Oliver Proudlock & Caggie Dunlop, stars of Channel 4’s Made In Chelsea, will be hosting their own stalls at this year’s Soho Flea Market. Oliver’s on-trend men’s label, Serge DeNimes, and Caggie’s ISWAI (It Starts With An Idea) fashion imprint will be joining a collection of 60 stallholders at London’s premier artisan and designer crafts event.

Oliver Proudlock said “I am really looking forward to showing off my new range of Serge DeNimes designs for the summer on the streets of Soho at Soho Flea Market. It should be an amazing day on a Dean street closed to cars. What better way to spend a Sunday?” Caggie Dunlop said, “Soho Flea Market’s mix of boutique products and cutting-edge design is the perfect pitch for my ISWAI collections. It certainly will be a glamorous flea market!”

Following 2012’s resounding success with over 10,000 people attending, Soho Flea Market, the artisan and designer crafts event, is returning to the length and breadth of Dean Street, Soho, on Sunday 2^nd June 2013, to present the UK’s up and coming creative talent, in support of children’s charity Kids Company http://www.kidsco.org.uk/.

Between noon and 8pm, the historic street will once again be closed to traffic and artisans, artists, fashion and jewellery designers, furniture makers, glassblowers, ceramicists, will be showcasing their wares, while new, hotly tipped musicians, bands and comedians will be performing on the stage.

Flaunting the spirit of fun and creative innovation, Soho Flea Market promises to be a highly entertaining day out with 8 hours of shopping, eating, and entertainment in a brilliantly iconic location. Participants include celebrated, beautiful ceramicists Melody Rose and Reiko Kaneko, on-trend fun casual wear, Plane Clothing, pug-themed decorations, Pugs Might Fly, natural and organic products, River Remedies, fashionable decoupage, The Baobab Tree, Queen prints to celebrate the Coronation anniversary, also being celebrated on 2^nd June, from Drew Barton, art prints from JimBob Art, bright bold furniture from Velvet Eccentric and Something Or Other and last year’s success, typographical prints from Lucy Loves This. This year also sees the introduction of food including on-trend Meringue Girls, and Austrian deli Speck Mobile.

Businesses in and around Dean Street supporting Soho Flea Market, include, The Groucho Club, The Soho House Group, Quo Vadis, Dean Street Studios, The French House, and Blacks,

Last year’s Soho Flea Market (2012) drew tens of thousands of people to view a wide range of specifically-curated ‘creative market stalls’ and high-quality emerging music and comedy acts performing on the outdoor stage hosted by organiser and new music promoter, City Showcase.

A glamorous, high-end event, Soho Flea Market is a unique, must-go day out in London.

SOHO FLEA MARKET WEBSHOP                            

Products from stallholders including Red Dot award-winning Rokos design, Plane Clothing, Lovely Jojos, and Hanna Kokoshcka printed goods can now also be purchased from the brand new web shop on the Soho Flea Market website, www.cityshowcasemarkets.com.

Nanette Rigg, Founding Director of City Showcase added: ‘We were overwhelmed with public and media reaction to Soho Flea Market and are proud to be creating an even bigger showcase of the broadest range of creative talent possible in one of London’s most iconic streets’.

Fawn James of Soho Estates, who will be opening the event, said: ‘’Soho has a long creative tradition and has always flaunted its independent spirit which makes Soho Flea Market the perfect partner to showcase the wealth of creative talent in Soho, Westminster and London.”

For further information on Soho Flea Market please contact:

Matt Learmouth matt@alchemylifestyle.co.uk 020 8996 1520/07966 781138

James Horrocks james@alchemylifestyle.co.uk 020 8996 1521/07515 709916.

Colin Cook wants tenants to be more positive Picture: D. Halliwell

TRADERS have been accused of “talking down” Oxford’s Covered Market in a row raging over proposed rent rises.

City executive board member for development Colin Cook called for positive promotion of the market behind the High Street.

It comes after plans to increase rent by an average of 40 per cent for tenants sparked fury among traders.

Mr Cook claimed tenants would still be getting “good value for money” even after the rent increases.

He said: “It’s got to the stage where we feel we need to explain our position and some of the misinformation coming out from some of the traders.”

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Spalding Today

Market officer Mike Knight promotes Love Your Local Market in Spalding.

Organisers behind Love Your Local Market in Spalding are positive after an encouraging response from shoppers to their campaign to boost the profile of street traders.

A charity auction, live music from the Marching Ambassadors and a walkabout by the cast of Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society’s (SADOS) latest production, Acorn Antiques, all added to the atmosphere on Saturday as extra shoppers were drawn to the town centre.

Leeds Markets

Wednesday ‘Bazaar at Leeds market’ up for tender.

INVITATION TO TENDER 

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL MARKETS SERVICE 

WEDNESDAY MARKET OPPORTUNITY 

The current licence for the weekly Wednesday ‘Bazaar at Leeds market’ held on the Leeds City Council outdoor market will expire this summer.

Therefore Leeds City Council, on behalf ofthe Markets service,is seeking tenders from private market operators, or individuals, to operate (by way of a Licence) the weekly Wednesday event. There are 201 fixed stalls available, each stall having its own electricity supply and lighting.

