Christmas markets
They may only be a pretty recent phenomena on UK high streets, but the tradition of Christmas Markets actually goes way back, in fact as far back as to 1434 when it is believed that the first ever one ...
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Nigel Heath pays the price of ignoring a good intention on visiting a French market
One has two choices when visiting a bustling French market in a large town some miles from one’s holiday gite, hotel or B&B and they are either to rise early and beat the traffic and the des ...
North vs. South: The end of the great property market divide
At first glance, there appears to be little unusual about the British property market statistics between January 2014 and 2015. The value of properties rose by a healthy 7.9% in major UK cities, for e ...
To market we will go
In an era of online shopping in which high streets are in decline and even a major retailer such as Tesco is struggling, the traditional town market may seem like little more than an outdated throwbac ...