There is a strong culture of market trading in Nag’s Head Town Centre, in particular along Seven Sisters Road with Nag’s Head Covered and Open-Air Markets. Along with being a retail hub, the town centre has also been identified by Islington Council as a key employment area.

Start-Up Stall would celebrate the culture of market trading and make sure that Nag’s Head Town Centre continues to offer employment opportunities to local people, in particular young people. This proposal would include a new market stall at the underused pitch at Drapery Square along Seven Sisters Road. The stall would be part of a market trading training programme offered to local young people who would be given the opportunity to run a stall. This would be combined with the Islington Councils’ Adult Community Learning course “Introduction to Market Trading and Events Planning” which gives an insight into how to set up a business and sell products.

In the medium and long term, The Start-Up Stall can also be an opportunity for growth for small businesses by offering opportunities for local people to test new business ideas. This could include business support and a pop-up shop in a vacant unit that can be offered to start-up businesses to further develop their ideas and scale up.