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April 2007 News Archive

All of the News Articles published this month are listed below. Click on a headline to view the full article.

NABMA submission to the Competition C ...

Referral by Office of Fair Trading of Groceries sector to the Competition Commission The National Association of British Markets Authorities (“NABMA”) is the UK’s national association for local authority market authorities i.e. Unitary, Metropol Read More

APMO AGM Decision

Following the recent announcement on the NABMA website of the partnership now struck between NABMA and APMO pictured are APMO delegates following their AGM with NABMA Chief Executive, Graham Wilson. Nabma’s Chief Executive, Graham Wilson, made a Read More

Paul Brown

Nabma has learnt of the sad death of Paul Brown, Market Officer at Fleetwood. Paul was active in market management for a number of years and a keen supporter of Nabma and the former Institute of Market Officers. Our condolences are with his family Read More

Dewsbury - A Market Ode

Dewsbury market was the setting for a spectacular presentation of Dewsbury’s Open Market of the Year Award on the 11th February. The formal presentation was preceded by music, a magic show and a specially written “Ode” by the Town Crier extolli Read More

NABMA and APMO Partnership

[img]20070420095818Nabma-logo-JPG.jpg[/img] [img]20070420101726apmo.jpg[/img] NABMA is pleased to announce that April 17th was a historic day for the markets industry because the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Private Markets Opera Read More

Shrewsbury Indoor Market Visit

NABMA delegates are pictured in the Shrewsbury Indoor Market with Shrewsbury Markets Manager Jean Wigley on their recent visit to the county town of Shropshire. Part of the day included a visit to the indoor market that has recently returned to th Read More

Farmers’ Markets

A number of people have commented about a recent headline article in the Sunday Times under the banner heading “Revealed: How Farmers’ Markets sell “Supermarket” Foods”. The article describes how farmers’ markets were supposed to put integrity b Read More

Exciting Agenda for Retail Forum

Pictured are some members of the NABMA Retail Forum on their recent visit to Nuneaton market. The Forum agenda covered a diversity of market related matters including the current attempt by Rating and Valuation Departments to change the rating of Read More

Praise for NABMA training

NABMA is delighted at the feedback from the Merchandising Markets course held at Derby during the week. In the last 18 months some 200 market officers, consultants and sponsors have attended NABMA training events and the first NABMA residential sc Read More

Pedlars

Brain Iddon’s Bill to amend the law relating to pedlars was objected to again when it came up for its second reading on the 23rd March. Brian will try again later this month. In the meantime, following a meeting with Ian McCartney, Government Mi Read More