Three new reports documenting evidence from the Markets4People research project about the wide-ranging economic, social and cultural benefits produced by three of the UK’s largest and strongest traditional retail markets are now published on our website. Building on previous research, the reports bring a new focus on the importance of...
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 the second row on the left? Is it that strange sense of security that tells you you can get lost and still be perfectly safe?...
Myfanwy Taylor On Friday 15 February, Dr Sara González and I shared initial findings from research on the community value of markets with the London Markets Board (LMB). The LMB was set up in 2018 by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, in order to ‘coordinate and focus strategic action...
Over the next week our project will be taking an exciting step forward by piloting a survey of market users in our three case study markets. We will be working with independent market research company Fieldwork Assistance to ask market users a series of questions about how they use the market and...
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first project report, ‘Measuring the Value of Traditional Retail Markets: Towards a Holistic Approach’, written by Adrian Bua (NEF), Sara González and Myfanwy Taylor (University of Leeds). The briefing paper, which was launched at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Markets Group in November, proposes new ideas...
If you are a market manager or operator attending this year’s NABMA’s annual conference (17th-19th Sept) then do come along to one of the workshops we will be hosting to explore the ‘community value’ of traditional markets. We will be inviting participants to help shape our research and contribute to our...
A major focal point for our research project will be a series of large-scale surveys conducted at three UK markets, selected as case-studies. Here, we’ll be asking market users about their experiences of shopping in their local market, about how and why shop there, and also seeking their views on...
NMTF’s annual conference, held on Monday 16th April in Sheffield, provided our team with its first major opportunity to present our project to market traders, managers, operators and other professionals working within the sector. We were pleased to see that the materials on our stall generated interest from delegates, whilst...
We’re really looking forward to presenting our project at the NMTF conference on Monday 16th April. We’ll be asking operators and traders to share their views about the community value of traditional markets. Delegates – look out for the green flyer in your conference pack! We’d love you to complete...
Welcome to our new website! We’re excited to be launching this ESRC funded project in collaboration with the National Market Traders’ Federation (NMTF) and the New Economics Foundation (NEC). We’ll be exploring the community value of traditional markets in UK cities and will be using this site to share our findings and...