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The Trader Target Project

engaging with the kinds of businesses we want to see on our high street

  • We are actively approaching targeted traders asking whether they’re expanding, relocating or are interested to have a tour of our wonderful PG, pitching our high street as the location for their next venture

  • If the high street is to be the heart of the community, it has to reflect what the community wants so we’ve surveyed residents to get clear facts on what locals want to see here

  • We endeavour to match-make new and ambitious local businesses with landlords who wish to find tenants for their empty units

  • Early successes include:

    • Stitch! Crafts & Classes which began as a pop-up in May 2019; a high street haberdashery which offers a varied calendar of creative classes, now in a permanent home on Hazelwood Lane, just off the High Street.

    • We approached the award winning Holtwhites Bakery and Deli and found them a unit which perfectly met their business needs. They opened on Aldermans Hill in autumn 2021 and are enormously popular!

    • We used our social media platform to conduct market research for MyTime Cafe who wanted to pivot their business to being a delicatessen selling organic fruit and veg and artisan produce, beers and wines.

    • Philanthropy CIC - a curated vintage fashion and homeware store which opened in June 2022. The owners approached us for help in testing the local appetite for all things vintage and in finding an appropriate site. They have been a huge success and are now profitable enough to employ 4 members of local staff.

    • Following our discussions with Enfield Council, they have awarded a generous grant to Arbeit to fund the opening of a creative workspace on our high street. Arbeit now have a studio just off the high street (behind Jo & Flo hairdressers) and are working with us on a number projects.

  • We’re excited to announce new tenants on Green Lanes very soon and are always courting more traders to relocate here - we welcome any requests from locals.

  • This project includes sourcing locations for pop-ups and other meanwhile uses