When Lancaster City Council’s Standards Committee meets later this month, Councillor Jon Barry is to be taken to task for talking to the local press about the fate of Lancaster […]
Lancaster Market Safe Until 2015
Above: Market trader Peter Corker presents a copy of the huge petition protesting at the closure of the Market to the Council’s Chief Executive Mark Cullinan on the steps of […]
Council's Cabinet discusses Lancaster Market options, new protest planned
Lancaster City Council’s Cabinet met last week to discuss a public report detailing the findings of the Cabinet Working Group set up to consider the future of Lancaster Indoor Market, […]
Asco faces winding-up petition for £25k unpaid bill
The supermarket ‘chain’ being courted by Lancaster City Council to take over Lancaster’s market building, ASCO Stores Ltd has had a winding-up petition lodged against it by Evolve Group who […]
Lancaster Market: Who are ASCO and who backs it?
Just before the full Lancaster City Council meeting that discussed the future of Lancaster Market, Asco Stores Ltd finally confirmed via the Morecambe Visitor what had long been rumoured: that […]
Future of Lancaster Market discussed
After the decision at Council earlier this month, members of Lancaster City Council’s Cabinet have met with local market traders, representatives of the National Federation of Market Traders, and other […]
New ideas needed for Lancaster Market, say Greens
Green Party councillor John Whitelegg is calling on the Council to look at fresh ideas to improve Lancaster Market – including the introduction of a local currency scheme that could […]
Liberal Democrats: Closing the Market not our idea
Above: Coun Stuart Langhorn accepts a petition protesting against Lancaster Market’s closure earlier this month Local Liberal Democrat leader Stuart Langhorn has hit back at suggestions that his party is […]
Could Lancaster Market be run by its traders?
Roger Mace, leader of Lancaster City Council’s Conservative group, has joined others voicing concern that the end of March deadline for negotiating the future of Lancaster Market may hamper, not […]
Lancaster Market: Traders voice concerns
With the future of Lancaster Market still in the balance, virtual-lancaster understands the latest meeting between City Council and traders did not go well last night, again prompting renewed concerns […]