All Wholesale articles – Page 71
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ArticleCovent Garden makes headway on redevelopment
The redevelopment of New Covent Garden has taken a major step forward, after the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) and tenants agreed a brief to secure the long-term future of the market.
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ArticleNew logistical centre for Hamburg market
HQL Hodorff Qualitätslogistik GmbH rounded off 2006 with the opening of a new logistics centre at Hamburg's main market.
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Borough tour celebrates wholesaler return
To celebrate the wholesalers’ return to the Jubilee Market and the ever-increasing wholesale activity at Borough, a tour of the market and tasting is being held on February 21.
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Hurst Parnell in hands of receivers
According to official sources, Bristol-based Hurst Parnell Imports & Exports Ltd has been put in the hands of the receivers.
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TP in Edinburgh move
Total Produce will open its new, purpose-built premises at Sighthill, Edingburgh with an official ceremony at 11am on February 20.
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ArticleBob Smith dies, aged 63
Bob Smith, who owned Smith & Son at Western International with son Paul, has died, aged 63.
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ArticleGarden cheques in with charities
Following huge fund raising efforts at the annual dinner dance, the Covent Garden Tenants Association has handed over cheques for a total of £18,200 to charity.
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ArticleLondon markets say “don’t dump on us”
The three main fruit and vegetable wholesale markets in London have joined forces to introduce hefty fines for dumping produce on their sites - and have adopted the slogan “don’t dump on us”.
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ArticleSpitalfields weathers second power cut
New Spitalfields Market was plunged into darkness for the second time in a fortnight on Tuesday night as a local power cut forced it to close.
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Alan Pendergast dies, aged 70
Alan Pendergast, formerly managing director of A May in New Spitalfields, died on November 2, aged 70.
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ArticleWestern gang glam up
Western International Market celebrated and donated in style at its annual dinner dance.
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ArticleBorough celebrates 250 years of trading
The National Fruit Show’s annual pilgrimage around the country to persuade more consumers to buy UK fruit will go to Borough Market, London on Saturday, October 21.
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ArticleDerrick Harmer dies, aged 71
The trade will be saddened to hear of the death of Derrick Harmer at the age of 71.
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ArticleFace lift on order for Covent Garden
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has announced the start of a two-year programme to determine how best to revamp its 30-year-old infrastructure with modern facilities.
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The rocky high street horror show
Simon Quin's vision of High Street Britian in 2015 is not a happy one.
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Commissioner hears of wholesale value
Representatives of the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) have highlighted the continuing significance of the continent’s wholesale market sector at a meeting with the European commissioner for the Health and Consumer Protection DG, Markos Kyprianou.
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Beijing conference for wholesalers
The 25th Congress of the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) - to be celebrated in Beijing, China in September 2007 - has been launched with the full support of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
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ArticleWestern traders escape fire damage
Western International tenants were disrupted, but left relatively untroubled, by a huge blaze that ripped through the market’s pallet store on July 29.
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ArticleFoodservice fun from 3663
Foodservice wholesale distributor 3663 is introducing a cartoon-themed information pack into schools to encourage children to eat healthily.
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ArticleCovent Garden fortunes rise
London’s New Covent Garden Market has announced an increase in annual turnover of 4.4 per cent to £519 million with growth in catering distribution up nearly 10 per cent on a year ago.