How you can help the UK markets sector to assess the impact of COVID-19
Across the UK many of our traditional markets remain closed, whilst those which continue to provide essential goods are doing so in conditions many would...
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Best practice for markets during the COVID-19 outbreak
Developed in collaboration with NMTF At the time of writing, in the third week of nationwide lockdown in the UK, the Markets4People team is considering how it...
The Community Value of Bury's World Famous Market
How can one define the particular charm of Bury market? Is it the serendipity of finding the unexpected on the next stall but one, down...
NABMA conference 2020
Sara González presented at the latest NABMA conference in Birmingham on the 30th of June. The presentation drew on some of our preliminary findings from...
A student perspective on the experience of UK market users
The Markets 4 People team has been very fortunate in welcoming a new researcher to our ranks for the summers of 2019 and 2020: Laidlaw...
Resubmission of the Wards Corner Community Plan
Traders and campaigners at Seven Sisters Market/Wards Corner in Tottenham (London) have taken a major step forward towards community-led development and self-management with the validation...
Developing a markets strategy for an inclusive economy in Islington
On Tuesday 8 July, Frances Northrop (New Economics Foundation) and I shared emerging findings from the Markets4People project with Islington Council’s Inclusive Economy Board, chaired...
The Future of London’s Street Markets conference
On the 24th of June, Myfanwy Taylor and myself attended the Future of London’s Street Markets at Brixton Community Base. The conference was organised by...
NMTF data on UK markets available to all!
Markets 4 People project partner, the NMTF – the only national trade association for market traders in the UK - has made some of their...
Bradford Market Move
Markets4People Co-Investigator and Bradford Civic Society Place Panel, co-chair After years spent languishing in a nondescript shed, Bradford’s central food market is to move into...