East Lindsey District Council’s markets are once again joining other markets across the country taking part in the twelfth Love Your Local Market campaign led by the National Association of British Market Authorities.
Love Your Local Market runs from Friday 12th May to Saturday 27th May and is designed to encourage new traders to give the markets a go and local communities to support their local market. To attract new orders East Lindsey District Council is offering new traders the opportunity of eight stalls for the price of four on the markets at Louth, Horncastle or Spilsby.
A spokesman for the ELDC Markets team said: “We have been taking part in the Love Your Local Market campaign for many years and it’s been very successful in introducing new businesses to the markets. Traders with a business idea they’d like to trial, or those already running a business and keen to try the markets as a platform should get in touch.
“Many of the new businesses who have taken part over the years have continued to stand on the markets as either regular or casual traders. The outlay works out relatively low at only £7.50 per stall for 8 stalls.”
Edgar Viegas, who began selling Portuguese food on Louth market during the Love Your Local Market campaign last year, said: “We started trading on a Wednesday and the stall was really popular so we stayed on the market. We have some lovely regular customers and have just opened Zara Café in Cannon Street, Louth which we hope will be just as successful.”
The ever popular Districts Favourite Market Trader competition will take place once again as part of these celebrations with the public voting online for their favourite market trader. The winning trader will be announced in June and be awarded eight free stalls, a winner of the year stall banner and a special markets award. Potential traders should cal the Markets team on 01507 613532.
