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Have you booked to attend one of the regional meetings yet? The first one takes place in Bolton on 23rd March. Then Ely on 30th March, Barnsley – 5th April, London – 26th April & the final one in Bridport on 24th May.

The regional meetings will cover the 5 priorities below for taking the “Professionalising Markets” agenda forward, the Love Your Local Market campaign, networking & will give you the opportunity to share best practice. If you would like to see details of each regional meeting & to book click here

Professionalising Markets – 5 priorities:

1 NATIONAL BENCHMARKING PROJECT
A formal start is being made with a meeting of a number of markets at the APSE offices in Manchester. NABMA wants this project to be of benefit to the whole markets industry so regular updates will be provided.

2 PITCH UP FOR RETAIL
It is clear many of our members have already forged links with local schools, colleges and universities. NABMA wants to see these links taken further with a formal training qualification which embraces market trading. We will be looking over the next few months to see if we can link up with at least ten colleges.

3 MANAGEMENT MODELS
The survey undertaken by Colin Wolstenholme for NABMA showed that there is still much work to do in this area. To build on the survey results NABMA wants to undertake a good practice study in the coming months to look at up to fifteen markets where attempts have been made to introduce new management models in the last five years. The study will give details of what has happened and provide lessons for others.

4 PERFORMANCE TEMPLATE
We have several examples of how the Performance Template has been used. You can access these examples through the NABMA website at www.nabma.com in the publications section of the menu. Over the next few months NABMA will be seeing how we can make it easier for our members to utilise the Performance Template.

5 MARKET ACCREDITATION
Along the lines of the Purple Flag and Real Deal accreditation NABMA will be looking at how we can give markets a formal accreditation that will enhance their status.

The Diploma in Market Administration programme has started today (28th February) in Derby. We are thrilled to have so many people on the course & we wish all candidates the best of luck this year!

Diploma Graduates 2016

As part of Love Your Local Market 2017 we are wanting to highlight 30 market traders during the fortnight. The aim is for them to explain why they got into market trading, their tips on trading, what marketing they do etc. By promoting the traders & how they operate it, it not only promotes their business & the market, but it shows what market trading entails to potential new traders. More information on the questions they’ll be asked can be found on the Love Your Local Market Blog here

You may be asking what the trader & the market operator gets from doing this. Well the trader will be featured across social media, the LYLM website & possibly press, thus promoting their business. From a market operator’s point of view it is a way of offering free promotion for your traders & ultimately promotion of your market. Also by promoting traders and highlighting what they do it is a way of showcasing how market trading works to potential new traders. If you have a trader in mind get them to look at the Blog.

Want to keep up to date with the Love Your Local Market 2017 campaign? Then why not sign up to receive the #LYLM2017 newsletter here. Also this week (until Friday 17th February) Love Your Local Market operators & traders receive 10% off the official merchandise provided through Gala Tent, when mentioning this promotion. To find out more about the campaign & to register to take part check out the website www.loveyourlocalmarket.co

The BBC featured an article on retail markets & the battle to stay afloat yesterday. If you didn’t have a chance to see the article you can read it here. It features Britain’s Favourite Market – Leeds Kirkgate Market

Congratulations to everyone at Bury Market who have raised over £1000 for charity.

Pie lovers have raised more than £1,000 for charity on Bury Market thanks to a specially created delicacy.

Whippy’s Pies teamed up with Key 103’s Paddy McGuiness to create a ‘Paddy Pie’ which was sold on the stall to raise funds for Cash For Kids.

The pie, tasted and approved live on air by Paddy himself, is a hunter’s chicken pie with chicken, ham, barbecue sauce, and topped with cheese.

Peter Whipp, the pie’s creator, said: “We’ve had a fantastic response from our customers for the Paddy Pie, and we’ve raised £1,060 for Cash For Kids, which is wonderful. We’re still selling the pie, so anyone who fancies a tasty treat and wants to help a good cause should visit my stall on Margaret Block 12 every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.”

Peter is now working with Bury Market managers to organise a charity day on Saturday 15 April when the beneficiaries will be Cash for Kids and Bury Hospice.