After months of planning and development, the new Yorkshire Markets Online Shop is now live. Developed by Purple Creative Services, of Richmond, and the Business Association (Wensleydale) Limited, the website is aimed at giving businesses in our region an online shop presence of their own. The funding is being made available through the Rural Development Programme for England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm

The principle of the market is simple; imagine your own local Market where independent sellers rent a stall and set out their produce for you to purchase. The cost of managing a stall is a lot less than opening your own high street shop so for some types of businesses - this is ideal....