ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS BRIEF: East Midlands market towns to be promoted at event

Market towns in the East Midlands are to be promoted in a pilot Market Towns Week in May 2004. The East Midlands Development Agency, supported by campaign group Action for Market Towns and government adviser the Countryside Agency, has contributed £170,000 to the event, intended to highlight the social and economic importance of 15 market towns in the region. Visit www.emda.org.uk.