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Cambridge’s central market (Photo: John Lord)


Cambridge City Council wants to raise trading fees and charges at its general and Sunday markets, but traders on the city’s central market say their increasing daily rent levels are “not value for money”. The rise is part of a package


of measures which was due to go before the Environment Scrutiny Committee last month. The council says it is committed to the continued success of its markets, but a number of stallholders are calling for more investment in the event. The market currently runs


from Monday to Saturday, with a local food, arts and crafts market on Sundays. Since 2016 traders have


paid different rent levels according to the day of the week and depending on whether they hire a ‘standard’ or ‘premium’ stall location. Under the new proposals


charges for standard pitches on both Mondays and Tuesdays will fall from £16.32 to £10 in a bid to attract more traders. But charges for all premium


pitches and standard pitches from Wednesday to Sunday will increase by 2.5 percent. Mike Howes, who has run


a craft stall on the Sunday market for the last 20 years, stopped hiring a premium pi tch as i t became too expensive. He told local media: “The


biggest increase was when they divided the stalls into standard and premium ones. “The argument for the steep


rise was to bring it in line with other markets. It was cheaper than Ely for instance. “I think they’ve struggled


with Monday and Tuesdays – I’ve been told they might have


as many as 17 empty pitches.” Paul Neeve has run his


bookstall at the market five days a week for the last 27 years, and said he has been advocating more “progressive pricing” to help support traders who work several days a week. “Lots of traders here do lots


of days,” he said. “We need seasonal pricing. You lift up the price in the summer when everyone wants to be here making money and reduce them in the winter. “It doesn’t work out. 2.5


percent on what’s already a steep charge on Saturday is not alleviated by reducing the charge on the Monday. “People don’t understand


that to run my business costs me £1,300 a month just to use the pitch.” Under current market rules,


traders who want to work on Saturdays must also trade on a minimum of one weekday. P a u l c omme n t e d :


“Everybody wants to be here Saturday and Sunday – maybe we could increase that requirement to two days.” He added: “We’re right


in the middle of the historic court. How else could we retail affordably except on the market? “It’s a pretty shabby spot


and it’s one of the first things visitors to the city see. “There’s nothing spent on infrastructure, nothing at all. “They don’t spend a penny.


Every penny they raise in revenue they take and spend elsewhere.” Souvenir sel ler Sarah


Jane Marsden, who has also worked on the market for 27 years, said: “I don’t think it’s value for money, but I accept it because it happens every year. We’re paying £140 to be here today.”


Wh i l e Ms Ma r s d e n


acknowledged that the market was “a good place to trade”, she also felt it would benefit from being cleaned and given a facelift. “At the moment it’s winter


so it’s dead for us, but in the summer it will be heaving with tourists,” she said. “But as we can see, it’s


absolutely filthy. It would be nice if it was cleaner.” She added that the


counci l ’s plans to stop providing wooden boards to traders would mean more expense, and that the market needed new roofs, electricity connections and toilets. “Something would be


nice for a rent increase,” she said. “Some visual sign that something was being invested in the market.” Cambridge City Council’s


Env i ronment Scrut iny Committee were due to consider the fee proposals on January 16. Cllr Rosy Moore, executive


councillor for environment and city centre, told local media: “Our historic markets play an important role in the life of the city, offering a huge variety of independent goods and services for customers and a vibrant location for small businesses to operate and thrive. “We are committed to


ensuring our markets build on the successes of recent years, including being a finalist in the forthcoming National Market of the Year Awards, and that any changes are fair to all our traders who work so hard and bring so much to the city. “These proposed changes


will help the council to continue its work to improve the popularity of the city’s markets for all those who use them and work there.”


Traders slam new rent rise


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