Coffee shop and award-winning barbers to open in new Eastbourne site

Teddy Edwards and Tropic Coffee Co. are opening in FOUNDRY in The Beacon.

FOUNDRY offers spaces for people to work, sell and host events.

A FOUNDRY spokesperson said: “Teddy Edwards has made a great name for itself in Brighton and Hove, and now has its sights firmly set on Eastbourne.

"It will be one of the anchor stores and will be open for business in early September.

“Teddy’s celebrates its 10th anniversary next year. It has award-winning barber shops in Brighton, Hove and Worthing.

"Founder Alex Burt said a great destination for hair needed to be ‘a balance of brilliant customer experience and outstanding service.”

Tropic Coffee Co. founder Howard Kaye also spoke about his company’s ambition.

He said: “Tropic prides itself on providing a perfectly blended cup of coffee using our hand-selected beans carefully curated for Tropic.

"We will encourage our customers to scrap the age-old ‘grab and go’ concept and instead to slow down and take a few minutes to themselves, to reflect, to be aware of their surroundings and enjoy a freshly prepared cup of coffee.”

FOUNDRY is a joint initiative between Adam Walker and Beacon owners Legal and General Investment Management.

Mr Walker said he was delighted to be welcoming Teddy’s to the ground-floor retail and leisure area.

He added: “This award-winning barbers is an amazing vote of confidence in FOUNDRY.

"We are going to have a fantastic line-up of independent shops and traders when we open next month and will be introducing more great retail entrepreneurs throughout the summer.”

The ground floor of FOUNDRY will be open to shoppers seven days a week.

A spokesperson from the site said: “Adam and the team are reviewing applications from operators for the four health and wellbeing or treatment rooms."

Mr Walker is also looking at offering mental health support in the site.

He said: "I am passionate about being able to offer mental health support here at FOUNDRY and having Teddy Edwards in the community is a great start.

"We are in talks with a number of brilliant local mental healthcare professionals.”

Summer Downer said Little Squidges will also have a pop-up shop at FOUNDRY on Saturday, August 20, from 11am-5pm.

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