Amount owed to Liverpool Council by St Johns Market traders

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A senior officer has said no new money could be spent on the site until debts are cleared

According to a letter issued to traders in the historic city centre market, Liverpool Council can only invest in the site when it gets money back from business owners that it has not been paid for the last three years. It was revealed yesterday the local authority is calling in rent and service charge arrears owed by tenants at St Johns since 2020 as it can no longer afford to subsidise the site.

The council invested in a renovation of the market, located in St John’s Shopping Centre back in 2016. Despite £2.5m being pumped into the site, it was heavily criticised - even by then Mayor Joe Anderson - who initially offered traders three, then six months free rent as an incentive to stay and increase footfall.

Some traders have been critical of a perceived lack of support from the council to promote the market. This was rejected by Mr Lewis, who said: “Marketing of St Johns is largely a matter for yourselves, the traders, not the council.” Setting out why the authority was seeking to bring in the money owed, council leader Liam Robinson told the LDRS: “We are expecting people to come to an agreement appropriately with us as to how their arrears will be paid.

 

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