Sustainable Urban Markets

Dissemination – creating
a knowledge hub and
sign-posting advice
Proposal 7: That the Street Trading Bench Marking
Group collate content for an on-line London markets
‘knowledge hub’; and that the GLA host material,
pending a future Markets Board for London website.
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It is indicative of the coherence and
visibility of markets information in
London that no single map exists
advertising their whereabouts
and offer. London & Partners and
Timeout on-line provide a good,
but incomplete overview.
DCLG, Nabma and the National
Market Traders Federation (NMTF)
and the Association of Town & City
Management (ATCM) provide high
streets, town centres and markets
best practice at a national level.
Not all of their outputs are freely
available, although much is.
It would assist the markets
sector in London if these and
other relevant resources could be
brought together in one location –
a central knowledge-hub.
The Mayor has brought a renewed
focus to London’s high streets,
supported by a growing library
of guides, case studies and other
resources. Actions for High Streets
and Learning from London’s High
Streets, each contain useful
markets case studies.
Available resources should be
cohered into one place – an on-line
‘knowledge hub’ that provides and
sign-posts advice and support to
visitors, market patrons, traders
and operators alike. A simple
repository which can orientate
users and nourish the sector would
be a small, but significant step.
TfL could build on its Legible
London mapping to plot the
capital’s markets.
CRP’s ambition is to apply
for EU funding to support
the development of a London
(market) Traders Card and
a web presence to support
trader registration. Ultimately,
a knowledge hub and registration
site may be brought together
in a single domain.
Image: Portobello Road Market, Owain Jones
Regeneration, high
streets & town
centres
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