Colin

“I can confirm that the original contract was for

2 years with a review after 12 months, the review

has taken place and Dudley Market Traders have

only been awarded a 6 month extension. This

will run from January 2017 to June 2017, after

which the council will look at other options for

operating the market. The reason the market

traders have only been awarded a 6 month

contract is that the stall occupancy rates are

falling below the targets set for the traders to

achieve, they have dropped off alarmingly over

the last 12 months”.

FUTURE ACTION

1 You need to know how your Market is

performing.

2 You need to be clear about the role of the

Market.

3 You need to know what options are available.

4 NABMA needs to provide more support to its

members with information about what

arrangements have worked and what have not

worked.

5 NABMA needs to provide case studies to give

markets greater confidence in tackling this very

important issue.