BLACKBURN Market has welcomed four new stalls.

The influx of traders follows the Church Street retail hub losing three business in a month early this summer.

The new stalls are a cheese stall, a vegan delicatessen, a salad bar, and a home furnishings and bathroom showroom.

They join recent arrivals, including a Korean takeaway, bespoke home furnishings, hairdresser and perfumier.

The market has recently trialled pop-up stalls and offered low cost stalls to enable people to test a business idea as part of 'Love Your Local Market 'campaign.

The Cheese Stall, opened by Lynette Varey from the Bacon Stall, offers a range of cheeses from Lancashire through to Roquefort.

The Vegan Deli, a first for Blackburn, provides wide range of freshly cooked savoury meals right through to sweet treats.

Beverly Ormerod, who owns the stall with partner David, said: “The menu will be changing each week, but staples will include burgers, sausages, sausage roll, samosas, pies and lasagne with brownies and rocky road for a tasty treat. We even have a range of natural vegan drinks.”

Diced offers a choice tasty of ready-made salad bowls or the option for customers to build their own.

V K Homeware, near the Ainsworth Street entrance next to the bus station, offers a range of home furnishing and bathroom items.

Cllr Phil Riley, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s regeneration boss,, said: “This is fantastic news for the market and I’d like to welcome all of the new traders and wish them the very best.

“We’re constantly trialling new ways to attract businesses to the busy market and the pop-up stalls have worked well."