OWAIN JONES

Market Cities in Transition: Taking Steps to Leverage the

Power of Public Markets

Place Making Project Manager Cross River Partnership

URBACT Markets – London Sustainable Urban Markets project

URBACT Markets – 9 EU city partners (30 months)

What do URBACT programmes do?

enable knowledge transfer/exchange

learning/skills development

development of local City Action Plans

In London we had a central focus – 9 boroughs & 3 BIDs

London – some fast facts

8.2m people

25% aged >19 years

3.3m black/ethnic & 4.9m white citizens

5th largest city economy worth €400bn

1.5m jobs in 175,000 high street businesses (30%)

€140bn retail spend annually (including on-line)

18.4m tourist visitors annually

Per capita beer consumption 9 – 10 pints a week!

Number of markets ??! Map??!

2008: The best markets map we’ve got!

London – 629 local wards and locally elected Councillors

1 Mayor & 33 local authorities that license markets

London – political control is not homogenous

Spatial development separated into central, inner & outer London

SUM Project team contributors

SUM project priority themes

4 themes

1. Strategic, legal & regulatory

2. Regeneration, high streets & town centres

3. Enterprise & entrepreneurship

4. Low carbon & sustainability

BIS CLG

NPPF, London Plan, MTS, London Local Authorities Act, Food Act,

LDF

Retail Communities Workers Place Transport

Understanding who are stakeholders are

London Councils

EU

Mayor

Operators Local

Authorities

Managing Agents

BIDs

RBKC LBL CoL

LBS LBI WCC LBC

LEP

Nabma

AoLM

NMTF

WUWM

SUM LSG

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Traders Shoppers/

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Benchmarking Group

ATCM

London markets SWOT analysis

• antiquated legal framework • Infrastructure/low investment • paucity of (value) metrics • atomised/absence of strategy • declining public markets • convenience/competitiveness • professionalism/unglamorous

• private sector growth • low threshold/low risk retail • creativity, culture, heritage • co-working space/incubators • lift living standards • durable/flexible/scalable • leisure + commerce

• night-time/visitor economy • regeneration/modal shift • sustainable neighbourhoods • digital technologies • BIDs, CICs, Communities • Government/Mayoral/EU €&£

• behaviour change • supermarkets/internet • public sector funding squeeze • tradition/convention • declining retail spend • EU Services Directive

W S

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We undertook 5 EU partner city study visits

We held a practitioner & stakeholder workshop in London

We commissioned dedicated research

Central & inner London markets in numbers

Central & inner London markets in numbers

We commissioned up-to date maps

We published the SUM Action Plan – 4 themes & 28 proposals

We focused on key priorities & lobbied

Priorities:

1. Markets Board for London – cohere the landscape

2. London Local Authorities Act 1990/Food Act 1984 – review & interpretive guidance

3. knowing the unknowns – better metrics

4. public/private investment

5. managerial/operational review – alternative models?

6. ‘Market of markets’ festival

7. ‘First Pitch’ London – infusing new blood

What we have achieved so far

1. raised profile/policy interest in markets in London

2. enhanced network of EU City/domestic partner relationships

3. mayoral agreement to establish a Markets Board for London

4. modest funding to obtain better metrics & mapping

5. agreement to create an on-line markets knowledge hub

6. public/private investment funding support for specific markets

7. London ‘Market of markets’ festival – on agenda for 2016

Further information:

Owain Jones

Place Making Project Manager, Cross River Partnership

e: ojones@lambeth.gov.uk

t: +44 (0)7985 283 245

w: http://www.crossriverpartnership.org/

w: http://urbact.eu/urbact-markets