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24-06-2025
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Carlisle Market Hall barbers reaches final of 'Best Barber 2025'
WE'RE highlighting the shortlisted barber shops in our competition in the . Each of the establishments will be featured over ten issues. Brunos Barbers has been nominated by News & Star readers as one of ten finalists in its 'Best Barber Shop 2025' award. The shop was opened by Bruno Guedes 10 years ago, after he moved to Carlisle from Portugal. Brunos is located at in the Market Hall in Carlisle city centre and has a regular set of clients as well as passing trade. Bruno said it was 'very flattering' to be nominated and reach the final. He said: 'I've been here for ten years now and to be nominated by the people is very flattering. It's just me in the shop and it's small but I have regular clients. 'It's a unique space with good music. I take walk ins and bookings and most of the time people don't mind waiting. I'm always busy so it keeps me occupied!' Inside Brunos Barbers in the Market Hall. (Image: Supplied) Bruno explained how his favourite part about owning his barber shop is getting to know his customers. READ MORE: Meet the finalists for 'Best Barber Shop 2025' He added: 'It's a personalised environment, some people even say they come because of me. I've become friends and even family with some of my customers. It's my passion, I love it. 'I love connecting with people, hearing about their life experiences and relating with each other. I moved to the city from Portugal and now I've got a big circle of friends – they make it a better place.' Bruno also prides himself on being one of the fastest barbers in business. (Image: Supplied) He said: 'I'm very quick, one of the quickest. I can cut around 40 to 50 people per day and on Saturdays, I've been known to cut 80. 'Fridays and Saturdays are my busiest. I work five days a week, Sunday and Monday are my rest days.' News & Star readers will now be able to vote for their favourite finalist by picking up a copy of the daily newspaper between Monday, June 23, and Sunday, July 6.
BBC News
02-06-2025
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- BBC News
Former market trader bids farewell to Derby's Market Hall
For Linda Aston, when the council told her and the Market Hall's other traders that they would have to move out, it was akin to moving out of a family who has now moved her jewellery business to a shop in Cheapside in Derby, said: "[The council] have taken a family home, in my mind, and stolen all the furniture. It's like, everything's gone. I've got no emotion to it. "They've ripped the heart out of it. And once the heart's gone, there's nothing left is there?"The city council said the reopening of the Market Hall is a "catalyst moment in Derby's ongoing regeneration efforts". Linda's grandfather, Michael Doyle, set up the Mecca jewellery stall in the Market Hall in 1925 and the family is marking 100 years of being in business in Derby this year."There were four generations of the family in the Market Hall behind that stall, for all the laughter and all the tears."It was somewhere where you went from very early in your childhood, somewhere where you make your friends. Somewhere where you just sit and have a cup of tea with the neighbouring stalls."It was amazing really, it was just like one big family. And I just hope it continues to be like that for the traders that are in there now," she said. Like many other longstanding traders, Linda, who was also the chair of the Derby Market Hall Traders' Association before its closure, was moved out of the Market Hall for the renovations in was among a group of traders who moved into the Eagle Market in an effort to keep the spirit of their businesses alive and until the Market Hall Derbion closed the market in 2023, causing many of the stalls to either move into bricks and mortar shops, other markets or to close offered the opportunity by the council, not one of the old traders still operating have chosen to return, having spent years establishing themselves say the new venue is not suited to their business. Linda said: "When I looked at the areas that you could go in [in the Market Hall], there was nothing really suitable for me."And the other reason is, I've been in three locations now in under five years. Not a lot of businesses can stand to keep relocating like that."Market life is where my heart is. But I didn't have a choice." When BBC Radio Derby joined her for her first visit to the new venue, entering the building, she observed that it looked "completely different"."Very lively, vibrant. The old roof looks marvellous. It was a lot of money but it was worth saving," she said, in reference to its £13m price tag."They've got a variety of stalls. There's a lot of food," she said, noting the more "traditional" stalls like the she maintained that the new venue would not have worked for the century-old Mecca."The [units] at the side wouldn't have worked and the ones in the middle, definitely not because they're not secure enough."It's such a beautiful building. It [looks] good. Just not for me." Linda said: "I thought I would be emotional coming in here."But I hope [the new traders] can make it happen."It's the end of an era," she added. Derby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield said the reopening of the venue is a "catalyst moment in Derby's ongoing regeneration efforts" and expects it will generate more than "£3.5m for the local economy every year".
