New market at Stade Hall in Hastings organised by Tides of Trade

New market at Stade Hall in Hastings organised by Tides of Trade. Organiser of the event Callum Sulsh tells us more.

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00:00I've just recently set up a business called Ties of Trade and it's a local market, mainly

00:10small businesses, people that are making stuff, charities, it's a big sense of community

00:19basically.

00:20So originally I have a background in design, photography and marketing and stuff like that

00:27and my mum has a business which is inside and garden, sells home and garden decor products.

00:34So I helped her build that business for the last two years, I never really actually thought

00:38I was going to get into markets but during that process I learnt a lot more about markets

00:43and then Nikki was running an event, it was a company called Streetwise Events in Hastings

00:51and then she decided to move up to Norfolk and so that left a gap in the market and she

00:56said does anybody want to take it over, my mum didn't want to take it over on her own

01:02then she suggested maybe I should take it over and she can kind of help out where needed

01:07with her contacts and her knowledge about markets so we thought we'd give it a go and

01:15here we are.

01:16Typically we've got them planned so that they're one Saturday per month basically all throughout

01:23the year and then try to kind of tie them up with like cultural events that are already

01:28happening, say stuff like Pirate Day, things like that.

01:33Plans going forward is to meet more people that are doing interesting stuff like making

01:39things, all kinds of stuff, maybe people that make things out of copper or different kinds

01:44of metal, yeah basically anybody that's doing anything interesting, like making stuff, doesn't

01:50necessarily have to be making stuff but just small businesses, yeah meet as many of them

01:55as possible, hopefully make the event into a vibrant marketplace where lots of people

02:02want to come and see what's going on, hopefully all the stall holders sell loads of stuff

02:08and hopefully grow it a bit as well and maybe make it into something that's quite interesting

02:13and hopefully pulls people into the town.