Tag Archives: Whitgift Foundation

How long does it take a £43k pa councillor to answer a letter?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

Having seen Inside Croydon’s report last night about the many interesting interests of Dudley and Margaret Mead, Croydon Council’s very own Terry and June, loyal reader John Gass got in touch. Our report was about the various charities, businesses and … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Margaret Mead | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

“Favoured” Halls, £4.5m debts and the commercial interests

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Using the Fairfield Halls’ trustees’ own annual reports and accounts since 2010, together with official council documents, SEAN CREIGHTON examines what is going on at the town’s arts venue, ahead of £25m of public money being spent to refurbish it … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Charity, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Dance, David Fitze, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, London Mozart Players, Music, Property, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Historical assets ought to be foundation for Croydon’s future

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A charitable foundation with assets of more than £200 million could be doing more to make the most of the borough’s historical heritage, says DAVID CALLAM  The Whitgift Foundation is seeking commercial sponsors for a festival in June. … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, David Callam, Education, History, Old Palace, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

PR agents sign up Tesco as cut-price festival sponsors

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Tesco, the unwitting purveyors of horse meat with a long-time reputation for doing things on the cheap, and now the proud owners of an “express” store in a South Croydon landmark pub despite local opposition have “generously” agreed to sponsor … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croham, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Parking, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

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 , , , , , , ,

Did Mead mislead Town Hall over Newsnight interview?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Did Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council, deliberately mislead a full council meeting last night? Croydon’s shameful record on providing emergency housing for the borough’s homeless was highlighted by BBC Newsnight two weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Local media, Margaret Mead, Selsdon & Ballards | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Don’t be a heel: take a long walk to help fight sex slavery

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Men of Croydon: tomorrow is your chance to do something you’ve probably not dared to consider since before you first went to school, the last time you tried on your mother’s high heels. Croydon Community Against Trafficking – CCAT – … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Community associations, Crime, Local media, London-wide issues, Policing, Walks | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Hammerson stakes £65m in latest round of battle for Whitgift

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Ding ding! Seconds out, Round Three… Hammerson, one of the two heavyweight contenders in the battle for central Croydon, put its money where its mouth is over the weekend, staking £65 million to buy-out one of the leaseholders of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Centrale, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

London Road prepares for a Festival of Cultures

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Next Monday sees the beginning of a week’s worth of activities all building towards the London Road Carnival of Cultures on Sunday September 23. Lives Not Knives is holding a couple of workshops, for teenagers and for adults, on Monday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Charity, Community associations, Croydon 8/8, Dance, Education, London Road Traders Association, Music, West Croydon, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Schools job raises questions about Barwell’s Foundation links

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

The announcement this afternoon that Gavin Barwell is to be the parliamentary private secretary to the controversial education minister, Michael Gove, has led to renewed questions about the Croydon Central MP’s position with the multi-million-pound education charity, the Whitgift Foundation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Education, Gavin Barwell MP, South Croydon Community Association, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tech start-ups offer better prospects than more failing retail

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

As property giants Hammerson and Westfield charge headlong into a £1billion battle for the rights to develop another temple to high street retailing, proud Purley resident JONNY ROSE puts forward an alternative vision for regeneration: the Silicon Valley of South … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Education, Local media, London-wide issues, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Hammerson launches public campaign over Whitgift Centre

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

Blow for blow, like a heavyweight title fight, Westfield and Hammerson, are slugging it out. Not so much the Rumble in the Jungle, more the Scurry for Surrey. Within hours of reports that Westfield had lodged its planning application for … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, Housing, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Westfield swoops in early with planning application for Croydon

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

Anyone mention the phrase “unseemly haste”? Do images of vultures come to mind when it is reported that property developers Westfield, urged on by their mates, the multi-million-pound landowners the Whitgift Foundation, have just submitted their planning application for central … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Central, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Croydon’s Black Friday: Allders a sad sign of wider decline

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

Friday, September 7, 2012 will go down as the latest dark day in the history of Croydon. The announcement of the closure of Allders may not seem as tragic or dramatic as the events of the 8/8 riots of a … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, History, Housing, IYLO, Jon Rouse, Local media, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Surrey Street, Trinity School, Warehouse Theatre, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council helps Lidl defeat batman over pub demolition

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

Croydon Council has given the all-clear to Lidl to demolish the Good Companions pub at Hamsey Green, leaving local residents and some Sanderstead councillors to pin their hopes on objections to the planned supermarket because it is unsuitable for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croham, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, Tim Pollard, Whitgift Foundation, Wildlife, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments