Two graduates have won £29,000 of funding to open a new organic cafe in Bristol.

Friska, situated in the new Paragon Centre on Victoria Street, has been started by Ed Brown and Griff Holland, who are economics graduates of Bath University.

The cafe, styled as an ethical fast food restaurant sells dishes including Moroccan meatballs and Goan fish curry.

Ed Brown said: "Griff and I are thrilled to be opening the doors of Friska and look forward to welcoming our first customers.

We both wanted to run our own business and the idea of combining this with the passion we both have for healthy eating and a real community lifestyle, is fantastic.

Our degrees have given us the confidence to have faith in the research we have done telling us that the business can be a success even in the current climate. We like to thank everyone who has helped us along the way, including our family, friends and business mentor Simon Edwards for all their support."

The pair got funding from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), via the Government backed Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, and RBS's fellow Group business Lombard.