Coventry Market - Print version

Coventry City Centre has had a vibrant market on this site since 1958 and we have been finalists and winner of many awards.

Opening times

Our normal opening times are:

• Monday to Wednesday: 8.30am - 5.00pm
• Thursday: 8.30am - 2.30pm
• Friday and Saturday: 8.30am - 5.30pm

Individual stallholders may choose to open or close earlier or later than stated. Customers should check with individual stalls regarding their opening times. 

Social media

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Parking

Car parks in Coventry [/parking].

Privacy notice

Commercial Property Management privacy notice [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/commercialpropertymanagementprivacynotice]

Rent a market stall

Stall rent charges

• Standard Rate – £130.00 per week. Available to traders selling goods of a general nature.
• Business Builder scheme [/businessbuilder] - £90.00 per week (for 16 weeks) £110 per week (for 8 weeks) £130 thereafter. 

Coventry Market Traders' Code of Conduct

The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to protect and enhance the Retail Market's reputation as a vibrant, attractive and safe environment for the shopping public, traders and employees of the market. The Code is endorsed and supported by the Coventry Branch of the National Market Traders' Federation and should be read in conjunction with market by-laws and the terms and conditions of stallholder's tenancy/lease agreements.

Personal behaviour

Stallholders and their staff are expected to behave in a professional and socially acceptable manner at all times having regard to the interests of all traders and the market as a whole.  Verbal abuse or physical aggression will not be tolerated in any circumstances towards any customer, trader or employee of the market.

Any activity involving calling, shouting, playing music or any other action intended to attract shoppers' attention to a particular stall or group of stalls ('pitching') is not permitted under the terms of tenancy/lease agreements but may be allowed at the Market Manager's absolute discretion. If such activity, where permitted, causes nuisance or annoyance to fellow traders or customers of the market, the concession may be withdrawn without notice at the absolute discretion of the Market Manager.

Legal and local requirements

• All stallholders must register their businesses with Trading Standards and Environmental Health and comply with their requirements. 
• Traders must maintain an accident book and first aid kit.  
• Stallholders are only permitted to sell the commodities confirmed to them in writing. Applications for variations to permitted commodities can be made, initially, to the Market Office. Decisions will be made within the framework set out in the stall application procedure. This document is available on request from the Market Manager. No trader will be permitted to sell reproduction firearms or weapons including knives (other than domestic cutlery), any weapon that can propel an object, fireworks, flammable liquids or gasses, counterfeit goods, drugs and offensive publications or material.  
• It is the responsibility of all stallholders to ensure that any electrical appliance used on a stall is tested to confirm their safety in accordance with the relevant standards and to provide appropriate evidence of compliance at the Market Manager's request.

Managing the stall environment

• All displays must be packed away inside the stall structure at the end of each day without exception.  
• Stall extensions are not permitted under the terms of tenancy/lease agreements but may be allowed at the Market Manager's absolute discretion. Where stall extensions are permitted they will be restricted to a maximum of 15" (38 cm) projecting from the front and/or the sides of the stall. (Separate conditions exist for certain stalls and these will be detailed prior to the letting of those stalls). In the event of any abuse, the permission to erect a stall extension may be withdrawn without notice.  
• Stallholders must not play music or display video images within the market.  
• Stallholders are responsible for keeping the immediate area around their stall free of litter and rubbish, spillages or other hazards at all times.

Infringements

Any infringements of this Code could lead to action resulting ultimately in the termination of the tenancy/lease agreement and loss of the stall(s). In the event of serious infringement of the behaviour standards set out in this Code by stallholders or their employees, or persistent minor infringement, tenancy/lease agreements may be terminated with immediate effect in order to protect the Health and Safety of all people within the Market.

See inside

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Business Builder Scheme

Coventry Market's Business Builder scheme is designed to help you build up your long-term customer base whilst receiving some discounts on our usual charges. The scheme is open to anyone who wishes to establish or expand a business within Coventry Market. Also the commodity you wish to trade in must be either under or not represented within the market. 

Apply for the Business Builder Scheme [http://www.coventry.gov.uk/applybusinessbuilder]

Terms

• For an initial period of 16 weeks, the following scheme rate will apply: £90 per week. One week's notice applies on either side.
• Electricity and water charges etc. (for business use) are the tenant's responsibility. Business rates are charged separately although you may be eligible to receive rate relief.
• For the remaining periods of the 6 months, the scheme rates are £110 per week (other space chargeable if available). During this period charges for electricity and water, where applicable, will be transferred into your name. One week's notice applies on either side.
• At the end of Business Builder, applicants may be offered a six-month or longer lease at the regular rate. Full rent of £130 per week (£10 extra per shuttered stall, other space chargeable if available) will then apply.
• Rent is due weekly throughout both phases of the Business Builder period. No arrears are permissible during the Business Builder Scheme. Payment will then be by direct debit.

Stall rent charges

Standard Rate – £130.00 per week. Available to traders selling goods of a general nature.

Business Builder scheme - £90.00 per week (for 16 weeks), £110.00 per week (for the remaining of the 6 months). 

Daily Rate - £30.00 per day. Daily traders selling new goods of a general nature.

Shuttered stalls are charged at £10 per stall (Business Builder Shutters charged after the discount period)

Please note:

Discounted rates only available to sole traders.

Daily Traders not to leave goods on the stall overnight or secure the stall with their own locks.

These charges can be varied at any time.

Conditions

• Applicants are required to give the City Council permission to seek a financial reference (bank status enquiry) either before commencing Business Builder or prior to commencing a full tenancy in due course.
• Traders cannot take occupation of their stall until a signed licence is issued. Please note a suitable form of photo ID, a recent utility bill and proof of insurance have been received at the Market Office prior to the granting of the licence.
• No changes may be made to the structure of the stall.
• Traders will be expected to abide by the Bylaws and Code of Conduct whilst trading in the Market. Anyone who has previously broken these rules will have their application refused.
• New traders must regularly attend their stall, in person, for the major market days of each week. i.e. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
• Traders must maintain a safe environment for all Traders, Council staff and members of the public. This includes ensuring all portable electrical and high-risk electrical equipment on their stall has been tested in accordance with the Electricity at Work regulations 1989.
• Traders are responsible for their own rubbish removal into the chute and required to keep clear and safe the area around the allocated stall.
• A stall appointed to the Business Builder scheme cannot be transferred to any other person, nor there a right of assignment for any short-term leases subsequently offered.
• The City Council reserves the right to cancel Business Builder Scheme with no notice.
• Where a stallholder is offering a service, sale or advice which requires professional competency we require proof that the stallholder is either formally qualified, apprenticed or has sufficient work experience in that area. Managers will expect the advice given will be to a standard that is both safe and reasonable for a customer to expect.