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.
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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.
New Business Pledges To Improve Middlesbrough Residents’ Well-Being
New Business Pledges To Improve Middlesbrough Residents’ Well-Being
The owner of a new business in Middlesbrough’s Dundas Market says he wants to use his expertise in alternative therapies to improve the well-being of people in the town.
The Little Vegan Market Speak To BBC Tees
The Little Vegan Market Speak To BBC Tees
Charlotte Bottomley, who is the owner of The Little Vegan Market spoke to Gary Philipson on BBC Tees on Tuesday 19th March about the store expansion, which has seen them double in size.
Business Booming As Middlesbrough’s First Vegan Store Doubles In Size
Business Booming As Middlesbrough’s First Vegan Store Doubles In Size
Business is booming for Middlesbrough’s first vegan food store which is doubling in size less than a year after opening. The Little Vegan Market in Dundas Market has also been nominated for a prestigious national award. The business is run by Charlotte Bottomley and Matthew Wilson who say they are...
Six Figure Refurbishment Underway At Rear Of Dundas Shopping Centre
Six Figure Refurbishment Underway At Rear Of Dundas Shopping Centre
Work has started on a six figure project to refurbish the Wilson Street entrance to Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre.
