Zane from Walsh’s Butchers said the firm had to lay off three staff after the indoor hall closed.
“We had £60,000 invested in bespoke counters in the hall. It was a real blow to lose staff, to lose the base for our business,” he said.
Dave Regan, 71, from Bradley Fold, said: “I was a regular shopper there and was friendly with many of the stallholders, including the butchers.
“It’s going to be expensive whatever course of action they take. My feeling is it will eventually get pulled down, which will be a shame.”
“We’re now 12 months down the road and they’ve not even lifted a roll of Sellotape to look at the structural problems,” Mr Moloney told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
“All the options are expensive but it’s not rocket science to know that if you’re losing £1.2m in rent and the bill’s going to be £6m you’ve only got six years down the line and you’ve got your revenue back,” he said.
“My solution would be fix and let’s go again.”
