The City Corporation is in search of approx. 100 acres to house new facilities for its wholesale markets - it’s official our search has begun.
It’s a huge privilege to chair the markets committee during this search. Our aim is to secure the long term success, of our great markets. We had a strategic review into the future of; Billingsgate (fish), Smithfield (meat and poultry) and New Spitalfields (fruit, vegetables and flowers), and our traders want newer facilities and space to grow, so we are now looking at how to give it to them.
This will be a major City Corporation transformation programme!