A stakeholder group will be established by Highland Council to oversee the controversial privatisation of the running of the Victorian Market in Inverness.
The body will feature council representatives, traders and local business leaders who will contribute to the proposed transition for the common good fund asset.
A six-month formal consultation will follow culminating in a seminar to establish the council’s proposals.
The group will have its inaugural meeting next month.
A detailed debate was deferred by councillors yesterday pending the formation of the new body.
A number of traders have voiced concerns that the anticipated increase in leasing premises within the complex will drive some out of business.
Council officers, obliged to secure a maximum return on common good assets, say the proposal is an “action plan to improve trading conditions for the market”.
It has been a loss-maker for the common good fund since being hit with a £1million bill for roof repairs.
Inverness Victorian market privitisation moves a step closer
