Jeweller 'priced out' of Christmas market stall this year
Liverpool City Council, which awarded the tender to Underbelly to run the event at St George's Hall, said the markets offered a "cost-effective way for traders to showcase and sell their products". It added the new operator would manage their own trader arrangements independently. Alex, 37, said selling her jewellery at the Christmas market on St George's Plateau for the past five years had been a "really great place to be".
- ▪Liverpool City Council, which awarded the tender to Underbelly to run the event at St George's Hall, said the markets offered a "cost-effective way for traders to showcase and sell their products".
- ▪It added the new operator would manage their own trader arrangements independently.
- ▪Alex, 37, said selling her jewellery at the Christmas market on St George's Plateau for the past five years had been a "really great place to be".
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Jeweller 'priced out' of Christmas market stall this yearImage source, Alex HealyImage caption, Alex Healy has sold her jewellery at the Christmas market in Liverpool since 2021ByClaire Hamilton, Political Reporter Merseyside and Louisa King, North WestPublishedJust nowWhen silversmith Alex Healy was planning her return to work after maternity leave, the first date she hoped to add to her diary was Liverpool's Christmas market, an event where she had sold jewellery since 2021.However, due to a change in operator and a rise in costs, Alex said this would be the first winter she would not be renting a stall and she and other traders were being "priced out".A new company, Underbelly, has taken over this year, and Alex said the cost of running a stall had doubled.
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