A dozen black-owned London restaurants have been awarded a combined total of £120,000 to try and encourage more diversity in the food industry.
The group partnered with Enterprise Nation and Uber Eats for its Black Business Fund - which granted money to 25 restaurants across the UK out of 600 applicants.
The fund aims to break down the barriers many black owners face in getting access to investment and finance. In the UK, 5% of small or medium sized businesses are run by people from minority backgrounds, with black and mixed ethnicity groups the least likely to be self-employed. Ms Brown said: "Going forward I want to keep championing women of colour and people from underserved communities - helping to recruit and train staff looking to make their way in hospitality."Jordan Johnson co-founded vegan Caribbean food firm Jam Delish after being put on furlough from his job in economics in May 2020.
The 29-year-old said the grant had "been a massive help especially in the current times" and came about five weeks after his firm's first permanent restaurant opened.
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