Market Place were very proud to deliver the very First Food and Drink Festival for Market Harborough over the Bank Holiday weekend, set in the beautiful Welland Park. The Festival was the brain child of Nick Rhodes Chief Executive of Market Place and Sairah Butt Market Manager of the Towns Market Hall which is operated…
Keeping it local in Hertfordshire The beautiful county town of Hertford is situated just over 19 miles north of Central London and has been the county town of Hertfordshire since Saxon times. Much of the town centre is a conservation area with some Tudor buildings and historic sites still remaining. The market charter was signed…
In this instance, C is for community and in London there appears to be a growing community market scene. As someone who spends a lot of time frequenting markets, both for business and pleasure, the C-word is a breath of fresh air for the market industry. In times of austerity, markets seem to be fighting…
From the West Indies to the West Midlands Following on from our overview of Brixton Village and Market Row (MTN April 2015, issue 180) https://www.markettradenews.com/londonsbrixton-village-and-market-row/, Kirsty Flatt went to visit Market Operations Manager, Rachid Ghailane and Geraud Markets UK Area Manager, David Palmer- Barnes to hear about the exciting opportunity that the restaurant and café…
There are almost 8,000 of these kiosks spread across the UK. The famous ‘K6’ design created by Sir George Gilbert Scott has gained almost symbolic status, and was recently voted the greatest British design of all time in a poll that included the Routemaster bus, the Mini Cooper and even the Union flag. Under the…
– FREE TRIALS now available We all like to ‘try before you buy’ and it’s no different with technology. To coincide with the Nabma Annual Conference returning to Harrogate, the Bizaar Market Management team are offering FREE TRIALS of their brand new version of Android Bizaar. With budgets and time getting ever tighter, together with…
Hundreds of thousands of foodies have flocked to Bolton for the town’s biggest and best food and drink festival yet. Organisers are still calculating visitor figures but early indications suggest they are set to top last year’s 152,000, with festival goers coming from a far afield as Australia, France, and across the UK. Bolton Food…
The installation of environmentally-friendly solar panels on the roof of Harborough Indoor Market on Northampton Road, Market Harborough was completed last week. Harborough District Council, with assistance from Leicestershire County Council, have installed the photovoltaic (solar) panels on the south-facing pitched roof of its market building to ensure maximum efficiency. They have been introduced at…
Swansea Market trader, Leeanne Martin, who works at the DE Richards & Sons deli stall, was nominated for the Love Your Local Market accolade by a fellow trader. A photo of Leeanne with her son, McKenzie, was submitted to support the application. The photo helped muster 750 votes for Leanne that included results from…
LondonEdge launch cutting edge collections as a preview to September show 6th-8th September 2015, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, N1. It may be 32 shows young, but LondonEdge is right on money when it comes to youth, subculture and alternative fashion. With the celebration of exactly that in mind, the team behind the show have…