Understanding and Enhancing the Community Value of Traditional Retail Markets in UK Cities

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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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 August 2020. 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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Bradford Market Move

Bradford Market Move

Wednesday 12 June 2019

Paul Waley Markets4People Co-Investigator and Bradford Civic Society Place Panel, co-chair After years spent languishing in a nondescript shed, Bradford’s central...

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10th International Public Markets Conference

10th International Public Markets Conference

Friday 7 June 2019

Today almost 300 delegates from across the globe are gathered in London for the first day of the 10th International...

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New conference on the future of London’s street markets

New conference on the future of London’s street markets

Thursday 23 May 2019

Dr Myfanwy Taylor and Dr Sara Gonzalez Community and campaign groups in London are holding a conference on the future...

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Traders’ perspectives on the community value of markets

Traders’ perspectives on the community value of markets

Tuesday 14 May 2019

Dr Myfanwy Taylor (image: NMTF) On 8th April 2019 we held three workshops with traders on the community value of...

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