Traders at flagging Victoria Market have called for a change of management after it was announced that its future was under review. Nottingham City Council has put forward several options for operating the historic market on the upper floor of Victoria Centre.
The options include carrying on with the current subsidised arrangement, investing in the market infrastructure and charging full rent, bringing in a new operator and moving to a different location. The local authority said it needed to save estimated running costs amounting to £39m over the remaining 50 years of the current agreement. The principle of exiting the lease arrangement has been discussed.
However, stallholders hit out, claiming poor management was to blame for the market's downfall. Will Swift, co-owner of the Madhouse Nut Centre, said: "The whole thing's a mess - and I wouldn't employ any of them to sweep it up.
