Nabma has been provided with a press release from Defra in the form of an executive summary of a report which examines options for the disposal of New Covent Garden Market.

Details of the executive summary can be found on [URL]http://www.defra.gov.uk/hort/hortindx.htm[/URL]

Baroness Dean, Chairman of the Covent Garden Market Authority, said:

“Covent Garden Market Authority welcomes this Report into the options for the planning for the future of New Covent Garden Market. For too long the Market has operated in a climate of uncertainty but now, through the Report, we have options which will be a positive and helpful basis for discussions between all stakeholders who, like the Authority’s Board, want to ensure a sustainable future for what still is the UK’s leading wholesale horticultural market.”