For Skett’s 60th Year, we are offering all traders the chance to have a free market stall at one of our retail markets to celebrate LOVE YOUR LOCAL MARKET 2016! There are limited spaces available for each type of stall and we will not be able to duplicate current trades which are already on the…
MARKET traders have turned life savers after raising money to install a defibrillator in Leyland town centre. Leyland is now a heart safe town after dedicated Leyland Market stall holders worked together to raise funds for the life-saving machine. The stall holders ran a raffle and tombola to contribute towards the cost of the defibrillator.…
Edward (Ted) George Skett aged 84 died Sunday 10th April He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, to the late Kathleen and George Skett on 22nd June 1931, the eldest son of seven children. He is survived by his 3 children, 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. After completing his national service in 1951 in the…
New Watford Market New Watford Market is a gated, covered market, situated under the flyover on Watford House Lane. It is believed that in the 12th Century, the Abbot of St Albans was granted a charter by King Henry I to hold a weekly market in Watford following pressure from the locals. The new market…
I have made big predictions for the rise of community markets in 2016 and with the support of the Mayor’s High Street Fund, it is great to hear about many new community inspired markets being launched. Roman Road Yard Market is one of them. I speak to Tabitha Stapely, from the Roman Road Trust who…
I am writing this article just as National Apprentice week draws to a close for 2016 and I have just finished a week long road show around Bolton promoting Apprenticeships and everything that is great about them. Now “when I was a lad” Apprenticeships were pretty limited, in fact I did a few weeks at…
What a great One Day Conference we had at Birmingham. The reactions from our delegates suggested that it was one of our best ever. Over ninety per cent of delegates rated the Conference good/very good. Indeed the event is now almost becoming too big for the Council House at Birmingham but we are reluctant to…
Between 30 November and 03 January, the riverside stretching from More London (By HMS Belfast) Hay’s Galleria, London Bridge City Pier to London Bridge City, came alive with over 100 log cabins, twinkling with Christmas lights. The area, from The Scoop to Jetty Pier is surrounded by offices with an estimated 180,000 employees. Being an…
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…
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…