Britain’s Favourite Market 2018 – Shrewsbury Market .
A focus on collaboration, community focus and cuisine marked out the winners in the Great British Market Awards at The Council House, Birmingham (25 January 2018) presented by Celebrity Cake Artist, Molly Robbins, star of Channel 4’s ‘Extreme Cake Makers’.
We are delighted to announce that Molly Robbins from Channel 4’s Extreme Cake Makers programme will be joining us at the One Day Conference later this week in Birmingham to present the Great British Market Awards.
The Nabma Diploma Course in Market Administration is set to introduce budgeting and accountancy skills into the curriculum for 2018. Nabma course leader Stephen Pickering commented, “Having control and understanding of your budgets is the essential facilitator for introduction of new initiatives.”
The LGA and NABMA issued a press notice just before Christmas on the first messages emerging from the work undertaken by NABMA Market Place on Christmas markets.
As you know, we have been looking forward to the announcement of the London Markets Board for some time now, and so I am very pleased to be able to tell you that the make-up of the Board was announced by Jules Pipe, GLA Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills this morning at Borough Market, along with the GLA’s “Understanding London’s Markets” research report which also contains some Recommendations for the New Board and to which NABMA contributed a huge amount of information. The report can be accessed on the GLA website at https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/regeneration . The link also leads you to an innovative interactive map of London’s markets which can also be accessed here. A toolkit will follow in the New Year.
Appointments to the Board have been made on a personal basis, and I am very pleased to be able to tell you that both Graham Wilson and I have been invited onto the Board. And you will see in the list of Board Members below, that a number of NABMA members will sit on the Board, including Helen Evans from New Covent Garden Market Authority, who will co-chair it. Also click here for a press release from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
The first LMB meeting is planned for February next year.
The GLA also announced that London will host the 10th International Markets Conference, in partnership with Project for Public Spaces (PPS), a New York-based Charity, which will take place in London in June from 6-8th and it is expected that the LMB will play an important role in shaping and designing the conference.
I will share further information as soon as I receive it.
Yours sincerely
Hilary Paxman
Chief Executive
Full list of LMB members are as follows:
Helen Evans – Director of Business Development at New Covent Garden Markets. Helen is also a member of the London Food Board.
Graham Wilson – National Association of British Market Authorities. Graham is the former CEO and legal advisor and has an in-depth knowledge of markets legislation
Hilary Paxman – Chief Executive of NABMA, Hilary has worked in a range of departments in the Civil Service. Her role included working on local economic growth issues and leading on the Government’s response to the Select Committee report on markets.
Kay Richardson – Director of ‘Space Embrace Community Interest Company’. Kay has also been a market trader and created the WESTRA’s Spacehive crowdfunding campaign to relaunch Well Street Market.
John Burton – Urban Space Management. A chartered surveyor, John managed Greenwich Market, Gravesend Heritage Quarter, Swindon Market Hall and West Silvertown retail. He has been involved in regeneration of markets across England and London.
Darren Henaghan – Managing Director of Borough Market. Darren has worked as Director of Environment for the London Borough of Eagling. After training as a civil engineer, he has worked in senior positions at Barking and Dagenham and Ealing councils.
Stuart Horwood – Brixton Traders Association. Stuart is one of the founding directors of the Brixton Market Traders’ Federation. Has been a local trader since 1984.
Diane Cunningham – Freelance consultant. Diane co-founded Chatsworth Road market in Hackney where she was a director of the Community Interest Company (CIC) and sat on the Street Markets Advisory Board, a cabinet level group at the London Borough of Hackney
John Shepherds – Managing Director of Partridges of Duke of York Square on the King’s Road. John has many years’ experience in the world of food
Seamus Adams – Head of Service Parking and Markets at London Borough of Hackney. Seamus is responsible for managing and overseeing all Hackney street markets.
Debbie Carpenter – Market development manager at London Borough of Camden. Debbie previously worked for over 20 years as market manager at Tower Hamlets council.
Ian Dobbs – Head of markets, KERB. Ian has developed and now oversees a portfolio of six London street food markets.
