Daily Archives: January 17, 2013

Shot-gun marriage provides £1bn Croydon facelift

ANDREW PELLING was a guest at the wedding feast this morning to announce the £1 billion Hammerfield union. He’s not sure it will last The risk of having a London Mayor who thinks he is a top-class joker is that … Continue reading

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Why did Croydon CEO Jon Rouse take a £100k pay cut?

Amid all the hoopla of the £1 billion “Hammerfield” announcement this morning at Fairfield Halls, with the usual dollop of Boris buffoonery as the London Mayor proclaimed the marriage of the two property developers, there stood a figure who went … Continue reading

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Southern issue the wrong sort of timetable before any snow

Not a flake of snow has fallen in south London today, but train operators Southern are already flying the white flag in front of expected snowfall tomorrow in Croydon, Surrey and Sussex. It’s not the wrong kind of snow that’s … Continue reading

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Alas Smith and Jones, as Whitgift are knocked out of cup

RUGBY ROUND-UP: A try one minute from time set up Hampton for a conversion kick that knocked Whitgift’s first XV out of the Daily Mail Cup at Esher last night, denying them a place in the last eight of the … Continue reading

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Hammerson and Westfield agree to work together in Croydon

Could this really be the new beginning that Croydon needs? No, not the departure from the council of its CEO, Jon Rouse, announced yesterday evening, but the £1 billion news which was released at the London Stock Exchange before trading … Continue reading

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