THE owners of a new ice cream parlour in Andover town centre have scooped up a grant.

Dawn Tapp and Brian Chant, who opened the doors to Twenty5 in February, have been awarded the first instalment of a £1,000 independent retailer grant from Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC).

Business partners Dawn and Brian were presented with the first £500 in March and will return for seconds in six months’ time.

Dawn, pictured with son Ash, said: “The support we have received from customers has been astonishing. We are over the moon with the amount of people we have had through the door to try our gelato.”

Brian added: “We spent a lot of time, effort and money transforming the old unit into the modern gelato parlour you see today. We are so pleased that we have been given this grant, which has was very helpful during the opening of the shop.”

TVBC’s business and economics officer David Gleave presented the cheque, and said: “I am very glad to be able to present this grant funding to Dawn and Brian. Twenty5 is a great addition to Andover’s High Street — I know I’ll be popping over for a scoop or two!”