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 Retford Market Consultation
Proposals to invest more than £400,000 in Retford’s market are being put forward by Bassetlaw District Council as it seeks to modernise its approach, broaden its appeal and protect the future of the town’s historic market.
Traditionally held on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the markets have been a significant part of Retford’s heritage since King Henry III granted its first charter in 1246. The Council is now taking action in order to safeguard this legacy and ensure that the market retains this tradition, and is financially viable for many years to come.
The Council is now asking the public, market traders, local businesses and local stakeholders for their views on two proposals that could create a semi-permanent market, and provide additional trading opportunities through the historic Buttermarket, located in Retford Town Hall. This will take place as part of a six-week consultation, which runs from Friday 17th November until Tuesday 2nd January 2024.
Have your Say - Retford Market Consultation
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 This year's Worksop Christmas Lights switch on event takes place on Saturday 25th November at the Old Market Square. This free to attend family event is the perfect way to start the festive activities, taking place from 12:00pm until 6:30pm.
- What to expect on the day:
- Visit Santa in the courtyard of the Lion Hotel
- Watch some fascinating street entertainment, including stilt performers
- Enjoy free bauble decorating by the Charter Trustee’s children’s Christmas tree
- Do some of your Christmas shopping from the range of stalls from 12pm
- Eat some delicious food from vendors & local eateries
- Take part in a free lantern making workshop, followed by a short parade with the lanterns up to the main stage
- Watch live entertainment on the main stage, including the fabulous Eltonesque
- Gaze up at the fireworks & enjoy the lights being turned on at 6pm
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 Retford Christmas Market and Lights Switch-on makes a very welcome return again on 26th November with an even bigger and better Christmas Market and Lights Switch On event!
Starting at 10am and running all day until 6pm you'll be entertained the whole day long with over 150 stalls inside and out to visit, live entertainment on stage throughout the day, street food and entertainers, Craft Market, St. Swithun's Christmas Tree Festival, The Grove Church Star-Studded Spectacular, Rattlejag Morris Dancers, Fairground Rides as well as the ever-popular Stormtroopers, and lots more too. Many of our brilliant independent shops will be open as well as town centre cafes and pubs.
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Visitors to Worksop and Retford will be able to take advantage of free afternoon parking again this year in all Bassetlaw District Council Car Parks (including the Priory Centre in Worksop) in the run up to Christmas and New Year.
Parking will be free after 2pm each day from Friday 1st December 2023 to Monday 1st January 2024 as the Council looks to encourage more people to shop local and support our town centre businesses.
Parking will also be free in the Council’s Worksop Car Parks (including the Priory Centre) on Saturday 25th November for the Christmas Lights Switch On. There are no parking charges in Council Car Parks on Sundays so the Retford Christmas Market and Lights Switch-On taking place on Sunday 26th November will also have free parking.
Cllr Alan Rhodes, Cabinet Member for Corporate & Financial Services said:
“We are offering free parking from 2pm throughout December to support traders and businesses in our town centres. This year we are also able to extend the scheme to the Priory Centre in Worksop and ensure that the Christmas Lights Switch Ons will benefit from free parking as well. I hope this will encourage people to shop local and support our town centre businesses.”
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Enterprise Grants for Local Start Ups
 Bassetlaw District Council is continuing to award Enterprise Grants to start-up and pre-start-up businesses across the district, and since April this year, nine businesses have secured a total of £14,510 to help with business costs such as marketing, equipment or uniforms.
Just some of the businesses to be awarded grants this year include:
Grant recipient, Obviously Optical, found the support extremely valuable when setting up a new business. Keiran Allan, owner of Obviously Optical, said: “The grant has certainly helped us progress quicker than we would have been able to. So we are extremely grateful that it was awarded and the process for everything has been extremely easy.”
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Flood funding available for homes and businesses
 Over 100 households and businesses have already applied for the Community Recovery Grant and additional support available to those affected by recent flooding.
If you were directly affected by Storm Babet and water entered your property, there is still time to apply for UK Government funded support, which includes a Community Recovery Grant of £500 per household, a 100% Council Tax Discount for at least three months and a 100% Business Rates Relief for at least three months.
Find out more and apply for the grant
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As the colder weather approaches, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr Lynne Schuller's latest blog focuses on staying well this winter.
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 A targeted investment in improving public safety in Worksop has helped drive significant reductions in neighbourhood crime, antisocial behaviour and violence against women and girls.
It follows a £300,000 package of Safer Streets measures including employing a team of street wardens to provide a high-visibility public presence, the installation of new street lighting and the provision of drink testing kits and training for people working in the night-time economy to prevent violence against women and girls.
Combined with the continuing hard work Bassetlaw District Council’s antisocial behaviour team and Nottinghamshire Police officers, it has led to a 76% reduction in house burglary, 53% drop in vehicle offences, a 40% fall in violence against women and girls in public spaces, a 16% drop in robbery and an 11% reduction in antisocial behaviour.
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A prolific beggar who pretended to be homeless to get money from members of the public has now been banned from loitering anywhere in Bassetlaw with a view to begging.
Shane Hulls was handed his two-year extended criminal behaviour order after he pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation - namely using someone else’s bank card without permission to buy bottles of spirit in Worksop town centre on 20 April 2023.
The 34-year-old was handed a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 23 October 2023.
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