Report, together with formal minutes
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Report, together with formal minutes
(HC, 308-1 . Market failure? : can the traditional market survive? : ninth report of session 2008-09)
Stationery Office, 2009
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
At head of title: House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Committee
"Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 July 2009."
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Communities and Local Government Committee undertook this inquiry into traditional retail markets to determine whether local authorities and central government should be doing more to support them. The Committee has come to appreciate the complex and diverse nature of the traditional retail markets sector. A significant number of all types of markets continue to thrive but the number in decline appears to be greater than the number that is not. There are a number of reasons for the decline, the most significant being increased competition from supermarkets, other alternative cheap retail outlets, and the internet. Nevertheless, a growing number of markets are adapting successfully to change. Local authorities and central government should care about markets because of the multi-faceted nature of the benefits that successful markets can bring to local towns and communities. The report identifies five key benefits: economic; social (e.g. in encouraging social cohesion); assisting the regeneration of town centres; promoting healthy eating; and, reducing environmental impacts in the retail sector.
On finance and management, the report: notes lessons from elsewhere in Europe; identifies best practice; and, recommends that councils consider using prudential borrowing, that councils market champions at a senior level within the council, and that councils engage in co-operation with the private sector. The report also addresses: the challenges facing medium and small town councils seeking to keep smaller, local markets alive; the need for better promotion and recruitment and training for existing traders and market managers; and, the strategic role of central government. The accompanying "Market Failure?: Can the Traditional Market Survive? - Volume II: Oral and Written Evidence (HC 308-II)" (ISBN 9780215540331) is available to buy separately.
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