Efe Develi has moved from London to open Midgar coffee shop in St John s Street.
He had initially been looking at Cambridge, but was attracted to Bury because it was more affordable and still had a city feel.
Efe Develi has moved from London and is opening a new coffee shop, Midgar, in Bury St Edmunds
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He added: It s the best of both worlds. And St John s Street has got such a nice character. It s full of independent shops.
Mr Develi had been running an artisan café in Hackney with his brother before the move and will be bringing elements of that to Midgar; a vintage feel, nice atmosphere and single origin coffee.
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Bury St Edmunds is becoming increasing popular with house buyers.
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Bury St Edmunds has always been a popular choice for house buyers and recent stats show that is only increasing with 1,000 house sales last year.
When the housing market in England reopened in May last year after the coronavirus pandemic, many thought it would crash but it did quite the opposite.
Statistics show that by October, mortgage approvals had hit a 13-year high and November saw 124,800 transactions completed, which was 18,000 more than the five-year average.
Specialist mortgage platform Haysto has analysed latest government data to see which towns saw the highest and lowest rate of property purchases in 2020 and which areas saw the biggest increase and decrease compared to 2019.
Bury St Edmunds town centre during the third UK coronavirus lockdown
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Four people who have supported the business community in Bury St Edmunds town centre since the early days of the Business Improvement District (BID) have achieved 10 years service.
The two directors and two members of staff have worked with Our Bury St Edmunds since the very early days of BID, which began in 2010.
Andrea Mayley from the economic development team at West Suffolk Council was one of the founding directors of the BID, called Our Bury St Edmunds, and has remained on the board ever since.
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