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Category Archives: Business
Bricking it: Buss pushes for £30m deal to buy 104 flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Making Brick by Brick an attractive proposition to a corporate buyer is a Mission Impossible which would defeat Tom Cruise. Croydon’s solution? A package of deals that could cost another £110m. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Chris Buss, … Continue reading
READER OFFER: 10% off food collections at Calypso Kitchen
Inside Croydon readers can get 10 per cent off their orders for collections from Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen for the next month, and enjoy the totally tropical taste of the award-winning chef’s food. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen at Boxpark is … Continue reading
Tech start-up with expansion plans seeks Seedrs funding
CLARA MURRAY reports on a small business with big ambition A Croydon accounting technology company is launching a crowdfunding campaign to help them create local jobs and expand nationally. MyT has spent the past four years developing a mobile app … Continue reading
Council to pick up £69.2m costs of failed Fairfield Halls refurb
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, on the latest council bail-out for Brick by Brick over the bungled and unfinished refurbishment of the borough’s major arts centre Croydon’s cash-strapped council is to step in and pick up another … Continue reading
Making a Splash: big bailouts behind Brick by Brick’s buyers
STEVEN DOWNES reports on the colourful character behind the business which is set to buy up Croydon’s loss-making house-building company The company tipped to take failed housing company Brick by Brick off Croydon Council’s hands has broken loan covenants and … Continue reading
Going to the lowest, only bidder: council finds buyer for BxB
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council could have to pay at least another £40million in order to sell off Brick by Brick, the Labour-controlled local authority’s failed housing developer which bankrupted the Town Hall. And the multi-million-pound spending on the … Continue reading
Fines, arrests and car seizures as police lockdown on ‘cruise’
For a second successive week, the Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Valley Park, off the Purley Way, in a crackdown on the high-speed motor “Croydon cruise”. The police said that they stopped hundreds of people and … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Ikea, Policing, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon Cruise, Ikea, Metropolitan Police, Supt Andy Brittain, Valley Park
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Amazon delivers £2,000 donation to NHS hospital charity
The Amazon delivery station team in Croydon has donated £2,000 to a charity that provides support to patients, staff and visitors at St George’s Hospital. The charity, based at the major NHS hospital in Tooting, received the donation as part … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity
Tagged Amazon, coronavirus, Covid-19, St George's Hospital, Tooting
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Solicitors offer free advice over mental health discrimination
The employment law team at Croydon-based Martin Searle Solicitors is running a campaign next month to stamp out disability discrimination in the workplace. The solicitors’ action coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week, which takes place from May 10 to 16. … Continue reading
IT company steps up efforts to raise thousands for Mia May
Staff from a Surbiton IT company have walked almost 3million steps in a month to raise funds for six-year-old Mia May from Maidstone, who has a genetic disorder which leaves her blind and unable to speak or walk. Eight staff … Continue reading
Business body asks town centre traders: do we have a future?
Croydon BID, the town centre’s Business Improvement District, is conducting a survey of companies and traders in the area in preparation for next year, when it is required to submit a renewal plan for its next five years. “Help us … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon BID
Tagged Croydon, Croydon BID, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Police break up illegal high-speed ‘cruise’ in retail park
The Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Croydon’s Valley Park to take action in dealing with what has become a weekly “cruise” meeting. The gathering of often high-powered cars and motorbikes, attracting crowds of spectators, has been … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Ikea, Policing, Valley Park
Tagged Broad Green, Ikea, Metropolitan Police, Valley Park
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‘It’s now or never’ for Croydon to start its Green New Deal
More than 10,000 green jobs could be created across infrastructure and care work in Croydon over the next decade, according to research published today. The data, compiled by Green New Deal UK, shows that Croydon is likely to suffer more … Continue reading
Croydon Eats – supporting Croydon’s independents
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Business, Inside Croydon
Tagged Advertisement Feature, Croydon Eats
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Schooners and horizontal tanks offer lager on industrial scale
POST-LOCKDOWN (NOT QUITE) LOCK-INS: In his never-ending quest for the perfect outdoor pint, or even two-thirds of a pint, KEN TOWL hopped on the tram to prove it is possible to organise a piss-up at two breweries Someone at Anspach … Continue reading
Posted in Anspach and Hobday, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Ken Towl, Signal Brewery, Therapia Lane
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Sutton accused of ‘misleading’ over SDEN and the Heat Trust
SDEN, the misfiring heating network business run by Sutton Council, has been accused of passing themselves off falsely as a member of government-backed quango, the Heat Trust. The very damaging allegation of serious misrepresentation has been made by… the Heat … Continue reading
Generation Rent finds 700,000 renters faced covid eviction
Nearly 700,000 tenants living in private rented accommodation were given formal notice to move out of their homes without a reason in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic – despite a Tory government promise to end “no-fault” evictions. The figures … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Housing
Tagged Generation Rent, No-fault evictions, Renters Reform Coalition
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Hozah parks six-figure investment from Suss Ventures
A Croydon-based technology company has just landed a six-figure investment to boost the roll-out of its innovative parking charge payment system. Hozah is a parking platform that uses ANPR – number plate recognition – technology to enable car drivers to … Continue reading
Masks and casks: good to be back in the open at The Oval
Planning a trip to the pub post-lockdown requires face masks and careful monitoring of the weather forecast, as KEN TOWL discovered yesterday It was snowing when I woke up, but the childish wonder I usually feel when I see snow … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Male Voice Choir, East Croydon, Esther Sutton, The Oval Tavern
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Support local businesses by using Croydon Eats food app
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Design a beer mat – and play your part in saving an old pub
One Croydon pub that definitely won’t be opening next week, or any time soon, is The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road. But campaigners want to highlight the building’s plight and win over more support for its eventual reopening as a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Planning, Pubs
Tagged #SavetheGlam, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, The Glamorgan
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Burger chain Wendy’s eyes town centre site in return to UK
Wendy’s, the American burger restaurant chain, is coming to Croydon, with big plans for a prime location in the town centre as part of a big expansion throughout Britain. The group has submitted plans for a restaurant on two levels … Continue reading
Businesses adapt and change to cope with covid rules
Businesses, retailers, pubs, bars and restaurants across Croydon are preparing to emerge from their covid-imposed “slumber” of the past four months – in some cases longer – as coronavirus restrictions are eased from Monday, April 12. But many are having … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ludoquist, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Bull's Head, coronavirus, Covid-19, Forbidden Planet, Ludoquist, The Royal Standard
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Roovolt: Deliveroo riders go on strike over pay and conditions
By Clara Murray After last week’s snub by bankers and investors which saw nearly £4billion wiped off the company’s value at its disastrous launch on the stockmarket, today Deliveroo was facing a revolt by the people it relies upon the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Restaurants
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon South, Deliveroo, London, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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