Emmerdale’s Joe Tate left taken aback as Dawn makes unexpected move

Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) is certainly a woman who knows what she wants in Emmerdale.

Recently in the soap, Dawn and Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) discovered that Belle was struggling with handling everything at Take a Vow. The limo crash in February – that Joe was responsible for – saw the deaths of Suzy, Leyla and Amy, and the first two ran the events business with Belle helping out.

It left Belle completely on her own, so it’s no surprise really that she’s finding things tough.

Dawn developed an idea after finding this out and told Belle that she should be her business partner. Of course, to buy into Take a Vow, Dawn would need a lot of money, and Belle was adamant the cash could not come from Joe.

At Home Farm, Joe put forward the idea of giving Dawn a loan, but she seemed reluctant to accept it and betray Belle.

In tonight’s episode, Dawn told Belle that she’s had a loan accepted from the bank. When Joe found her working later in the day, he reminded her that he could give her the cash interest free, but she didn’t want it.

Dawn said that she wants to make a success of Take a Vow and her new venture alone, which meant she was more than happy to fill out complicated paperwork for the bank, and pay interest on the loan.

Joe was surprised, but also impressed with Dawn’s independence.

As Dawn headed off to a wedding fair, Belle was left alone to organise a christening party at the pub.

She was rushed off her feet, but managed to spy another opportunity when she learnt that April (Amelia Flanagan) needed a job for the summer.

April got to work helping Belle, but she was left shocked when she realised the father of