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You will appreciate that in the last few weeks we have been appealing for help to assess the state of the markets industry. The 2022 National Survey is probably our most important Survey given the events of the recent pandemic. With the government agenda for levelling up, communities and supporting the high street then having evidence to take to government and high street partners is critical for NABMA.  To date we have just 76 completed returns that means we will not be able to produce a meaningful analysis which will impact on the credibility of NABMA, and market operators, given that government is waiting to see the results of the Survey. This is by far the lowest figure, at this stage, since we first launched our Surveys over ten years ago. We are seeking around 250 returns. It is impossible for us to talk with government, on your behalf,  and press the case for markets and funding when we do not possess the statistical analysis. To the 600 Markets included within the NABMA membership that have yet to reply,  what are you waiting for? The Survey only takes around twenty minutes to complete for each Market you operate. We need you to complete the Survey NOW. Parish and Town Councils are the growth area in our membership and probably receive the greatest support from the NABMA team at present, and yet less than a dozen have returned surveys so far. With your interest in the future of market towns then why is this the case? In the next few days, unless we see a rapid increase in responses, we will have no option other than to start ringing operators making personal requests for this information. Please save us this additional time and cost. Please make the completion of the survey your priority this week. The link to the Survey is as follows: https://nabma.com/retail-markets-survey-2021-22/ Yours sincerely David Preston (BA Hons)Chief ExecutiveThe National Association of British Market Authorities

Earlier this week I made an urgent appeal for NABMA members to complete the NATIONAL RETAIL MARKETS SURVEY using this link: https://nabma.com/retail-markets-survey-2021-22/Sadly the response has been disappointing. I am setting out below the 76 Markets who have already responded. We need to double this number in the next ten days.  Is your Market(s) there? If so thank you. If not can I please make a further request for you to complete the Survey NOW. | Saffron Walden | Ely Markets | Great Yarmouth market | Great Yarmouth market | Idlewells Indoor Market | Moor Market | Hucknall Outdoor Market | Kirkby in Ashfield Outdoor Market | Sutton in Ashfield Outdoor Market | Mablethorpe | Newark Royal Market | Bassetlaw Markets | Northampton open market | Loughborough Retail Markets | Beeston Monday, Beeston Wednesday market, Kimberley local market, Stapleford local market, Beeston Craft, Gift and food fair | Borough Market | Inverness Street Market | Portobello Road Market | Golborne Road Market | East St Market | Bromley Charter Market | Whitecross Street Market | Walthamstow Market | Walthamstow Sunday Social | quayside market | Stockport Market | Warrington Market | Burnley | Gorton Market | Longsight Market | Wythenshawe Market | Chester | Ellesmere Port Market | Birkenhead Market | Concourse Shopping Centre Market Hall | ALLERDALE MARKETS | Chesham Local Produce Market | Bovingdon Market | Deal Saturday Market | Forest Row Market | Hitchin Market | Leighton Buzzard | Newton Abbot Indoor Market | Newton Abbot outdoor market | Blandford Forum Markets | Cirencester Markets | Blandford Forum Indoor Market | Blandford Forum Street Market | Swanage Friday Market | Beverley MilnerSimonds | Highworth | Cardiff Market | Swansea | Oswestry | Coventry market | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newport Shropshire Indoor Market | Bromsgrove Market | Ross-on-~Wye Market | Ilkley Market | Leeds Kirkgate Market | Leeds Kirkgate Market | Wakefield City Market | Normanton | Ossett | South Elmsall | Pontefract | Castleford | Shipley Open Market | Bingley Open Market | Keighley Market | Kirkgate Market | Settle Charter Market | Farsley farmers market | Scarborough Market Hall & Vaults | Barnsley Indoor Market

