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Peter Thomas receives Master’s Medal
Peter Thomas, boss of Prescott Thomas Ltd at New Spitalfields Market, was the recipient of the prestigious Master’s Medal at the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ first virtual banquet on March 17th. The award is presented at the discretion of the Master of this industry’s Livery Company in recognition of a [...]
Advice to general public wishing to use the market
We remain vigilant and committed to our stance that the health and safety of all market users is paramount. New Spitalfields is a public access market and as such, the general public are able to enter the site. Covid – We are still very mindful of the need to keep [...]
Ukraine Appeal
Tenants this week very generously donated to the Red Cross in support of the current situation in Ukraine. Over £14,000 was raised through local collections and donations carried out over two early mornings in the market pavilion and staff from the Market Authority, along with the Tenants Association team, were [...]
City Harvest London makes great strides at New Spitalfields Market
Since opening premises in the market, City Harvest London (CHL) has significantly increased the volume of fresh produce it collects from traders and been able to assist more than three times the number of local charities it had previously helped. City Harvest London began operations at New Spitalfields wholesale market [...]
Masking around the Christmas tree!
The masks mean this is certainly a picture that we’ll be able to put a date on in years to come! After a, let’s say "unforgettable" year, the Mayor of Waltham Forest Councillor Chris Robbins CBE came to turn on the Christmas tree lights at New Spitalfields Market this morning [...]
Exit and Entry to New Spitalfields Market
To follow is the Corporation of London’s latest update on entry and exit information, including charges, payment options and other requirements. Please contact the landlord for further information, using the contact details at the bottom of this page. New Spitalfields Market is open to wholesale trade between the hours [...]
Tenants say virus response has highlighted value of wholesale
Jan Hutchinson, chief executive of the Spitalfields Tenants Association at New Spitalfields Market, outlines how the market has had its value highlighted during the crisis. “Several of the New Spitalfields catering suppliers quickly adapted to the sudden and dramatic impact the lockdown had on their customer base and switched [...]
Market tenant helps feed Enfield’s vulnerable
The team at New Spitalfields tenant Ronny Liu’s Cook’s Delight and Sunnyfield Veg have donated a pallet of Oishi Japanese pre-cooked gyoza to the Enfield Caribbean Association, to feed the elderly and vulnerable in Enfield. Enfield Caribbean Association (ECA) has an average of 60 elderly and vulnerable people who they regularly assist and [...]
Tenants dig deep to help food redistribution effort
Several charities and charitable organisations, including Free Serve, City Harvest and Fuel Our Frontline, have benefited from the generosity of New Spitalfields Market tenants in the last few days. In excess of 27 tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables were donated by tenants of New Spitalfields as part of a collective [...]
Get involved and help Fuel Our Frontline
With the NHS under pressure like never before and its huge numbers of staff working long hours as the country fights to combat coronavirus, campaign group Fuel Our Frontline has been set up by barrister Michael Polak to provide food packages and co-ordinate the provision of food to the frontline. NHS frontline [...]
How can you help City Harvest address the Covid-19 challenge?
Food redistribution charity City Harvest, which is based in Acton but also runs a facility out of New Spitalfields Market, has been inundated with food products to distribute to charities across locked down London. The nutritional challenge created by the coronavirus pandemic is causing a wider set of societal problems [...]
Exit charges live on February 4
The new barrier will be in place next week and from February 4, 2020, transport companies, suppliers, customers and visitors to New Spitalfields Market will be required to pay an exit charge prior to leaving the site. The charges, as outlined in communications by the market’s landlord the Corporation of [...]
Market fruit and veg supports City market for Red Cross
New Spitalfields Market tenants provided the fresh fruit and vegetables that greeted the throngs of visitors to the Guildhall Christmas Market on November 26. The magnificent display was the focal point of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers presence at the event that raises money to support the excellent and [...]
NABMA recognises global standing of London markets
To mark the 100th anniversary of the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), the City of London Corporation (CoLC) hosted a seminar ‘Wholesale Markets: Past, Present and Future’ at Livery Hall, Guildhall, on November 20. Both organisations invited a mixture of public and private sector people with a vested interested in wholesale [...]
Charity highlights work with fresh produce in London
Alexandra Rose will be hosting a fundraising event at the Hello Fresh offices in Old Street next week. Alexandra Rose supports more than 1,200 families a month to access fresh fruit and veg from around 25 different market traders across London. Last year, traders redeemed more than £180,000 of [...]
Market gives Lord Mayor a (fork)lift
As many of you will have read last week, the Corporation of London has announced its preference for the proposed relocation of New Spitalfields, Billingsgate and Smithfield markets to Barking. Paul Walker, chairman of the Spitalfields Market Tenants Association, gave his response on behalf of the market’s tenants in an article on [...]
Consultation under way on market relocation
A consultation period is underway regarding the proposed relocation of New Spitalfields, Smithfield and New Billingsgate wholesale markets to a composite market site. The Corporation of London is landlord of the three sites that currently house London’s leading fresh produce & flowers, meat & poultry and fish wholesale markets. [...]
TV veg ad encourages kids to #EatThemToDefeatThem
• The UK ranks 21 out of 28 in the EU for fresh vegetable consumption. (Euromonitor data) • 96% of teenagers and 80% of primary school age children don’t eat enough vegetables (Veg Facts – The Food Foundation) • 44% of children will remove at least some, if not all of the [...]
Market’s relationship with City Harvest helps to feed vulnerable Londoners
A relationship that started between New Spitalfields Market and the award-winning charity City Harvest London (CHL) last summer has already made a huge difference to some of the most vulnerable sections of London’s population. CHL is leading the way in recycling food for the better good and promoting greener [...]
Market supports local school’s International Evening
The market donated a tray of pineapples for Hackney’s Kingsmead Primary School to offer families at its annual International Evening, which was held on Thursday 15th November. “It’s such a treat to be able to offer our families some delicious healthy fruit,” said Emma de Sausmarez, Communications and Community [...]
Why doing the right thing should not be competitive
A programme started in October 2017 to tackle the issue of waste at New Spitalfields Market has paid huge dividends in its first year. Market superintendent Ben Milligan, who has headed up the process, said the project, which not only reduces waste, but also monetizes some of that waste to [...]
Industry can give growing veg movement added momentum
Quietly but surely, there seems to be a pretty significant veg movement emerging in the UK and it must be something to which wholesale markets can give their wholehearted support. On this site in recent months, we’ve featured The Food Foundations’ Veg Power campaign, which hopes to increase vegetable [...]
Lord Mayor makes annual pilgrimage to New Spitalfields
The Lord Mayor of London Charles Bowman made his annual visit to New Spitalfields Market last month and on a beautiful morning in sunny East London he, his sheriffs and other invited guests were given a guided tour of the site, followed by a traditional market breakfast. After eating, [...]
Why traditional wholesalers can operate outside the digital world
My French teacher at school loved an expression and one that has always stuck with me was “if you’ve got nothing interesting to say, say nothing”. Now, as I’ve been a journalist writing and talking about the fruit and vegetable industry for 20-odd years, there may be a few [...]