It’s been a good year to be vegan in the UK — especially if you live in Brighton. The vegan scene in the city has been on the rise in 2020, with several new plant-based restaurants opening and thriving despite the pandemic.
The Vurger Co Receives Investment From Chris Smalling’s VC Fund ForGood
Following a successful year which saw the opening of its largest ever restaurant location and expansion into new retailers, The Vurger Co has received funding from footballer Chris Smalling and his climate-focused VC consultancy, ForGood. The plant-based burger brand said it was “thrilled” to partner with Smalling and ForGood, which was founded last year in collaboration with Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, an early backer of The Vurger, and Rebecca Wheeler. “We all want to subvert the way things work, change habits, and evolve how we as a species think and perceive what we eat, use and do every day. Aiming at removing animals from the supply chain is our main and most powerful shared goal,” ForGood’s founders recently told vegconomist. “We can’t wait to see our …