The new Moor Market Hall in Sheffield is now well on the way to completion for the intended opening date of Monday 18 November 2013. Trader interest has been phenomenal, with 150 applicants received so far for the 95 or so spaces. As a result, the allocation process took longer than we expected to ensure we scored each trader accurately against the set criteria and we got the balance of trade right to ensure trader success and ongoing public interest. The most challenging units to let were the cafes, where we received almost 30 applications for the 12 available spaces, but we now believe we have a mouth-watering selection of food outlets to sample, from good old top quality fish and chips to Afro-Caribbean, English, Italian, Mexican and Asian. The non-food side was also massively oversubscribed, but again, by taking account of trade balance, we believe we have provided an attractive offer for both traders and customers alike.The one area where we still need traders is for the food side of the market and as a result we would love to hear from traders who sell specialist and local produce and in order to help potentially new as well as established traders, we are offering financial assistance with fit out and rental incentives during the first year of trading.
We would especially love to hear from you if you sell cupcakes, celebration cakes and pastries, diabetic foods, Halal meat and foodstuffs, specialist cheeses and yogurts, handmade chocolates and confectionery, specialist sausages and meat products, smoked meats and hams, jams, pickles and preserves, speciality pies and pastries and other ethnic foods. The building itself is looking great and puts right all the issues we have had with the current Castle Market, the main one being that is all on one easily accessible floor with entrances serving public transport, the 650 space adjoining multi-storey car park and the main one for pedestrian traffic straight off the newly refurbished Moor precinct. Plans are now well advanced for the official opening, which will be over the weekend of the 22 November. We are also particularly interested in hearing from chefs, both professional and amateur, who fancy showing off their culinary skills on our demonstration kitchen, the only proviso being that the main ingredients are sourced from the market.
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