– 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…
At the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards conference in Bournemouth last week (Wed 1 July 2015), Leon Livermore, CEO of the CTSI presented the inaugural National Markets Group Awards. The National Markets Group for IP Protection (NMG), which consists of representatives from industry, enforcement and government, works in partnership to reduce the availability of counterfeit…
I am writing this article in anticipation of the start of Love Your Local Market 2015 so I cannot go into any detail about what has happened and describe the events of the fortnight. What I can say is that the omens are very good. At the end of April we had a get together…
The last month has provided the chance to visit some different markets. Roadshows at Cambridge and Stockton enabled us to see two great markets in action. I was unable to visit Cambridge but the feedback from the visit was very positive. Stockton was a real treat. A full market with around one hundred stalls and…
A GIANT and an enormous, majestic eagle re-launched Stockton Town Centre in spectacular fashion on Saturday 21st March. The eagle swooped across the town as part of a breath taking piece of street theatre to the reveal the stunning new water feature in its garden like setting. Leader of Stockton Council, Councillor Bob Cook and…
The challenges facing local markets was high on the agenda as Stockton Council hosted a ‘Mission for Markets’ roadshow (Wednesday 11 March). Representatives from the National Association of British Market Authorities and the National Market Traders Federation, alongside several market operators and traders from across the North East, were welcomed to the newly regenerated Stockton…
Ashton Market has proved it’s still the best of British after being voted Britain’s Favourite Market for the second year running. More than 100,000 public votes were cast in the keenly contested ballot, run by the national Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), as shoppers clicked online to vote for their preferred markets. And once…
It’s fantastic traders!!! Bury Market has just been voted NABMA’s – Best Market Attraction in 2015, an award it previously won in 2012 and 2009, and it has a long list of other plaudits to its name. Bury Council operates the Market on its current Angouleme Way site, where it has been located since 1971,…
The Awards ceremony for the British Market of the Year Awards 2015 competition took place at the Council House, Birmingham during Nabma’s one-day conference – ‘Mission For Markets’. Awards were presented by Jeremy Bradin, of sponsors KPR Midlink; Cllr Mick Barker, the Nabma President and former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson. Sean Wilson, better known…
We are still basking in the success of our recent One Day Conference. The feedback from delegates was very positive and clearly Birmingham is a very popular venue. Next year’s event is already booked for the 28th January 2016. While Penny Mordaunt, Minister for High Street and Markets, was unable to be with us in…