'Concerning time' for town's market operator ahead of massive addition

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Operators are being sought to run both Radcliffe market and the soon to be built flexi-hall in Bury town centre. Bury council has published a glossy ‘invitation to express interest’ brochure hailing an ‘outstanding opportunity’ to run the two venues with the authority ‘sharing the profitability of the sites’.

Radcliffe Market is due to be improved in the coming months as part of of a £20m regeneration project centred around a new town centre hub.

The hub will be built next to the market and contain a library, swimming pool along with leisure and community space. The market is currently run by Radcliffe Community Benefit Society, a not for profit group.

In a statement, they said that the proposal had led to a ‘concerning time our traders, staff team and visitors’. They added that they wished to continue running the market and had expressed their interest in doing so to the council.