Agenda item

The Superintendents to be heard.

Smithfield

·         A Street Party was to be held on 24^th August 2019 to mark ?

·         There had been a reduced car parking uptake on the 2 concessionary Easter nights/days.  There were 64 less vehicles compared to the same period for 2018.  Trade was down slightly compared to Easter 2018.

New Spitalfields

·         The Lord Mayor had visited the market on ???.

·         An update on City Harvest would be presented to the next meeting.

·         The investigation into the customer fatality at the market was ongoing and officers had no further information at present.

·         Tenders for CCTV provision at the market were being assessed.

Billingsgate

·         Subject to the agreement of the Committee, a rapid Electrical Vehicle Charging Point was to be installed at Billingsgate Market Car Park. (details in late report)

·          The Market Superintendent was attending the NABMA/NMTF APPG Parliamentary Reception on Tuesday 14 May.

·          Billingsgate Market had received a grant from the MMO of around £13,500 for the purchase of a new electric vehicle.

·          The Market Superintendent was working closely with the GLA who are hosting the forthcoming International Markets Conference to facilitate the numerous requests they had received from delegates for tours of Billingsgate.

RESOLVED – That the updates be noted.