THE Great British High Street Competition celebrates the great work that is being done to revive, adapt and diversify Britain’s town centres. It’s one of a number of initiatives championing high streets as the cornerstones of the community. Council markets manager Nicola Martin has been shortlisted for the Market Champion category for work across the…
Everybody knows that Ashton Market is the place for a bargain. Traditionally it might be mum or dad looking for something for the family, but now there’s plenty to entice the many students who have come into the centre of Ashton to study at the new Clarendon College. Traders at the market have just launched…
Ashton’s award-winning market has done it again. Already voted Britain’s most popular market for the second year running, it has now been named Britain’s most coach-friendly shopping destination in the National Coach Tourism Awards organised by trade magazine Coach Monthly. The category includes not just markets, but all destinations whose primary attraction is shopping. This…
Ashton Market has proved it’s still the best of British after being voted Britain’s Favourite Market for the second year running. More than 100,000 public votes were cast in the keenly contested ballot, run by the national Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), as shoppers clicked online to vote for their preferred markets. And once…
Entrepreneur Galina Borsca has achieved her dream of running her own lingerie business thanks to a helping hand from Tameside Markets. The mum-of-one applied to the Council’s Trade for a Tenner scheme to have a low risk and low cost trial run of a stall on Ashton’s award winning market last September. And it proved…
It’s a record! Ashton Indoor Market’s popular indoor sweet and confectionary stall, Suzy’s Sweets has announced record Christmas trading figures. After four years in the indoor market hall, Christmas 2014 proved to be the best yet for Suzy who has also recently introduced a ‘candy cart’ to her stall which can be hired out full…
Work has started to transform Ashton’s historic Market Square into a modern vibrant space in the heart of the town for people to shop, visit, socialise and do business. The exciting plans will see the introduction of new stalls and kiosks, high quality landscaping and trees, a performance and seating areas as well as new…
CROWDS of 10,000 people from across the borough took part in the spectacular Tameside Christmas Market opening celebrations. Festivities on Sunday 30th November 2014 included a beautiful Winter Wonderland Lantern Parade, which involved families and community groups from all over Tameside, the Christmas lights switch on and a spectacular fireworks display. All of Tameside’s brass…
MULTI award winning Ashton Market has been showcased to help the raise the profile of markets nationally. The National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) chose Ashton for the launch of its Great British Market Awards 2015. The accolade follows Ashton Market’s success in scooping the treble having been named Britain’s Favourite Market, the UK’s…
Tameside Markets are celebrating a hat-trick after winning three national awards. Staff have been named Market Team of the Year by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) after impressing judges with the “range and quality” of markets they provide as well as their vision and support of initiatives such as Love Your Local…