In message , at 16:04:01 on Tue, 13
Jan 2009, Andrew Heenan remarked:
Camden council makes sympathetic noises because they daren't do anything
else, now that the market is part of "Ye Olde London", and has been for
about 15 years. But they'd probably be as pleased as the residents if they
didn't have to clean up after it, financed only in small part by the
business council tax the market yields.

Business rates collected by local councils are forwarded direct to the
Treasury, and grant money received by councils is based on a formula
that pays scant attention to their business rate revenue-raising
efforts.
--
Roland Perry