All Wholesale articles – Page 70
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ArticleLondon markets 'old ways can't continue'
Professor Tim Lang has called on both the London-based wholesale and retail market sectors to cut their environmental impact and make the changes needed to serve the next generation of customers and consumers better.
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ArticleFruit deal to boost Malaysia-China trade
Malaysia’s FAMA has signed an MoU with China’s national wholesale association to develop fruit exports to the market
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ArticleNew Covent Garden Market chooses redevelopment partner
Tenants have insisted a workable decant strategy must be at the heart of the New Covent Garden Market regeneration after the authority this week announced its private development partner.
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ArticleSpanish markets grind to halt
Activity at Mercabarna and Mercamadrid “null and void” during general strike
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ArticleGlasgow markets group manager announces retirement
Graham Wallace has announced he is retiring as group manager of Glasgow's markets and as an officer adviser to NABMA on 31 March.
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ArticleTraders call for clarity on Olympic road closures
Wholesalers in London have expressed concern that, with just months until the Olympic and Paralympic Games, they still haven’t been told exactly how changes to the road network will affect them and are being left unable to plan ahead.
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ArticleBradford market's solar plans saved as quote slashed
St James’s Market in Bradford is going ahead with plans to install solar panels after the installation quote was slashed from £200,000 to £120,000.
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ArticleSeason first: Australian grapes arrive in China
Chinese officials clear season’s first consignment of Australian table grapes
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ArticleWholesalers' fundraising pays for school in earthquake-stricken Chinese province
Fresh produce traders in London have helped build a school in the Sichuan area of China that was devastated by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.
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ArticleBDM scheme comes to an end as funding fails to materialise
The London wholesale markets’ business development manager scheme is effectively ending next week.
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ArticleNew Covent Garden traders seek to block market plans
Tenants at London’s New Covent Garden Market have instructed planning firm BNP Paribas to formally oppose the market authority’s plans for the redevelopment of the site.
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ArticlePremiere for Premier Fruits
Premier Fruits has been filmed at New Covent Garden Market for a short film on sustainable food waste management.
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ArticleAlgeria in market redevelopment plan
The North African country is making a huge investment to modernise its fruit and vegetable markets so they meet the highest standards
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ArticleGiant passion fruit in UK for Valentines
A Bristol wholesaler claims to be the first to import giant passion fruit to the UK in an attempt to spread romance this Valentines Day.
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Borough Market accorded blue-plaque honour
Southwark Council has honoured Borough Market in London with a commemorative blue plaque.
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ArticleBradford voted best wholesale market for second year in a row
St James Wholesale Market in Bradford has retained its crown as the nation’s best wholesale market at the National Associationof British Market Authorities (NABMA) awards.
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Pre-CNY market ‘a disaster’
A flood of last-minute arrivals into China for Lunar New Year was disastrous for the trade, according to one leading importer
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ArticleFreezing weather and slow sales give wholesalers January blues
Wholesalers have reported trade is in the traditional January doldrums this week, with frosty weather chilling customer numbers still further.
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ArticleLondon wholesale markets get Olympics advisers
London’s major wholesale markets will be offered guidance and support as part of a widespread Transport for London support package to help freight operators and their customers operate effectively during the Olympic Games.
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Fresh produce sales soar at Booker
Demand for fresh produce at Booker Wholesale has helped the business sales growth in last weeks of 2011 that many of the retailers it supplies could only dream of.