{"id":182959,"date":"2025-10-01T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182959\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:59:19","slug":"bilston-outdoor-market-traders-call-for-support-during-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/182959\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilston Outdoor Market traders call for support during works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Market traders have called for people to support their local market while major refurbishment work takes place.<\/p>\n

More than \u00a38m is being invested by City of Wolverhampton Council in a major redevelopment of Bilston Outdoor Market.<\/p>\n

It is an increase in budget of around \u00a33m, due to parts of the project needing to be re-engineered. <\/p>\n

Work on the scheme is now under way<\/a> and once completed will give traders and customers better access, a new canopy, new toilets, stall improvements and upgraded public spaces.<\/p>\n

Traders’ representative Andrew Pritchard told a council meeting the authority’s support was welcomed, but there was a need to help let people know the markets were still open for business as the work, set for completion in June 2026, continued.<\/p>\n

City of Wolverhampton Council leader Stephen Simkins held a meeting with traders where he announced a rent-free period between 22 December and 14 February.<\/p>\n

This follows the council’s announcement it has reduced the rent of all tenants by 25%<\/a> for the duration of the works, as well as investing \u00a315,000 in events and activities to boost footfall to support the market.<\/p>\n

Simkins said: “Our investment means Bilston will have the very best market in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

“We’ve shown our commitment to the traders, not just by investing millions in the much-needed redevelopment, but also extra support to them as our tenants. <\/p>\n

“This is all about boosting Bilston \u2013 improving the market and supporting the local economy.”<\/p>\n

Simkins added he would continue to hold regular sessions with traders throughout the works, where they can receive updates on the progress of the redevelopment and discuss plans or issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Market traders have called for people to support their local market while major refurbishment work takes place. More…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64,63,99,171],"class_list":["post-182959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}