As a reminder, our Annual Conference and AGM is being held from the 18th  to 20th  September 2022 at the Double Tree Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel and Spa. We are delighted to return to our traditional dates and format and make a welcome return to Harrogate, a most popular venue on the NABMA circuit of conference venues.  Please book early as places are limited. NABMA Annual AGM & Conference 2022 – NABMA NABMA extends a warm welcome to Vitabri as our headline Conference sponsor.  Vitabri is renowned for its high-quality products, designed and produced in France.  Vitabri Chief Executive Emmanuel Musner confirmed “We look forward to welcoming NABMA delegates to Harrogate and spending time together”. The Conference will be a recognition of the immense contribution of markets to local communities during the pandemic and a look to the future and the many opportunities and threats posed as we all see the impact of change in our daily lives. Markets are facing many challenges and yet there are success stories to tell and evidence of investment in the future. Join us at our Conference and come away with ideas and inspiration. Yours sincerelyDavid Preston (BA Hons)Chief Executive

Hi All, at Leeds we run the market with a Market Management board and hold these meetings every eight weeks which are at a more strategic level, this isn’t a decision making board only advisory but allows us to update members on what is happening with the market and be used as a check and challenge for ideas we may wish to implement. The board consists of market management, trader reps both indoor and outdoor, local ward members and independent business representatives. Minutes are taken and sent out to all traders via email for their information. Outside of this as managers we have operational meetings with trader reps on a monthly basis to discuss any day to day issues. We have done this for a number of years now and are always looking to see if there are better ways of doing things so would be interested to understand what other markets have in place to support them with the running of the market, and how this works for them and the traders. Thanks Steve Steven MasonHead of MarketsLeeds City CouncilT: 0113 3789071E: Steven.Mason@leeds.gov.uk

Have you booked yet for this joint event? If you are a local council do any of your elected members wish to join us? Throughout the pandemic markets have provided essential services to their local communities. Many markets are now operated by local councils and more are considering delivering this important local service that can help regenerate high streets and town centres and provide start up business opportunities. Markets can also be an important part of the levelling up agenda in terms of improving public services and helping to restore a sense of community and local pride. This event will look at recent changes to legislation in terms of planning and the use of public realm. Importantly it will discuss how a local council can operate a market, both in terms of legislation and a policy framework. It will also share good practice and case studies from successful markets. NABMA Members can book here The programme for this free event will be of interest to all NABMA members. If you are from a local council why not extend this invitation to your elected members? Sessions are –  The Changing Face of Market ManagementOswestry Markets have 800 years of proud history. We look at how these award winning markets have accepted change to remain at the heart of their local community. This in terms of management, innovation, partnerships, generating town centre footfall and delivering events.  Markets, the Legal Framework and Town CentresThe NABMA Legal and Policy Consultant looks at why and how local councils can operate markets and specialist events and the community benefit that they bring. Behind the Scenes at a Market of the YearLeighton Linslade Town Council were awarded the NABMA Best Local Council Market accolade for 2022 for their Leighton Buzzard Market. We look at their journey to this award and how this market dealt with the pandemic crisis. The Market Question TimeA panel of local council market experts from Sevenoaks, Ludlow, Epping and Sandbach share their experience of the pandemic and the fight back. What has been the change agenda? What external help has been received? Are new start-up businesses being attracted and is the influence of local councils increasing in delivering events and activities to increase town centre footfall? Yours sincerely David Preston (BA Hons)Chief Executive

As a reminder, our Annual Conference and AGM is being held from the 18th  to 20th  September 2022 at the Double Tree Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel and Spa. We are delighted to return to our traditional dates and format and make a welcome return to Harrogate, a most popular venue on the NABMA circuit of conference venues.  Please book early as places are limited. NABMA Annual AGM & Conference 2022 – NABMA NABMA extends a warm welcome to Vitabri as our headline Conference sponsor.  Vitabri is renowned for its high-quality products, designed and produced in France.  Vitabri Chief Executive Emmanuel Musner confirmed “We look forward to welcoming NABMA delegates to Harrogate and spending time together”. The Conference will be a recognition of the immense contribution of markets to local communities during the pandemic and a look to the future and the many opportunities and threats posed as we all see the impact of change in our daily lives. Markets are facing many challenges and yet there are success stories to tell and evidence of investment in the future. Join us at our Conference and come away with ideas and inspiration. Yours sincerelyDavid Preston (BA Hons)Chief Executive

