Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets may survive with new market buildings

The future of the Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish markets look brighter after it was confirmed that they are close to securing alternative sites when their existing markets close.The City of London, which has the legal responsibility to provide the market sites, is currently seeking to have that obligation removed after its plans for a new wholesale market in Dagenham Dock were dropped. The closure of the markets could have meant the two wholesale sites would close, and the traders