‘Closing Romford Market on Sundays would be disastrous-the market makes more money on Sunday than any other day.’

Market traders hit back at Havering Council proposed budget cuts that include the possible closure of Romford Market on Sundays.

“In the last 20 years the Council has not spent any money on this market’, says David a market stall holder and member of the market committee. “You have wasted money, but you have spent nothing on this market.”

Havering Council budget cuts have proposed closing Romford Market on a Sunday to save money. Market stall holders have hit back at these plans.

“£160,000 was paid on a consultation, further consultations have cost the borough thousands and still here we are in the same position. We are fed up with promises. People do not even know there is a market here.

“This market is a jewel in their crown, but they don’t want to know. There are ways to save money, we have told them this. Make it look nicer down here, listen to the traders, no one has listened to us.”

Market stall hold Stephen told the Havering Daily:

“We could earn the Council £250,000 a year if they would listen to us, but no one wants to listen to us.”

St Edwards ward Councillor David Taylor has launched a petition to save the Sunday Market.

He told the Havering Daily: “The justification we were told for closing the market on Sunday was that it would save £120,000 a year. It might save the council that, but it will cost the traders money. The point of the market is that it is a historic part of our market, it is the identity of Romford. It has been around longer than any of us here and if we listen to these traders, some of whom are going to lose their livelihoods for the sake of saving the council a small amount of money, then I think we need to talk further about this.”

David finished by saying: “We take more money here on a Sunday than we do during the week, we are already face with ULEZ charges, increase in stall prices, and the increase in parking fees. People will lose their livelihoods over this.”

Councillor David Taylor who has launched a petition to save our Sunday market.

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