‘Worried and depressed’: Traders at Ridley Road Shopping Village call for better communication as council prepares to take over the lease

Anxious traders at a popular Hackney market say they desperately need more information about their futures.

Tenants based at the Ridley Road Shopping Village shared their concerns after being served with a notice to quit their shops by 20 August.

They are awaiting new paperwork from Hackney Council, which is taking over the management of the building, and are calling for better communication.

Ward councillor Zoë Garbett said: “They were promised that they would move internally. People do not know whether to pack up stock.”

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