A trader at Nottingham's Victoria Centre Market says his nerves are "shot to pieces" as a final decision on the venue's future has still not been made. The market's remaining businesses were told nothing would change before the end of May, with many therefore hoping a final decision would be made last month.
But Nottingham City Council has now confirmed nothing will change before the end of June, pushing back a final decision by at least another month in a move some have branded "absolutely disgusting." Rumours about the market's closure first started circulating in the Christmas of 2021, with traders there eventually being given a date of February 24 by which Nottingham City Council was due to surrender its lease.
But that date passed without any further clarity for traders, despite some of them having signed compensation offers with the council and being ready to move into new premises. Since the original lease surrender date, the city council says it has remained in talks with the market's asset managers, Global Mutual.
