Refurbishment at King's Lynn Wimpy will increase seating and jobs

Refurbishment work is taking place at a family restaurant in Lynn's town centre which will see the customer capacity increase.

Wimpy, located on New Conduit Street, will be closed until the end of July with the building being completely gutted out for the new design.

The changes will see "five to 10" jobs being created at the restaurant, bringing the total number of employees up to 20.

Owner Raj Bhangal, who purchased the restaurant in September 2018, said: "There will be a new shift design. The building was looking very tired.

"It will look a lot, lot brighter with more inviting colours and the seating will be completely different. We will be increasing the seats as well from 80 at the moment to around 100-120."

The businessman, who joined the Wimpy franchise in 2004, is also looking at purchasing restaurants in Norwich, Cambridge and Essex.

A delivery service is also in the pipeline in partnership with Just Eat and Uber Eats.

On the Lynn restaurant, Mr Bhangal added: "It's a brilliant location. I 100 per cent think these changes will attract new people. If you go to the same old place on a daily basis it becomes old so by providing this, we should create new custom, especially younger customers."

The Lynn staff are currently on furlough but Mr Bhangal he will not be cutting any jobs.