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The Link Magazine • March 2002 47
Bola's business booms with divine assistance Magda House Counselling
The response to a feature about nese and English cuisine. Bola of- Confidential Adult Counselling
Bola Clemo's multi-cultural cater- fers a unique 'try before you buy' including relationships,
ing service in the November 1999 service where customers have the depression, stress and anxiety.
Link was so good that she and her opportunity to sample the quality
husband Hedley, who live in Fresh- and flavour of the chosen foods. Adv. Dip. Psychodynamic Counselling
brook, decided it was time to turn Several different packages are FPC Registered
their hobby into a serious business available, from a served meal or Tel: 01793 878607
project. buffet, to dishes prepared and de-
Since then Bola's Kitchen has livered for self-service.
really taken off and has featured in "The Lord is our inspiration in COUNSELLING
Swindon Business News and both this project; you could say this is
local and national Business Link ministry through business," said Stressed, lacking in confidence or
magazines. "The Link story was Hedley, "We're not preaching to interested in personal growth?
very effective over two years ago our customers, but we do take the £15 to £20 a session
and people still refer to it," said younger, yet when I came to Eng- time to understand their require-
Bola. "We had lots of calls to book land to train as a nurse, I discov- ments, out of that comes friend- y Contact:
our Afro-Caribbean meals. This, ered I had a talent for catering for ship. Several members of the Trud , 341704 or Maria, 870878
and more importantly the guid- large numbers." church now work with us in pre-
ance of God, encouraged us to seek As committed Christians Bola paring, cooking and serving the
advice from Business Link and to and Hedley became well known food, and our children also help
take their business start-up course." for their cooking at church gather- make each event a success." The Beefeater Restaurant
Bola has always loved cooking ings, dinner parties and also events Profits from Bola's Kitchen sup-
and finds catering for 250 people at their children's school. Bola's port the family's church & Travel Inn, LydiardFields
just as easy as cooking for ten. "My Kitchen now offers catering and Wroughton Assemblies of God and (next to Hilton Hotel)
father was a village chief in Ni- crockery hire for up to two hun- raise funds for bible clubs at • Chambermaids
geria and the house was often full dred and a menu that has extended Tregoze primary in Grange Park, (hours to suit school times)
of people and food was always beyond Afro-Caribbean dishes to where it has run for nearly ten • Coordinator for Touchbase
being served. I did not cook when take in Thai, Mexican, Italian, Chi- years, and Greendown where Bola Business Meeting Facility
and Hedley's children attend. Full time, sales and marketing
Whether you want to organise a /customer service experience.
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Link magazine readers have broken all records for joining the lottery 40th birthday party, a business to multi-skill across Beefeater
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week seventy nine people receive Evening Advertiser and announced Annual service carried out
a cheque through the post includ- on BBC Wiltshire Sound. at the same time every year
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