Traders from around the world will be descending on Stoke-on-Trent when a continental market returns to the city. From Wednesday, April 13 to Saturday, April 16, dozens of traders will be setting up stalls in the city centre in Tontine Square and Upper Market Square. Visitors to the market will be able to try a…
Free monthly tours will give visitors the chance to delve into the past of Durham Market Hall to discover not only more than 160 years’ history as home to the City’s markets but also its past as the site of a palace belonging to the Nevilles of Raby, as a factory and a workhouse. Historian…
Plans to revitalise Romford Market have been given a major boost by news that the Greater London Authority has approved Havering Council’s bid for £1m in funding towards the project. Efforts will focus on the historic end of the Market Place with ideas including a public open space for events and activities outside St Edward…
Architects have been appointed and are currently working on different options to improve the appearance of the market and bring it up to date, making the most of its heritage features. In a recent residents’ survey, 92 per cent of respondents said they thought it was important or very important to have a market in…
BEST LARGE COMMUNITY MARKET – ENFIELD MARKET The winner is a charitable trust that operates this market on thrice weekly basis. Working as a trust, some £100,000 was invested in 2015 to regenerate the market which included a dedicated food area and space for live entertainment; turning the market from a loss to profit making.…
Marketsnapp Set To Revolutionise Market Shoppping Marketsnapp is a new online platform which will enable local traders (whether they have a market stall or work from home) to display and sell their products instantly, and we’re launching in April 2016. Marketsnapp will give local shoppers the convenience of browsing the shelves of hundreds of local…
Everybody knows that Ashton Market is the place for a bargain. Traditionally it might be mum or dad looking for something for the family, but now there’s plenty to entice the many students who have come into the centre of Ashton to study at the new Clarendon College. Traders at the market have just launched…
Hope you had a good Christmas. Try not to think about the kipper season. Preliminary sales results from the big boys have been poor at best. The ‘Big Four’ supermarkets have been fighting off the Germans – Aldi and Lidl – so margins remained wafer-thin. The High Street fashion retailers were hammered by unseasonably warm…
The beginning of any year is a time for looking back and also forward. In terms of 2015 NABMA has probably had its best ever year. Record membership levels, sell out Conferences and excellent entries for all our competitions are all indications of the continuing progress made by the organisation. In addition we are expanded…
Or so the saying goes and it would seem the adage is at last beginning to ring true for women working in the markets industry. Researching leading and influential women in the markets industry is not an easy task; rather than uncovering a wealth of information about our female Market Managers, company Directors and Chief…