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It has yet to put them off, as they are due to become full tenants next year.

Several other business owners moved to Mill Street when previous tenants left after Storm Dennis - and the extent of the damage last weekend came as a shock.

The quality of social housing - including the provision of flooring - can have a huge impact on tenants' lives, says Aileen Edmunds, chief executive of Longleigh Foundation, which supports social housing tenants.

The news that London's oldest fish market is facing permanent closure has shocked and saddened the tenants at Billingsgate Fish Market.

Part of the problem is that this is an archaic system, based on principles dating back to the feudal days of landowners and tenants.