The owner of a popular village chippy says she is overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection after she announced she was quitting after nearly 23 years. Niki Papachristodoulou is leaving Burton Joyce Fish due to a combination of professional and personal reasons.
She will serve her last customers at the chippy, in Main Road, this weekend. The 49-year-old said the crisis the industry is facing has taken its toll.
Niki said: "During Covid was very, very stressful. That's when it started to become less enjoyable. You talk to any fish and chip owner at the moment and they are all beside themselves with stress. It's such a shame. We'll have no small independent businesses left if the government doesn't help us out somehow."
