Sad news to report........ time has been called at the Tolbooth.
In 2016 I meet with East Lothian council to renew my lease. I was told due to plans to renovate the town hall that the lease would only be granted until 2020 and there would be no guarantee of anything past that point.
This obviously leaves me without any certain future in relation to the security of my business as the council cannot commit to my lease. I have continued to run the business due to the loyalty of my staff and customers but now feel it is unviable to continue as I have my own family and future to consider.
This and the addition of a number of other personal circumstances have led me to the difficult decision to call time at the Tolbooth.
We shut our doors for the last time on the 23rd of December but felt it better to wait until this point before telling the wider public.
I would like to thank all my staff for all there hard work and also all my loyal and regular customers who have made such a great business possible, this has been an extremely hard decision because of you all. We will miss you all very much.
We wish everyone well and maybe in the future will see some of you again.