Councillors will decide in the next week whether to give permission for a market to be set up in a former Marks and Spencer. However even if the licence is granted, it will still face the hurdle of the retail giant being in advanced talks with someone else for the former store in Birkenhead ’s Pyramids Shopping Centre.
He made reference to the need for 70% occupancy in a market run from the Marks and Spencers, plans for an astroturf facility built upstairs, the security, office, and managerial staff he would employ to run it, as well as positive comments market traders had made . However he said it was very much a concept with no costs provided or signed agreements in place. However he said the plan would be for a non-profit community market with any money made going back into it.