TO MARKET, TO MARKET...

North Lincolnshire Council's new Draft Markets Policy sets out the way the unitary authority will run and develop those it manages in the near future, including Brigg's.
Brigg Town Council has been consulted about the proposal and seems generally happy, with with one or two concerns. For Coun Tom Glossop questioned the fairness of stallholders having to pay even when bad weather intervened, hitting their sales. He felt that was rather disappointing. "North Lincolnshire Council gives no leeway on this," he said, suggesting they should ask that authority "to take a more lenient view" where circumstances "conspire against stallholders."

Coun Jane Kitching (pictured) said she fully agreed with that.
Coun Ann Eardley wanted to see promotion and marketing of the facilities. But Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard said the Draft was concerned with management. "Promotion will come from a different department," she advised.
Coun John Berry, from North Lincolnshire Council, pointed out the authority still had to pay the contractor to put up the stalls even if a market day was subsequently hit by bad weather.
He stressed the need for more proactive marketing of local markets and for investment in things like new stall canopies.