A Fun and Friendly Market in the North West Earlestown is a town in the Borough of St Helens and is situated adjacent to Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside some six miles to the north of Warrington. The town was originally built around the wagon works of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and was named after Sir…

Keswick is an English Market town and civil parish formerly part of Cumberland and since 1974 in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria. The town, in the Lake District National Park, is just north of Derwentwater and 4 miles from Bassenthwaite. Keswick is an English Market town and civil parish formerly part of Cumberland and since 1974…

Harborough Farmers Market traders Nice Pies expect their award winning, traditional and exotic meat pies to be in even more demand after an appearance on Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty’s Friday Night Feast last week. Kath Walmsley, husband Phil and their daughter Aimi – the family behind Old Dalby based company Nice Pie, were visited…

Australia Day 2015 The sun was shining on Preston Market on Monday 26th January when the Market celebrated Australia Day. The popular Lancashire Market was filled with Australian Flag Bunting and traders throughout could be seen wearing Cork Hats and Kylie Minogue masks.  Boomerangs were also seen in abundance together with dozens of patriotic Kangaroos…

East Herts Council are celebrating British Breakfast week at Hertford Market on Saturday 31st January with a gift voucher for all their traders giving them £2 off of a breakfast served at the market local café, The Hertford café. Café owner Adem will serve up breakfast throughout the morning or provide a take away for…

Saturday 10th January saw the launch of the first Hertfordshire Food & Drink Awards 2015.  Hertford Market hosted the event with Events & PR, a company recognised for event management. Among the categories there is a Best Farmers Market Stallholder holder one which has already received a number of nominations by the public for traders…

Hanley Market has everything you could want from a market and much more  North Staffordshire has a long association with markets with various documents indicating that markets were held by custom from the Middle Ages with records of stall charges dating back to 1392. With the growth of the industrial revolution came North Staffordshire’s emergence…

Old Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, just outside the City of London. It is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The closest tube station is Liverpool Street. There has been a market on the site since 1638 when Charles I of England gave licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be…

On 1st – 2nd March, Olympia will host the Spring edition of the Off-Price Show. The event is known for showcasing the best deals in the fashion wholesale market. Visitors to the event are trade buyers of all size who come to order ladies’, men’s and children’s fashion, accessories and footwear. Subjects relevant to all…

I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and here’s to a happy and prosperous New Year! Market trading is always tough in January especially when the weather is like this, although rather than wish the month away I always try to use my time creatively and try and set a few goals for…