Martin’s Fast Food Escape

Blackpool Gazette:

Being made redundant has made a Fylde businessman even hungrier for success.

And financial help from a high street bank has seen Martin Gibson take a bite out of a global fast-food giant.

With a £44,000 enterprise finance guarantee loan from NatWest, Martin has been able to buy his own Subway franchise on Victoria Road West in Cleveleys.

Before being made redundant in November last year, Mr Gibson was a quality manager for Sappi Fine Paper in Blackburn.
The South African-owned company closed its Lancashire operation last year with the loss of more than 100 jobs.

Mr Gibson said: “It is easy to become disillusioned when you are made redundant however I was determined not to let that happen.

“I looked at it as an opportunity to move on to the next stage of my career and took some time to evaluate what I wanted to do next.