Helen Morgan steps in after rent hikes proposed for Market Drayton traders

North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has stepped in after traders at Market Drayton’s Indoor Market were faced with rent hikes that put several stalls at risk of closure.

This follows a three-month reduction in fees which had led to the hall returning to full capacity. In the MP’s letter to Shropshire Council, she writes that it ‘would be a shame for such positive progress to be jeopardised by the rents being put back up again.’

She added that many Market Drayton residents have raised the state of the town centre with her, and were delighted to see the market operating at full capacity, with the added boosts to the wider town centre economy becoming evident.

Helen Morgan MP said, “After so much hard work has been done to improve the situation at Drayton Indoor Market, it would be a dire shame to throw that away by hiking the rents back up.

“I’ve stepped in to ask Shropshire Council to keep the rents down. Having the market at full capacity has a huge knock-on benefit for the whole town centre, bringing people into Drayton to spend money and keep shops going.

“We should be encouraging local businesses to trade and supporting efforts to get Market Drayton’s economy firing on all cylinders, rather than taking one step forward and one step back.”