MARKETS 4 PEOPLE

Traditional markets have played a significant role in the UK’s towns and cities for centuries but their central community role is threatened by radical changes in retail trends and public sector cuts. Our study aims to provide a new way to understand the community value which traditional markets offer.

Understanding Community Value

We are listening to market traders, operators, campaign groups and other experts from the traditional markets sector to gain insights into how community value is currently understood.

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Maximising Impact

In order to achieve real impact, researchers from the University of Leeds and the Open University are working alongside experts from NMTF and the New Economics Foundation.

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Resources

We are reviewing policy, public and academic discourse on traditional markets and interviewing policy makers and key figures within the sector.

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Follow our progress

Regular updates will be posted on our blog or you can follow us on Twitter @markets4people.

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Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, our study runs from February 2018 to September 2021. Our findings will be published on this website as the project progresses and details of our latest activities will be posted on the blog. You can also follow the project on Twitter @markets4people.

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Capacity and Viability Study for Queen’s Market: M4P response

Capacity and Viability Study for Queen’s Market: M4P response

This document sets out the Markets4People research team’s response to Newham Council’s consultation on a capacity and viability study for...

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Good Growth programme for Queen’s Market: M4P response

Good Growth programme for Queen’s Market: M4P response

In 2019 we conducted a large-scale survey with 500 customers each at Queen’s Market, Bury Market and Newcastle Grainger Market...

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Creating a community high street

Creating a community high street

On 27th October our Principal Investigator Sara González took part in the session ‘Creating a community high street’ as part...

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Campaigning to keep markets open and support traders and operators

Campaigning to keep markets open and support traders and operators

Here are two ways to support the markets sector through an incredibly difficult period… Sign the petition: In response to...

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“This mini-doc from Cambridge Unwrapped weighs potential benefits against the risk to community value presented by p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

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“This excellent mini-doc from Cambridge Unwrapped weighs potential benefits against the risk to community value pres… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

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“Great to hear this trader highlight the support networks which develop between fellow market traders - a distinguis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

on March 4th, 2021