BBC News
30-05-2025
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- BBC News
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Georgia Roberts Political Reporter, BBC Derby BBC Kay Sampson from Tubo Gift Shop hosted a stall over the Market Hall's opening weekend to promote her shop in Sadler Gate Independent shop owners on one of Derby's most historic high streets have voiced their hopes for a brighter future for footfall thanks to a new market. The Market Hall opened its doors over the bank holiday weekend having been closed for several years for a refurbishment, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. Sadler Gate, which is nearby, is one of the city's more "forgotten" areas according to some of those stationed there. However, many owners have told the BBC that there has been an increase in trade over the past week because of the Market Hall attracting more visitors. It is hoped that the ripple effect will continue benefit the area, rather than an "us vs them" mentality one trader described as being the feeling towards the Derbion shopping centre amongst the city's independent traders. Karl Shaw, who runs the coffee and casual menswear shop Mr Shaw's House, says there have been "new faces" in the area since the opening and describes the Market Hall opening as a "pivotal point" for Sadler Gate shops. "It's a gateway back into our street," he said. "There's lots of negative people on social media, but it's a positive thing and people have got to embrace it and go with the flow." Karl is hoping to take up an offer made by the council to host a pop-up stall in the Market Hall, where he plans to promote Sadler Gate. Karl Shaw, who runs Mr Shaw's House on Sadler Gate Melanie Lowe runs The Fig nearby and like Karl, has been there for the past two years. She says the more independent focus the Market Hall has is what will help drive customers towards Sadler Gate's similar offering. "On Saturday [there was] definitely a lot more tourists, people who haven't been into my shop before. And this week there's been a few people around, it's been steady. "[The Market Hall] has got to be a good thing. It's a big empty space in the centre of Derby for a long time." The Fig, a health shop in Derby, was recently voted "best independent shop" in a local competition Kay Sampson, the owner of Tubo Gift Shop, said they had hosted a pop-up stall in the Market Hall during the opening weekend to promote their shop in Sadler Gate. "We've had a really nice steady trickle of people... it's been like what Sadler Gate used to be like. "It's not just about [the Market Hall], it's about the Cathedral Quarter as a whole and getting people down here. "That's got to last, and everybody has to play their part in making that work. "There's too much negativity I've read on social media at the moment. '£35m for what', they're saying. It's a beautiful building." The Sadler Gate area in Derby has struggled with slow footfall and empty units in recent years However, Daniel Bennett is less optimistic. He has already made the decision to move his shop 1NE. derby out of Sadler Gate and into the Derbion shopping centre blaming the low footfall. Mr Bennett, who has been based in Sadler Gate for five years, will be closing the shop over the weekend and reopening in Derbion in the summer. He won a competition to host a pop-up stall in the shopping centre in 2023 and said the difference in trade was "incredible". "In the shopping centre you're guaranteed footfall whereas for us in Sadler Gate you don't really see people, it's a ghost town, its more of a cut through," he said. Mr Nebbett says the demographic for their high end fashion trainers and clothing is a younger market who are more likely to go to the shopping centre than Sadler Gate - or the new Market Hall. "[In the Market Hall] for footfall we'd be in same position, we'd have to drag people in there," he said, describing the offering as more suited to "the older crowd". "I don't think there's anything in there that's going to keep people going back." Daniel Bennett will be leaving Sadler Gate this weekend for the Derbion shopping centre, describing the high street as a "ghost town" The leader of Derby City Council, Nadine Peatfield, told the BBC there would be regular opportunities for local businesses like those on Sadler Gate to have a presence in the Market Hall - especially with units still yet to be filled. "We have been inundated with requests for information for people who want to invest or book temporary or permanent stalls," she said. "We've identified what the gaps are and we want to make sure we fill [all the units]. "People have seen the success and they want to be a part of it." Related internet links
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29-05-2025
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More than 34,000 visit city's revamped market
Council bosses say 34,500 people have visited the Market Hall in the first three days since it reopened following a £35m refurbishment. The Grade II listed indoor market was closed for three years while work took place but welcomed back customers on Saturday. It is hoped the revamp will bring an estimated boost of £3.5m to the city economy by attracting more people into Derby. Derby City Council leader Nadine Peatfield said the queues on Saturday to get into the Victorian building were "beyond expectations" and added the reopening of the venue was a "catalyst moment in Derby's ongoing regeneration efforts". Located in the heart of the city centre - linking the Derbion shopping centre and St Peter's Quarter with the Cathedral Quarter and Becketwell - the new attraction's transformation started in 2018. The official opening of the stall took place almost 159 years after its original opening in 1866. Peatfield said: "It was absolutely phenomenal to see that the Market Hall drew in over 34,000 visitors in its first three days. "Going forward, the Market Hall will contribute significantly to the local economy, generating over £3.5m for the local economy every year." Follow BBC Derby on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. City's market reopens after £35m refurbishment Derby Market Hall reopening - what you need to know Derby City Council
BBC News
29-05-2025
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- BBC News
More than 34,000 visit Derby's reopened Market Hall
Council bosses say 34,500 people have visited the Market Hall in the first three days since it reopened following a £35m Grade II listed indoor market was closed for three years while work took place but welcomed back customers on is hoped the revamp will bring an estimated boost of £3.5m to the city economy by attracting more people into City Council leader Nadine Peatfield said the queues on Saturday to get into the Victorian building were "beyond expectations" and added the reopening of the venue was a "catalyst moment in Derby's ongoing regeneration efforts". Located in the heart of the city centre - linking the Derbion shopping centre and St Peter's Quarter with the Cathedral Quarter and Becketwell - the new attraction's transformation started in official opening of the stall took place almost 159 years after its original opening in said: "It was absolutely phenomenal to see that the Market Hall drew in over 34,000 visitors in its first three days."Going forward, the Market Hall will contribute significantly to the local economy, generating over £3.5m for the local economy every year."
