1.   Local traders met today to assess the damage.

2.   Now Sir John has got together with all the local traders to form The Ross Initiative, an action group to pull the town out of the doldrums.

3.   Local traders would be sad to see the rally leave Wroughton -- the event already brings in an estimated one million pounds each year.

4.   The decision to close town centre gates is taken by RUC Sub-Divisional Commanders after consultation with local traders and public representatives.

5.   Local traders and organisations have been consulted about the plans and the Chamber of Trade and the response has been favourable.

6.   Another way the smaller tick reduces opportunities for local traders is by cutting daily price swings.

7.   Arbor said he opposes such a change because it would make it less profitable for local traders to participate in the market.

8.   Indeed, expected conflicts between local traders and brokers positioning themselves within the pit for trading failed to materialize.

9.   Local traders would subsequently buy back the stocks at a lower price, fund managers said.

10.   Local traders, who depend on the spread for their profit as they trade for their own accounts, have seen their edge erode as a result.