Next generation traders take over Bromsgrove Market

Bromsgrove Market is hosting a “Young Traders Market” alongside its regular offering to celebrate Love Your Local Market (LYLM).

The market is set to be a celebration of different generations of market traders from those at the end of their careers to those on their first day trading.

The young traders day is designed to give young people the chance to build confidence, gain real world experience of trading, as well as learning to think like an entrepreneur.

This fantastic opportunity is open to anyone over and including the age of 16, who wants to platform their product or service in a well-established environment.

Leader of Bromsgrove District Council, Cllr Karen May, said: “The Love Your Local Market event is always a lovely annual celebration of our history as a market town, and this year is no different.

“This opportunity to experience a day as a market trader is invaluable for the young people who take it up, whilst also being important for Bromsgrove as a town to ensure we nod to our history whilst also looking towards the future.”

Insurance for young traders on the day will be free, ensuring anyone who wants to attend and give the day a go, without an existing business, can do just that.

The only charge for the day will be £15 for a stall which will get the traders the gazebo/tent, tables, sheets, and access to electricity if required.

The cost is a significant reduction on a normal stall price but still a cost, so it introduces the element of profit/loss to the young traders.

The event will be in Bromsgrove High Street, between 9am and 4pm on Saturday 16^th May, adding plenty of youthful enthusiasm to the usual Saturday regulars.

Email our Market Manager to register your interest or to ask any questions you may have at market@bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk, alternatively visit our website for more information - https://www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/market.