Please do not take away the jobs and livelihoods of local Edinburgh businesses and traders!
Why is this important?
The Royal Mile Market is Edinburgh's only permanent, 7-day, indoor marketplace. It is home to over 15 local businesses, brands and traders, all of whom are based entirely in Edinburgh.
The market hosts:
Artists, Designers, Muralists, Jewellers, Weavers, Musicians, Printers, Historians, and many more....
Now, a multi-million pound, London-based company have put in a bid to take the Tron Kirk away from us to use as a 'gift shop'.
As the current tenants, we have the right to renew our lease at the current market rate before any other offers are considered - which we want to do!
PLEASE, Edinburgh Council, don't take the livelihoods away from small-scale, Edinburgh-based businesses. We NEED the Tron Kirk.
Between us we employ over 50 local people on top of providing a unique shopping destination and tourist attraction. In addition, many of our profits go directly back into the local economy.
We have nowhere else to go.
Thank you,
The Traders of the Royal Mile Market
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
https://vimeo.com/178314147
How it will be delivered
We will email the results of the petition to Alasdair Rankin (SNP, City Centre Councillor). It will also be presented on Thursday 18th August at the Finance and Resources Committee meeting.
