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Category Archives: Business
Chancerygate set to build huge deliveries base at Factory Lane
Plans have been submitted to build a massive 95,000 sqft of Grade A urban logistics space on a four-acre site on a former gas works site on Factory Lane. The developers claim the scheme could create more than 250 jobs. … Continue reading
Croydon and three other boroughs to bin Veolia rubbish deal
Veolia, who have swept Croydon’s streets and emptied its residents’ bins sporadically since 2003, are to be dropped as the council’s rubbish contractor. The decision has been reached following “significant and ongoing concerns” with Veolia’s performance, which saw three of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Kingston, Merton, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, #MuckyMerton, #SuttonBinShame, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Kingston Council, Labour, Merton, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Veolia
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Wetherspoons confirm closure of Purley pub as Brexit bites
The Foxley Hatch in Purley is to close by the end of October, one of 32 Wetherspoons pubs put up for sale across the country. The Foxley Hatch will be the third Wetherspoons in Croydon to close this year, following … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Brexit, Foxley Hatch, JD Wetherspoons, Purley, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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Council delays and lack of enforcement cause residents misery
Council planners have ignored an Order from a High Court judge over the granting of retrospective permission for a block of flats in Sanderstead. But as STEVE WHITESIDE explains, the case of 54 Arkwright Road is far from an isolated … Continue reading
Posted in Aventier, Business, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Planning Committee, Planning enforcement, Purley, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Steve Whiteside
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Lawyers offer free advice to counter workplace discrimination
The employment law team at the Croydon-based legal firm of Martin Searle Solicitors’is about to stage Disability Matters, their annual campaign to work to stamp out disability discrimination in the workplace. The campaign coincides with World Mental Health Day on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity
Tagged Disability Discrimination Act, Equality Act, Martin Searle Solicitors
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Council planners ignore court order over flats in Sanderstead
Those who hoped new Mayor Jason Perry would sweep away the bad practices of the council’s planning department are in for a bit of a disappointment. STEVE WHITESIDE with the latest in a long-running saga Even the decision of a … Continue reading
Part-time Mayor Perry to re-boot Negrini’s design review panel
The council is looking to re-set its Place Review Panel – now to be renamed the Design Review Panel – and is inviting applications from architecture and design experts to sign up for two or three days’ work each year, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Art, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Design Review Panel, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Design Review Panel, Jo Negrini, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Tory
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Council drops sale of Coulsdon Manor Hotel and golf course
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, on another massive hole in the council’s budgets Croydon Council has taken Coulsdon Manor Hotel off the market. The grand country house, sitting in a 140-acre parkland golf course, was put out … Continue reading
Posted in Bespoke Hotels, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Golf, Margaret Bird, Old Coulsdon, Property
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Court, Coulsdon Court Golf Club, Coulsdon Manor, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Croydon’s bus shelter project ‘has been progressing well’
The management of even straightforward pieces of street furniture continues to be beyond the capabilities of some of the council’s six-figure-salaried executives As the chill winds and rains arrive with autumn, council officials snug in their offices in Fisher’s Folly … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Opama Khan, Planning
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Opama Khan, Valo Smart City
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‘Rabbit hutch’ flats and the Chief Secretary: Philp’s conflicts
Ahead of tomorrow’s ‘mini-Budget’, ANDREW FISHER delves into the murky pool of business interests retained by the millionaire Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Croydon South MP Chris Philp Removing the cap on rich bankers’ bonuses, cutting Stamp Duty, slashing Corporation … Continue reading
Company behind ‘smart’ bus shelters has CCJs for unpaid bills
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A former government minister under Tony Blair helped to broker the deal with an unproven tech company promising the council £6.8m in advertising income from ‘smart’ bus shelters – but that is all in jeopardy, with the … Continue reading
Residents’ groups show red card to Palace’s £100m new stand
Locals living near Selhurst Park have organised to oppose the new stand – despite being frozen out of meetings by their Labour councillors Two residents’ associations in the area around Selhurst Park, together with council tenants whose homes are under … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Louis Carserides, Planning, Property, Selhurst, South Norwood, Sport, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Christopher Herman, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Holmesdale Residents' Association, Holmesdale Road, Labour, Louis Carserides, Pembroke Road Residents' Association, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Wooderson Close
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BID rangers called ‘bullies in high-viz’ after High Street incident
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Serious questions have been raised about the behaviour of the Mayor-backed security staff drafted into the town centre supposedly to deter anti-social behaviour. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES An investigation is being conducted into the behaviour of a … Continue reading
High Street’s Caribbean-themed bar shakes up its cocktails
Turtle Bay, the Caribbean-themed bar and restaurant on Croydon High Street, has introduced announced a brand new, tropical cocktail menu together with two “Steel Bottom Beers”, serving up some sunshine as autumn beckons. Turtle Bay has ramped up its island-style … Continue reading
Philp retains Pluto business interests after Treasury promotion
The MP for Croydon South who has lobbied against building blocks of flats in his own constituency has a significant holding in a company which has invested £19.3m in a block of flats near East Croydon Station. By STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Truss’s new housing minister has his eyes on the Green Belt
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how changes at the Department for Levelling Up could signal a change in attitude to areas protected from development After years of Tory councillors, their friends running residents’ associations in the south of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Belt, Liz Truss, London, London Communications Agency, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Robert Jenrick, Simon Clarke, Thick Lizzy Truss, Tory
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Bin workers face sack if they don’t work on Queen’s Funeral
While most council services have shut down for the bank holiday weekend ahead of Monday’s solemn royal ceremonials, Veolia staff have been told that if they don’t show up for work, they could be fired. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Refuse collection, Southwark Council, Veolia
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM The Queen, Kingston, Lambeth, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Queen, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Southwark, Tory, Unite, Unite the Union, Veolia
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1-in-5 change retirement plans because of cost of living crisis
One of the country’s leading pension advisors has called on government to take all necessary steps to help everyone, including the less well-off, to plan for their retirements in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis. One-fifth of adults aged 40 … Continue reading
New PM gives Philp opportunity to do right thing for Croydon
ANDREW FISHER takes a look at what Liz Truss’s Premiership could mean for Croydon, its MPs and constituencies, its council and its people So, we now have our fourth Prime Minister in just six years, as Liz Truss begins the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss, Tory
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ASLEF suspend tram strikes after managers improve pay offer
Train drivers’ union ASLEF has suspended the three days of tram strike action planned for next week, after managers made an improved pay offer. “Although the improved offer does not meet our members’ aspirations, ASLEF will always look for a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged ACAS, ASLEF, Croydon Tramlink, East Croydon station, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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‘Severe disruption’ expected as tram drivers stage 3-day strike
12.30pm UPDATE: Union suspends strikes ahead of arbitration talks Managers in charge of Croydon’s tram network are predicting “severe disruption” next week, as members of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, go on strike for three days for an improved pay … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged ASLEF, Croydon Tramlink, East Croydon station, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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Bailiffs instructed after council breaks High Court injunction
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The discredited council under Newman and Negrini won their bid for ‘Borough of Culture’ status by using material that senior staff knew to be stolen intellectual property. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell, the chief exec of … Continue reading
Posted in Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Paula Murray
Tagged Adam Chamberlain, AdavoMedia, Borough of Culture, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paula Murray, Tony Newman
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McDonald’s hands out thousands of books on Croydon tour
McDonald’s is set to donate thousands of books to children in Croydon as part of its national literacy campaign helping disadvantaged children across the country. Croydon at the end of August was the first stop in a nationwide tour during … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Libraries
Tagged Happy Reader Book Tour, McDonald's, North End
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