Christmas trading results from January confirmed the widening gulf between traditional ‘bricks ‘n mortar retailers’ and ‘Only online’ retailers. The big four supermarkets all warned of falling like-for-like Christmas sales despite their online presence and M&S Boss Marc Bolland threw himself onto his sword after announcing sales down 5.8% But hang on a minute –…
Thinking of starting up in street food? Excellent. The UK needs more dedicated foodies following in the footsteps of the 3000 traders already making our streets taste good. And the great news is that you can do it without spending a fortune, as long as you’re really committed and have an interesting product. The best…
In a video released this month, traders at Manchester Christmas Markets have shared some key business lessons for trading in a competitive marketplace. Generating £2m in income for the local economy last year, the much-loved German Markets offer great potential to the small businesses that trade there. But with over 300 stalls packed into the…
On Friday 5 December Lichfield Country Market (formally known as Lichfield WI Market) celebrated fifty years of trading on Lichfield’s Friday Market on the Market Square. The Mayor of Lichfield, Cllr Norma Bacon, presented the stall holders with a basket of assorted chocolate treats to say thank you, on behalf of Lichfield City Council, for…
Free training on offer to potential market stall holders Budding market traders are being offered free expert training, as well as reduced stall holder fees, in the historic North East Derbyshire town of Bolsover. The rare opportunity comes after the town won a £750K bid for European funding to brush up Bolsover’s image and boost…
Running away to join the circus instead of getting a proper job was always a story I heard growing up as a kid and wondered what on earth adults were talking about? I have just arrived home from watching the Circus show ‘Fantasia’, which is doing a tour of the north west at the moment…