{"id":758496,"date":"2026-09-03T07:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758496\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:06:21","slug":"derby-market-hall-stint-left-me-broken-says-ex-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758496\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby Market Hall stint left me broken, says ex-trader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her comments came after Derby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield defended efforts<\/a> to increase visitor numbers through events and promotions. <\/p>\n

The council pointed to organised activities including farmers’ markets, themed family events and partnerships with city-centre organisations in a bid to attract more people to the venue.<\/p>\n

Peatfield added the authority continued to invest in initiatives designed to boost footfall and was learning how to appeal to different audiences throughout the week.<\/p>\n

But Spurgeon said traders needed more help because occasional busy periods were not enough to make businesses viable.<\/p>\n

“If we as traders just have to wait until they have the occasional footfall in order to make some money, it’s not good,” she said.<\/p>\n

She argued that more should have been done to understand why traders were leaving and to review the market’s operating model.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her time at the market, Spurgeon said she regretted moving her business there.<\/p>\n

“It has left me with a bill still owed to Derby Council which they’re chasing me for.<\/p>\n

“I’m still trying to build myself back since leaving which is very hard… it was a story that was sold for us to get in there.”<\/p>\n

Despite her criticism, Spurgeon said she did not blame market officers and managers directly, saying they had worked hard within the constraints they had.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, she questioned whether the council could make the market a long-term success, but said any prospective private operator would need a clear vision and a thorough understanding of what traders require.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her comments came after Derby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield defended efforts to increase visitor numbers through events…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-758496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}