The outdoor market is located within a prime position in the City centre attracting a weekly footfall of over 250,000.

The type of events that will be considered include specialist markets, collector’s market, general markets selling new/second hand goods, etc.

This service will be commissioned through a tendering process. Full advert can be found here

For further information go to www.yortender.co.uk and search for the scheme:

YORE-97PHZT – Licensed Market Operator for Leeds Outdoor market

Or contact Chris Ashby on 0113 3781944 or mobile: 07891 271783 or email chris.ashby@leeds.gov.uk

Tenders should be submitted electronically via the website using the Council’s electronic tendering system.

All tenders must be submitted to the Council no later than noon on Wednesday 12 June 2013

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Carmarthe market traders and C.C.C Trading standards with shop window stickers

A new Registered Market Traders Scheme is being piloted by Carmarthenshire County Council’s Trading Standards team in partnership with market managers.

The aim in setting up the scheme is to further improve the standard and quality of market trading in the county. Its purpose is to reduce and eliminate the number of complaints received and also to build a working relationship with the market traders.

Roger Edmunds, from Trading Standards said: “The Registered Market Trader scheme should hopefully act as a valuable resource for guidance and information to all different types of businesses within Carmarthenshire markets.
“There will be a number of benefits, including the use of a recognised logo which should hopefully provide consumers with extra confidence in dealing with those traders that have signed up to the scheme”.

The information provided in the packs will help market traders to stay on the right side of the law.
There will be advice with regards to warranty policies, as research has demonstrated that a good warranty policy can provide an organisation with a significant and competitive market advantage.

Richard Evans, Carmarthenshire County Council’s Property Manager, said: “We are pleased to be working in partnership with Trading Standards to offer this scheme which will be of great benefit to market traders across the county. I hope all traders take up this opportunity and will get on board with the scheme.”

Assured trader schemes like Carmarthenshire’s Registered Traders Scheme (which has already been launched and has been running successfully since 2004), are valuable to local communities and provide a signpost for consumers to reputable local businesses.
The schemes assist in marginalising rogue traders, helping businesses understand consumer law and allowing consumers the benefit of raised customer service standards.
Richard Wills, owner of Crumbs Cafe which has signed up to the scheme, said: “We welcome any information and advice which will help us to trade effectively.”

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Melton’s market traders

THE importance of Melton’s markets and their continued growth in the town are being championed thanks to a national campaign.

Love Your Local Market campaign is in its second year and is running for a fortnight until next Wednesday (May 29).

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Market boss Mike Allen invested more than £10,000 in new gazebos to improve the stalls’ aesthetics

BRENTWOOD’S “shabby” market will be “improved” by the introduction of navy blue gazebos, costing around £10,000.

Brentwood has been a market town ever since it was granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1227. Yet despite its history, some shoppers feel the current Saturday market is “not Brentwood”.

Market boss Mike Allen has now invested more than £10,000 in new gazebos to improve the stalls’ aesthetics after winning a new one-year licence from Brentwood Borough Council.

He plans further improvements but he warned: “Rome wasn’t built in a day. ”I do get some people who say ‘this isn’t Brentwood, it isn’t us’. ”You’ll always get people who don’t like the market no matter how good it looks.

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DARLINGTON shoppers have been warned to use or risk losing a flagging farmers’ market.

Low numbers of traders setting out their stall at the markets in Darlington town centre had led to speculation that the monthly events were about to be cancelled.

Darlington Borough Council, which organises the markets alongside the popular regular markets, insists this is not the case.

But Robert Darling, of award-winning family business Burtree Puddings, based at Burtree Gate, said town centre shoppers are failing to show support for the farmers’ markets.

Artists impression of the new woking market

MARKET traders in Woking will have to meet a set list of requirements if they are to take up a pitch in the new market.

Detailed criteria is being drawn up by Woking Borough Council that current traders and prospective new ones will have to meet in order to be given a site.

Officers want to ensure the right “diversity and vibrancy” is achieved in the new market and will apply the criteria to anyone applying to become a stallholder.

In December, the £4.7m relocation of the market to Peacock Walk was given the thumbs up and a few months later planning permission was approved.

The current market at the end of Commercial Way will be bulldozed soon to make way for the £150m redevelopment of the area centred around a new Marks & Spencer store.

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Keta Hunt, one of two winners announced for Warminster Market pitch competition

Two entrepreneurs have been announced as the winners to pitch their business ideas at Warminster Market.

The competition was run by Wiltshire Council and the National Traders Federation who has introduced a new scheme called First Pitch.

Peter Smith of The Sweet Market and Keta Hunt of Boozy Bakes will now sell their goods for five days at Warminster Market this month.

Keta Hunt will be selling her alcohol cocktail cupcakes on Friday, 24, May 2013 just one day after finishing her exams for her degree.

She said: “At university I had orders from other students and traded at student events, but I’ve found it difficult to build up anything local. I was looking for a way to get out and meet people and get people to know about the produce and markets seem the best way to do that.”

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