Co-optees:
Cllr Nadia Shah –Camden Councillor. Nadia has been a councillor since 2014. She has been on the council executive, became the first female British Bangladeshi Mayor in 2016/17, and was then elected into the cabinet as cabinet member for Skills Employment and Youth. She is currently the cabinet member for Community Safety. Both of her cabinet positions included markets in her portfolio. She is also involved in managing a family business.
Cllr Rachel Tripp – Newham Councillor. She works at the Health and Care Professions Council which gives her an excellent understanding of regulation, particularly of designing systems that combine accessibility with robust public protection.
Hazel Simmonds – Consultant with MAC-UK, which engages with the UK’s most deprived young people to improve their well-being. Hazel was previously Interim Assistant Director at Hampshire County Council for Economic Development and Deputy Director for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration at Hackney where she had responsibility for markets and small businesses.
Advisor to London Markets Board:
Joe Harrison, CEO, National Market Traders Federation (NMTF) Founded in 1899, the NMTF is the only national trade association for market and street traders, events retailers and mobile caterers in the UK. They represent around 22,000 micro-businesses that trade on markets, festivals and shows.
The British public have been voting for their favourite market in the Great British Market Awards & now the top 6 finalists can be revealed. These are Barrow in Furness, Cambridge, Leeds Kirkgate, Norwich, Shrewsbury and Skipton.
The Great British Market Awards are run by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) and sponsored by KPR Midlink. The awards include a category to find out which is Britain’s Favourite Market and, as a first step, asked the public to vote online for their favourite market. The competition opened at the beginning of October & voting by the public closed at midnight on the 30th November. The top 6 now go through to the next stage to find out which is Britain’s favourite.
The finalists will receive a visit by two members of the Judging panel before Christmas to see for themselves why the market is loved by their customers and supporters.
During their visit, the Judges will be looking at how the market work with local partners; provide opportunities for new traders and developing businesses; involve young people; drive footfall and encourage dwell time, as well as marketing themselves. Fundamentally the judges are keen to find out why the market is everyone’s favourite locally and why it deserves the title of Britain’s Favourite Market.
Secondly, each market will also receive a visit by Storecheckers, the mystery shopping organisation over the coming weeks.
Hilary Paxman, CEO of NABMA & one of the judges said of the awards;
“Britain’s Favourite Market is a tough competition to win as it relies on the support of a public vote to get in to the final stage. I am delighted for all of the top 6 markets who have made it into the final part of the competition and I and my fellow judges look forward to visiting them before Christmas to find out for ourselves why they should be deemed as Britain’s Favourite Market 2018”. The winner will be announced at the NABMA One Day Conference in Birmingham on 25th January 2018”.
Today is the last day to vote for your Favourite British Market in our Great British Market Awards #GBMAs. You have until midnight to make your vote so get everyone you know to vote for you as it might make the difference between making the last 6 or not! Vote here
Watch the latest video on the Love Your Local Market Facebook site showing markets across the ITV Anglia region. Also see NABMA’s CEO Hilary Paxman’s interview about the Great British Market Awards #GBMAs. Make sure that you vote for your Favourite British Market at www.nabma.com/vote
Scarborough Borough Council has recently spent over £2m redeveloping their Grade II listed Victorian Market and turning it into a 21st century market place and food court.
An exciting opportunity has now been created for a new Market Superintendent. They are looking for someone with the passion to make the market work. The postholder will be responsible for the day to day running of the market, supporting traders and overseeing staffing arrangements. For the job advert, description & job spec see our jobs vacancies page here Closing date: Friday 8th December 2017
Lancing Parish Council are inviting tenders from interested parties for the following concession commencing on 1st April 2018:
Bank Holiday Markets, Beach Green, Lancing
Tenders for the concession are required by noon on Wednesday 13th December 2017. Tender documents and details of the main terms and conditions for the concession are available upon request from Lancing Parish Council Office at the Parish Hall, South Street, Lancing BN15 8AJ. Telephone 01903 753355 or email: admin@lancingparishcouncil.gov.uk
Please contact them direct for further information.
