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Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporting Service
Published:
12:25 PM February 25, 2021
New Spitalfields Market is set to move to Dagenham.
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Traders at London’s largest wholesale markets have warned they will not survive the pandemic unless they receive “urgent support” from the government.
New Spitalfields Market - which is set to move to Dagenham - New Covent Garden Market and Western International Market supply flowers and fresh food to the capital’s top restaurants and hotels, as well as work canteens and schools.
But trading is down 90 per cent on pre-Covid levels and stall holders say they have been denied the financial support offered to some of their customers in the hospitality industry.
Surrey mum fears end of Nourish our Nurses initiative as fundraiser runs out of money
The volunteers have supplied around 7,400 large boxes of fresh produce and essentials to NHS workers over the past year
Debi Peppin (left) and Jo-Ann Airikkala (right) packing food boxes at Bishopsgate School in Englefield Green (Image: Surrey Live - Grahame Larter)
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