and the 42 cover business with some street seating in front will enjoy a ‘soft opening’ this week with their booking system going live. from this weekend onwards.”
The second PIGGS is expected to trade seven days a week.
Alan Goldie, director of The Restaurant Agency Ltd, which handled the sale, said: “We were delighted to have played a part in bringing Victor and Daniel and their brand to Bruntsfield and given careful planning their second unit is full, we expect yet another success. business within the PIGGS brand.”
Scottish rocket launcher lands multi-million funding deal
Scottish space company Orbex has received £16.7 million from a group of six major investors to further work on its rocket technology and build its launch facility in Sutherland.
The cash injection is an update to its £40.4m Series C funding round completed in October 2022 and takes the total amount raised by the business to £102m. The funding will help Orbex ramp up development of Prime, its 19 meter two-stage rocket designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO).
Coffee chain to open ‘flagship’ cafe
A fast-growing coffee chain is to open a new store in a prestigious office development in Edinburgh.
Black Sheep Coffee, which has cafes all over the UK, is to open a franchise in Haymarket Square, after securing a “six figure” funding deal from HSBC. The 3,600 sq ft outlet, owned by Urban Street Scene, will be the largest Black Sheep Coffee in Edinburgh. Fifteen jobs will be created in the cafe, which will have space for 190 seats, including a 50-seat outdoor patio.
