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St Luke's closes coffee shop amid rising costs

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January 29, 2025

'THE IMPACT OF HEAVY OVERHEADS HAS BEEN TAKING ITS TOLL'

- LORNA HUGHES

St Luke's closes coffee shop amid rising costs

ST Luke's Hospice Plymouth has announced the immediate closure of its coffee shop, amid soaring costs.

The organisation's b.kinda coffee shop opened just off the Ridgeway, in the heart of Plympton, just 15 months ago.

The charity had aimed to create a "new, sustainable income stream", with all profits going towards funding end-of-life care at St Luke's.

It has now blamed "large and rising overheads," including a rise in National Insurance contributions, for what it says was a "tough decision" to shut up shop.

The coffee shop will be turned into a charity shop for St Luke's, with its existing unit nearby being let out to another retailer.

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