Young Traders Market 2022 is hitting the nation

As things get back to normal after the pandemic Welshpool Town Market is offering young budding retail entrepreneurs the chance to have a free stall for the day. 

The initiative is part of Young Traders Market 2022, a nationwide campaign to encourage 16 to 30-year-olds to sell their ideas on retail markets. 

The project, now in its 10th year, has been devised by the NMTF, the only national UK organisation representing market and street traders, events retailers and mobile caterers. A series of local events are being held throughout the UK, and the best of the traders will take part in one of 10 regional finals before the national final in August at Stratford-upon Avon in Warwickshire. 

Welshpool is staging its Young Traders Market on Saturday 7th July 2022 and now the hunt is on to find entrepreneurs keen to trade. 

Councillor Alison Davies, Welshpool Town Mayor said: "We at Welshpool are proud and keen to support this initiative because of what it is doing for markets nationwide. To make sure they thrive in years to come we have to bring in new blood, young entrepreneurs who have fresh ideas and who will hopefully attract a younger generation of shoppers." 

Anyone wanting to take part in the event should contact Anne Wilson, Town Clerk on 01938553142 or: 

For more information and discover how 16 to 30-year-olds can apply to take part visit nmtf.co.uk/young-traders-market 

For editors 

To read the report on the YTM 2021 final in the NMTF's Market Times: https://www.nmtf.co.uk/mt/MarketTimesOctober2021/#p=22 

To view and download photos from last year's final and use as you wish go to https://adobe.ly/39TaHIH