A feast of food festivals Record numbers at Bolton … Bolton’s Food and Drink Festival recorded record numbers for the town’s foodie fest over the Bank Holiday Weekend. 267,000 visitors flocked to the Greater Manchester town over the four days, where over 200 traders were selling interesting food and drink from around the world. Celebrity…
Durham Markets is inviting locals and visitors to take a walking tour into the past of this central Durham site with free history tours for Heritage Open Days. Members of the public are invited to sign up for a guided tour of the site on either Thursday 7th or Friday 8th September at 10.30am, with…
Employers Liability Q I’ve just decided to get some help on my stall, I will be taking the person on as self-employed, does this mean I don’t need to buy Employers Liability? A In a nutshell, Employers Liability (EL) is a statutory requirement for Limited Companies with more than one employee or companies and sole…
It will soon be time to hand over the reins and NABMA will have a new Chief Executive. It has been a great honour to have been NABMA’s Chief Executive for thirteen years and in that time, I believe we have seen some significant changes that provide the markets industry with optimism going forward. I…
You can make money, but you can’t make time When I first started in business I constantly heard the same phrases: “If you want something doing properly then do it yourself” and “Don’t trust anyone”, which I took as good sound advice and implemented into my day-to-day life, devoting all of my time to running…
Suspended jail sentence for misuse of bakery equipment Following a news item that we ran in MTN March 2017, issue 203, regarding a bakery in Bristol being fined for the unauthorised use of Bakers Basco equipment, the owner of Windmill Bakery in Coventry recently received a six-week suspended custodial sentence for similar offences. At a…
The Off-Price show returns with a new name The Off-Price discounted retail fashion show returns this year with a new name and a new venue. StockXchange, is set to bring together specialist fashion stock suppliers and buyers at the ILEC exhibition centre in West London. The two-day event runs from 17th-18th September and will offer…
Pocket guide for Stockton Market Stockton’s Business Improvement District (BID) has produced a pocket guide of Stockton Market to highlight, ‘The diversity and variety of goods available at one of the North East’s oldest markets.’ The 700-year-old market is often referred to locally as ‘the Queen of the North’ because of the number of stalls…
Cambridge’s second night market success Hot on the heels of their successful first night market, to coincide with LYLM fortnight, Cambridge Market hosted their second on 21 July, showing family favourite Toy Story and Mamma Mia. The weather held and the people arrived en-masse. Dan Ritchie, Markets and Street Trading Development Manager, told MTN: “It was…
New manager at St John’s Liverpool’s St Johns Market has appointed David Wightman as its new manager, replacing interim market manager Colin McCrory, who has overseen the operation since it re-opened in November, following a £2.5m revamp. David has spent the past 23 years running shopping centres, before taking up his new role at one…