Young traders given a chance to set out stall
TEENAGE traders will be showcasing their creative talents this weekend at an event which supports budding entrepreneurs.
Stockport Teenage Market helps to promote young traders by giving them a free stall to sell their own products.
It will run alongside the usual weekly Saturday market from 10am-4pm in a bid to attract new shoppers to the historic Old Town area.
The event will also have a festival feel with dance groups in the Market Square and acoustic performers at the Seven Miles Out arts centre.
Stockport is one of five towns and cities holding a Teenage Market this weekend as part of the national Love Your Local Market fortnight campaign.
Joe Barratt, 22, who founded the market with his 20-year-old brother Tom three years ago, said: “Not only does The Teenage Market help young people to kickstart their businesses but it also gets them engaged with their town centre and brings a new vibrancy and excitement to market areas.”