This morning, our Markets Manager, David spoke to the Breakfast Show on BBC Tees about our third annual Youth Market, which is taking place this Saturday between 10am - 4pm. He was joined by Rebekka Middleton, who is one of our young traders this weekend and Matt who is the co-owner of The Little Vegan Market, who started life in our market a year ago.
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Everybody A Superhero During Fundraising For Cash For Kids
Everybody A Superhero During Fundraising For Cash For Kids
Generous staff and visitors to Middlesbrough’s Live Well Centre have raised £550 on Superhero Day for the TFM Cash for Kids appeal. Cash was collected at stalls selling cakes and tickets to win a prize in the tombola. A drive in a go-cart raised 50p per spin and TFM staff were present with donation buckets.
Search For Super Sellers Comes To Dundas
Search For Super Sellers Comes To Dundas
Young Teesside traders are taking over the Dundas Shopping Centre and Indoor Market later this month as part of a nationwide search to find the next generation of “super sellers”. On Saturday 15 June a dozen hopefuls – all aged between 16 and 30 - will be setting up their stalls for the Youth Market, where they hope to win a place in a regional heat and then compete for a spot in the national final where big prizes are on offer.
The BBC We Are Middlesbrough Campaign Visits Dundas
The BBC We Are Middlesbrough Campaign Visits Dundas
To mark Radio 1's Big Weekend arriving in Middlesbrough this weekend, the BBC have commissioned a special set of programmes celebrating the town. The 'We Are Middlesbrough' campaign played a visit to Dundas Indoor Market with a particular focus on young people who have set up their own business in the town.
Budding Tees Valley Businesses On Show During International Market Campaign
Budding Tees Valley Businesses On Show During International Market Campaign
Three budding businesses have been given the chance by Middlesbrough’s Dundas Market to showcase their products as part of a world-wide celebration of local markets. One of the aims of the Love Your Local Market (LYLM) campaign – which was launched in the UK in 2012, is now held in 24 countries and this year takes place between 17 and 31 May – is to provide people with the opportunity to test their ideas face-to-face with customers.
Young Teesside Traders Invited To Compete For Big Prizes
Young Teesside Traders Invited To Compete For Big Prizes
The search is on for young Teessiders, with a great idea and an eye for business, who want to take part in a national contest. On 15 June Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre and Indoor Market is holding a Young Traders Market, with the best businesses put through to a regional heat to compete for a place in the national final – where big prizes are on offer.
Business Booming For Dundas Market’s Independent Traders
Business Booming For Dundas Market’s Independent Traders
Business is booming for independent traders who have opened shops at the indoor Dundas Market in Middlesbrough. The market’s owners have focused on creating a community market with an emphasis on customer service and a welcoming and supportive environment for new traders.
Easter Fun At Middlesbrough’s Dundas Centre
Easter Fun At Middlesbrough’s Dundas Centre
There’s lots of free Easter fun with animal petting, kids’ crafts and a handmade and vintage market at Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre on Saturday 13 April to kick-start the school holidays. Animal Story’s petting zoo will be in the shopping centre with an assortment of cute creatures from baby chicks and ducks to prairie dogs and tortoises. There will be an opportunity for children to hold and stroke the animals.
Woman Quits Job With New York Bank To Open Shop In Middlesbrough
Woman Quits Job With New York Bank To Open Shop In Middlesbrough
Twenty-seven-year old Tafadzwa Dhliwayo says hard work and business is in her blood. At the age of 12 she was selling sweets in her native Zimbabwe. In the early 2000’s her father, who is also about to launch a new business, moved to Teesside and worked in a factory in pursuit of a better life for his family.
Business Rates Boost For North East High Streets
Business Rates Boost For North East High Streets
Up to 90% of retail properties will see their business rates reduced by one third for the next two years from next Monday (1 April 2019), reducing costs for hard pressed high street retailers, according to a leading commercial property agent. Richard Wilson, Associate Partner at Teesside independent commercial property consultants Dodds Brown, says that retail properties with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will receive the discount.
