Council boss defends decision to keep charging market traders rent during lockdown
here“If you put that into the perspective of the amount of money we are now expecting to lose, while the proposals for a rent holiday may be small, in the interests of fairness, it would cost the council a significant amount of money.”Coun Meller said the council was able to offer deferrals, but the combination of its financial position and the issue of fairness to other tenants meant a rent holiday scheme wasn't 'an option at this time’.He added: “It’s very, very difficult. I appreciate that the market has a huge amount to offer and does offer a huge amount to the town centre.