| Market Promotion |
The corporate image of New Spitalfields Market, the UK’s premier wholesale fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and flower market is actively promoted by THE NEW SPITALFIELDS MARKET PROMOTION COMPANY. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Spitalfields Market Tenants Association, the Promotion Company co-ordinates and undertakes a dedicated programme ranging from advertising, representation at industry and trade shows, market visits from UK fruit and vegetable co-operatives and overseas exporters. Maintaining close contacts with all the Embassies, UK trade bodies, the Promotion Company leaves no ‘stone unturned’ in raising the profile of the market. Not only promoting New Spitalfields Market, but promoting the role that wholesale markets play in the chain of distribution. Indeed, wholesale markets are the hub. Throughout 2007 the Market’s programme of representation and attendance at the following trade shows is; TASTE OF NEWHAM - JUNE 2007 FRUIT FOCUS - JULY 2007 THE RESTAURANT SHOW - 8TH – 10TH OCTOBER 2007 EARLS COURT 2 THE NATIONAL FRUIT SHOW - 17TH – 18TH OCTOBER 2007, DETTLING SHOWGROUND, KENT LORD MAYORS SHOW - SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2007 Together with the other City of London wholesale markets i.e. Billingsgate, the fish market and Smithfield, the meat market, New Spitalfields Market enters a float in the Lord Mayor’s Show. THE GROWER OF THE YEAR AWARDS - THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2008 ROYAL LANCASTER HOTEL The Market sponsors the Top Fruit Grower of the Year Award. MARKET’S ANNUAL DINNER DANCE - SATURDAY, 1ST MARCH 2008 LONDON HILTON HOTEL This is the main show case for the Market. A formal affair up to the end of Dinner, the evening then belongs to party time. To discuss visits or other promotional aspects contact; Jim Heppel |