Washington Market Village inside Galleries buying centre closed to clients with shutters down and outlets in darkness

The group market – which is housed inside the wider Galleries shopping centre – is dwelling to a wide range of impartial merchants, from magnificence salons to meals distributors and different small companies. However on Saturday morning, the shutters have been down in the marketplace village’s entrance, with outlets in darkness.

Based on its web site, the agency operates greater than 4,000 market days throughout the UK every year. Different indoor markets underneath its operation embody The Forge in Glasgow and Prescot Buying Centre in Merseyside.

Washington Galleries has additionally been approached for remark.

Because the area bounced again from closures imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, traders at Washington Market Village urged the group to “store native” and help the merchants.