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Your Swindon Market off to a flyer! About us
- What is inSwindon BID?

It may only be a month since its first day of trading, but Your Swindon Market is inSwindon BID is a Business
already proving extremely popular. Improvement District (BID), set up
in 2007, which promotes, manages
Based in Havelock Square, the market has seen huge numbers of shoppers taking
in the wonderful variety of specialist produce on offer since its launch on 6th and co-ordinates operations and
September. events in the town centre. It is mainly
funded by the retailers and other
The market boasts around 25 stalls selling everything from speciality cheeses to businesses within the town centre
organically grown fruit and vegetables, and exquisite glassware to authentic wines area. In February 2012 the Company
and ciders. was successful in a renewal to secure
Paralympics Gallery The top quality products are flying off the shelves, with the market’s excellent the future of the company for a
value already proving popular with consumers.
further five-years at a vote taken on
by the Business Improvement District
As if the London 2012 Olympic whirlwind Stacey Jacobs, from Rodbourne, said: “I’ve been along to Your Swindon Market a investors.
wasn’t enough excitement for one summer, couple of times and picked up a lot of quality stuff and not even spent that much
the Paralympics continued this year’s money!
sporting extravaganza in style. The company manages the Street
Team Ambassadors, the Security Radio
And as was the case with the main Games, Network, major events and campaigns
Swindon town centre provided unrivalled such as the Christmas Lights Switch
coverage of the action from the capital,
as the world’s elite disabled athletes On and Armed Forces Day, as well
competed on the international stage. as providing business support and
training to investors.
Both Saturdays of the Games saw the
return of the popular ‘have-a-go’ areas For more details on inSwindon BID:
to Wharf Green, with hundreds of
people turning out to enjoy sessions of see www.swindontowncentre.co.uk
Paralympic sports such as wheelchair
basketball and boccia for free.

It was a memorable end to a magical
summer of sport, and we captured the Find us on
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“It’s great to see so much hustle and bustle in Swindon town centre, and this is
what the town has been lacking so long may it continue.”

Your Swindon Market Manager, Jack McLeod said: “It’s been a great start to Your
Swindon Market, and all the traders are pleased with the reaction it’s got from
people in town.

“Obviously it’s still early days, but it’s really encouraging to see how interested
everyone is in what our producers have on offer, and I’m confident that we can
go from strength to strength.”

The market runs from 9am until 3pm every Thursday, and also features a no-
purchase-necessary lunchtime raffle, giving away a hamper full of goods from
the producers worth approximately £60 every market day.

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