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Middlesbrough marketplace boosted by six new independent retailers

Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre has welcomed six new tenants in as many weeks, bolstering the independent retail hub with additional food, fashion and clothing offerings.

Four of the new tenants have started new businesses in the market, while two have re-located shops from elsewhere in the town.

The new retailers include Indian snack food seller Indy’s Grub To Go, sweet seller The Sweet Corner, African clothes retailer Demada Chic Boutique and Alta Ego which offers a range of handcrafted jewellery and vintage goods.

Angies Party Den, which provides wedding and party planning services, completes the list alongside local tattoo artist Tattoos by Walshy.

At the same time InterStellar Comics and Ebenezer Hair and Bag Boutique have moved out of Enterprise Units into a larger units, as demand for their products reportedly grows.

David Harris, Dundas Market Manager, said: “We are building clusters of unique, independent food and snack businesses and fashion and clothing retailers, all of which complement each other alongside a wide range of other value for money traders.

“For people wanting to take the first step into market trading we have a small number of Enterprise Units, to help them test out their business ideas by minimising costs and risks. The rent is as little as £10 per day all in, with no worries about costs for security, utilities and rates.

“For established traders looking for a second location, or a better trading position in Middlesbrough town centre, we still have one or two larger units available.”

Teesside independent commercial property consultancy Dodds Brown is the letting and managing agent for Dundas Market and Shopping Centre.

Richard Wilson, Senior Associate Partner at Dodds Brown says: “Dundas Market already benefits from the shopping centre footfall of around 60,000 a week.

“The opening of the Live Well Centre in Dundas House, accessed from Dundas Shopping Centre, and the refurbishment of further office space at Dundas House will add considerably to this and encourage even more entrepreneurs to move to the market.”

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