NABMA is both disappointed and worried at the slow response to date to our Retail Markets Survey. We have a real concern at present as to why our membership is not supporting us to complete this 15-minute survey?  Around 300 markets are needed to make this a meaningful exercise to provide evidence for NABMA to use with government and other partners.  If NABMA is to press the importance and value of markets to government, and other high street partners, then we need statistical proof of our case rather than hearsay. Please help us, to in turn, help you. Please set aside in your diary some time in the next week to complete the Survey. https://nabma.com/retail-markets-survey-2021-22/ For new market officers, then as background since 2011, NABMA have carried out retail market surveys of the country’s retail markets to record year-on-year changes.  This year, the survey has been reviewed and improved to include a greater depth and breadth of impact measurements. In addition, to provide a more accurate measurement then the section of the survey that measures year-on-year changes in performance will compare 2021/22 with 2019/20 as the Covid pandemic in 2020/21 would provide inaccurate performance comparisons. This survey is open to operators of retail markets and non-traditional retail markets, such as operators of specialist events, including fairs, festivals, concerts, shows and fetes.       The findings will be presented at our conference in September.  Once again NABMA is grateful to Colin Wolstenholme, Markets Manager Bradford who is managing this Survey. Colin puts a tremendous amount of work into setting up the survey and undertaking the analysis and is deserving of the widest possible support. Hopefully our plea to you will result in more returns in the next few days.  Yours sincerely David Preston (BA Hons)Chief ExecutiveThe National Association of British Market Authorities

The Regional Conferences focus on how markets are emerging from the pandemic, the change agenda alongside a range of topical market issues. The final event of the 2022 series is focussed on London and the South but is open to all. The theme is ‘Markets Delivering Change’ and will be delivered by Zoom between 10.00 and 12.30  Each event has a regional flavour as we want to give people a chance to talk about what is happening locally. We also want to help you build up local contacts. This free event is open to all NABMA members and involves some of your local colleagues, members of the NABMA team and our sponsors. Please support your colleagues and let’s talk markets.BOOK HERE The programme for the 28 July is- Welcome From NABMA President Councillor Mick Barker and Market Place, our Event SponsorMarkets and the London SceneThe Economy Committee of the London Assembly has been discussing the current landscape for street and covered markets in London and what are the key challenges and opportunities they face?  This as the new London Market Board is due to begin a new term. We extend the debate about the London market scene that includes some of the most iconic markets in the UK.Megan Dean, Senior Project Officer, Planning and Regeneration, Greater London AuthorityMarkets and Planning for ChangeA private sector market company looks at the impact of the pandemic in terms of market management, operational changes and event planning. What are the options that may be available in an era of change for market history and tradition?Nick Rhodes, Chief Executive, Market PlaceMarkets and the Policy and Legal FrameworkThe pandemic has seen changes in planning legislation, the encouragement of flexibility in the use of public realm, and freedoms to extend market activities. NABMA looks at the implications and impact on markets and local strategies arising from these government announcements.Graham Wilson OBE, NABMA Legal and Policy ConsultantThe Modern Market MangerHow is the role of the traditional manager changing? What is the interaction between place and market management? What is the skill set needed to deliver professional market operations? We ask the questions and look at how NABMA can further support market managers, teams and their professional development.Abdul Komor, Street Trading Service Manager, London Borough of Waltham ForestMarket SoapboxYour question, comment or issue.  Yours sincerely David Preston (BA Hons)Chief ExecutiveThe National Association of British Market Authorities

Hi all,  At Swansea Market we’re currently seeking a company that can deliver a design and build project.  It involves the upgrade and modernisation of the exteriors of the 3 main entrances of the Market. If anyone has any contacts that they think would be suitable for such a project, I’d be really keen to have their details! Many thanks for any help you may be able to give.  Kind regardsSarah (Swansea Market)

Hi Wondering if anyone could advise, we have a small food court and a prospective tenant would like to serve alcohol . Do we as a shopping centre have to be Licenced or does the tenant apply for the licence himself ?I’ve not used the basecamp before so i hope I’m posting on the right page 🙂