356/2002 The Cabinet agreed to give the retail
sector greater prominence and consideration in the forthcoming
revisions/reviews to the Council's Tourism Strategy and Economic
Development Strategy;
357/2002 The Cabinet noted the support of the Committee to the
transfer of the management of street markets and farmers markets
from the environmental health unit of the front line task force to
the tourism and retail sector unit of economic development and
neighbourhood renewal;
358/2002 In support of decision number 357/2002 the Cabinet agreed
for the budget transfer from the community safety budget head to
the regeneration and renewal budget head.
359/2002 The Cabinet agreed to formalise the current market
contracts prior to a complete re-tendering of the service in 2003
for implementation in April 2004;
360/2002 The Cabinet agreed in the budget setting process to permit
the additional income raised via street markets (over budget
expectation for 2003/2004) to be retained by the Town Centre
Management service in order to add value to future developmental
and marketing programmes.