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  • Preferred site for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets confirmed

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    The controversial relocation of the centuries-old Smithfield and Billingsgate markets is one step closer to completion, after traders and local authorities earmarked a new site in east London’s Royal Docks for both markets to set up together. Canada Corporation, Greater London Authority (GLA) and representatives for the iconic markets’ traders identified a [...]

    LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: A worker pushes newly-delivered pork into a wholesale butchers at Smithfield Market on February 14, 2023 in London, England. Central London's Smithfield meat market, which dates from the 10th century, will relocate to a purpose-built site in Dagenham as part of a 1 billion GBP project to combine the city's wholesale markets under one roof. The vacated area will house the re-located Museum of London. The move from Smithfield faced opposition from meat traders, who had threatened to invoke a royal charter to remain at the site. However, the new market is expected to bring 2,700 new jobs to the borough of Barking and Dagenham. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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