Cheshire East have decided that we in Biddulph Staffordshire moorlands can not hold a market on a Saturday. This means we have to hold it on a Friday when most people are at work. This is the explanation on the Biddulph town council website.

Why A Friday, When Residents Are Working?
Our neighbouring town of Congleton is a Charter Market, a status which was granted in 1272. This prevents other places in a 6 2/3 mile radius from having a market on a Saturday. Congleton Town Council is not the custodian of this Charter Right, that rests with Cheshire East Council, who now run the Congleton Market. Over the years, Biddulph Town Council has had many discussions about the Charter to ask if we could move our market to a Saturday, but Cheshire East wish to uphold Charter.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! OUR TOWN OUR DECISON! 

As a town we would love to support small local business but as most people work on a Friday when the market is currently on we can't. This petition will be delivered to Cheshire East giving the whole town a voice since they do not want to listen to our town Council.