Category Archives: Centrale

Countdown to council elections begins in Toy Town gowns

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one year until the council elections, and for some, they have everything to lose, writes STEVEN DOWNES Last night’s instalment of a new Mayor of Croydon, Sanderstead councillor Yvette Hopley, marked the firing of the starter’s … Continue reading →

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Let them bake cake: Croydon Portas team’s £16,000 spend

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Croydon’s Portas Pilot scheme, which saw the historic Surrey Street Market granted £100,000 of government money a year ago, is spending nearly £16,000 of that cash to stage a handful of baking competitions and to “improve” Exchange Square. Inside Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Business, Centrale, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Hammersfield choose architects for Croydon’s re-design

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

The architects selected to redesign the Whitgift Centre and Centrale were named today as London firms Allies and Morrison and Leonard Design Architects, as a brief news story in Property Week suggested that the joint scheme between developers Hammerson and … Continue reading →

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“Corruption of punishment” coming to Croydon high streets

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

As our council redoubles its efforts to make shopping in central Croydon an increasingly unattractive experience, the Town Hall is poised to hire a private police force that will, if experience elsewhere is a guide, go to great money-grubbing lengths … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Centrale, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Simon Hoar, Surrey Street, Waddon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

In to the Valley: Croydon’s wrong turn on road to future

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: So a massive retail-based regeneration scheme in the centre of town will go ahead. DAVID CALLAM says it may yet prove to be yesterday’s solution for tomorrow’s problems Behold Boris Johnson, Croydon’s saviour, appearing in person at the … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Ikea, Valley Park, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

The Croydon man at the heart of the Hammersfield deal

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

The £1 billion deal to redevelop the Whitgift Centre and Centrale needs, among its many objectives, to rekindle Croydon’s community spirit according to the chairman of one of the companies in the big-money joint venture. John Nelson was born in … Continue reading →

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Shot-gun marriage provides £1bn Croydon facelift

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

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 →

Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Housing, Mayor of London, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hammerson and Westfield agree to work together in Croydon

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

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 →

Posted in Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Gavin Barwell MP, Housing, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, Allders, Avril Slipper, Business, Centrale, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ferrari to host Westfield’s “Telephone Town Hall”

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

While the politicians of various parties and (questionable) abilities continue to indulge themselves in half-truths, misinformation and petty spats, elsewhere in London, in the plush offices of West End PR agencies and high-powered law firms, the real battle for Croydon’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Housing, Planning, Property, South Croydon Community Association, Transport, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Newman: “Plan is too little, too late to help economy”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

After five years saying that they would not intervene in the local economy, the Conservatives who run Croydon Council are about to launch an economic plan. For TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group, this is an admission … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Palace players and Brit School backing for cancer pop-up shop

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Croydon’s Get to Know Cancer information and advice pop-up shop at the Centrale shopping centre is open for just one more week. The campaign is a trial scheme, to offer the public the chance to ask questions about cancer and … Continue reading →

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Car park failure is dire warning for Croydon’s casino economics

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Another week, another multi-million pound company goes into administration. ANDREW PELLING says that the collapse of financial scheme behind a car park operator will have lasting repercussions for Croydon There’s been a lot of action this week that … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Council Tax, Croham, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Parking, Property, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

“Wastefield” finally plugs the £200m Hole in Bradford

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Another straw in the wind for Croydon Council’s dependency on high street retail this morning, as the Telegraph and Argus is reporting that Westfield has cashed its chips on the controversial land holding in Bradford, where a vast, water-filled crater … Continue reading →

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Collapsing retail sector hits Croydon hardest, says BBC

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Croydon has suffered the worst rate of retail store closures in the whole of London, the BBC is reporting. BBC London accessed the figures from a nationwide survey on retail trends for the first six months of 2012. The worrying … Continue reading →

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