NatWest has a long history spanning over 30 years of supporting retailers in Sparkhill, an area now widely recognised as Britain’s independent shopping capital.
Two local businesses that are taking Sparkhill by storm with NatWest support are Poze Accessories and Dipyum Cakes/Deepalis restaurant.
Poze Accessories, run by Daanish Ahmed and family, provides affordable women’s luxury footwear, bridal and evening wear and has concession stands in shops across the UK.
Last month Poze celebrated a decade of success with the opening of a fourth store in the area and, with further NatWest support, looks to open another city centre store shortly.
Sparkhill is also home to Dipyum Cakes, run by Deepali Kenth and family, which has for 18 years provided specialist dietary cakes to Midlands residents and events including weddings and vegan festivals. Since 2011, the family has also offered vegetarian Indian cuisine through Deepalis restaurant.
With this most recent funding, Deepali will continue to refine new recipes and secure further corporate customers.
Daanish said: “We have worked with NatWest since day one – they have supported us for 10 years and have always been fantastic.”
Manjit Kang, Real Estate Finance Manager and Diversity Ambassador at NatWest commented: “It’s great to see Sparkhill receive its deserved recognition for offering Birmingham a predominantly independent, culturally rich dining and shopping experience. It’s been a pleasure to work with the Kenth and Ahmed families and see their businesses flourish, and we look forward to many more successful years together.”
Deepali added: “NatWest has given us help all the way – Manjit and the team have shared great knowledge and expertise with us for 18 years now. They have even helped with networking by setting up meetings with new customers as we look to grow. We couldn’t ask for more from the experience we’ve had with NatWest.”
