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Category Archives: Centrale
The council’s in a hole, and yet they still keep on digging
ANDREW FISHER, the author of a new book on the failed economics of the last four decades, says that the same mistakes are being repeated in £1billion shopping centre-fixated Croydon In the 1930s, the economist John Maynard Keynes advocated the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Housing, Mayor of London, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammerson, London, London Assembly, Tory, Trams, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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£1bn Westfield and Hammerson scheme is Croydon’s last hope
CROYDON COMMENTARY: DAVID CALLAM welcomes the Hammersfield redevelopment of the centre of town. After all, there is no alternative The Whitgift Shopping City proposals are a way for the Whitgift Foundation to secure its financial future for decades to come. … Continue reading
Planning chief: ‘I don’t know how long Whitgift will be closed’
The lack of clarity over the immediate future of the Whitgift Centre was compounded yesterday when a council director called in certain sections of the local media to provide an on-the-record briefing to contradict the information she had herself provided … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, North End, Tory, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Lives Not Knives Music At The Unit: Apr 19
Posted in Activities, Centrale, Charity, Lives Not Knives, Music
Tagged Centrale, charity, Croydon, knife crime, Lives Not Knives, LNK, stabbings
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Lives Not Knives retail event, Centrale, Feb 22
Posted in Activities, Business, Centrale, Charity, Community associations, Lives Not Knives
Tagged Centrale, charity, Croydon, Lives Not Knives, LNK, Whitgift Centre
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Boris, the NFL, libraries and precious crockery: iC’s 2013
As we approach 2014 and all that may have to offer, here’s the 10 most-read iC articles of 2013 – an eclectic mix of politics, exclusive news stories, sport, arts reviews and controversy. With more than half a million page views … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2012 Olympics, 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Art, Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Centrale, Croydon Council, Education, Housing, Inside Croydon, John Laing Integrated Services, Jon Rouse, Libraries, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Museum of Croydon, Planning, Riesco Collection, Roke Primary, Schools, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill Hospital, Croydon, Croydon Museum, Harris Federation, Lawrence Okoye, London Borough of Croydon, Whitgift School
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Minerva threaten legal challenge over Hammersfield scheme
The £1 billion Hammersfield redevelopment of Croydon town centre could yet face a bloody legal battle, a report in the latest edition of Property Week confirms. The problem, as has been so often the case with town centre developments in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Hammerson, London, Minerva, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon appoints Negrini as fifth planning chief in two years
Croydon Council has hand-picked someone to be our borough’s executive director of planning and environment who has spent the last four years working closely with developers Westfield on their Stratford mega-mall. Jo Negrini will become Croydon’s fifth planning chief in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Nathan Elvery, Outside Croydon, Paul Spooner, Planning, Property, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Canning Town, Croydon, Croydon North, London, London Borough of Newham, Metropolitan Police Service, Newham, University of New South Wales
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Croydon’s £1,000-a-day planning chief set to leave council
Paul Spooner, Croydon Council’s £1,000 a day executive director of planning and environment, is to leave the council before the end of the year. “Sponger”, as he is known among more modestly paid staff who are now working in the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Allders, Cane Hill, Centrale, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Friends of Farthing Downs, Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Paul Spooner, Planning, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Spooner, Taberner House
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Portas Pilot has been a flop, admits scheme’s ex-chair
The Portas Pilot project, intended to revive business in Croydon’s ancient Surrey Street Market, has been a failure. That’s effectively the admission of Mary Portas, Prime Minister David Cameron’s “retail guru” and self-proclaimed “Queen of the High Street”. It is … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Planning, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, David Cameron, Eric Pickles, High Street, Mary Portas, Portas, Portas Pilot, Surrey Street Market
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I am a rock! But new kids on building blocks have problems
The IYLO BUILDING has awoken from its slumbers… The construction crane is back and builders in hi-viz jackets, like worker ants, are climbing all over it. But the oft neglected, unfinished tower in the middle of a suburban roundabout has … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Altitude 25, Broad Green, Business, Centrale, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Environment, IYLO, Planning, Property, Riesco Collection, Ruskin Square, Thornton Heath, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammerson, IYLO BUILDING, London, Ruskin Square, Saffron Square, Shard, Westfield
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£1.5bn Hammersfield scheme hits a planning road block
CROYDON COMMENTARY: So, the centre of town has a traffic congestion problem. Who knew? Could last week’s announcement of the delay in Hammersfield delivering the planning application for its proposed £1.5 billion shopping mall be the start of more planning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Ikea, Planning, URV, Valley Park, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammerson, London, Purley Way, Stratford City, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Fisher and council condemned for missing jobs fair
Croydon’s Conservative-run council has already been described as cynical, callous and calculating, and with some justification. Now, headed by Mike Fisher, the elusive leader of the Tory group on the council, they have added “condemned” and “incompetent” to their growing … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Allders, Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Education, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Shirley North, Steve Reed MP, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Busy Boris means business with £5.7m streets scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London has stepped in again to clear a path – and several roads – for the £1.5 billion Hammersfield development, or “Croydon Partnership” as Westfield and Hammerson call it. DAVID CALLAM advises existing businesses on … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon Council, David Callam, Mayor of London, Planning, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Greater London, London, London Road, Stratford City, Trafford Centre, Whitgift Centre
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No news is good news as BID is living in the past
“A warm welcome to Croydon Town Centre”, the slick website of Croydon’s Business “Improvement” District says. To illustrate this it is using a picture of the sadly missed Warehouse Theatre, which closed more than a year ago for lack of … Continue reading
Has Croydon BID’s get up and go got up and gone?
Croydon BID – the Business Improvement District – is the go-getting organisation, made up of the major traders in and around the Whitgift Centre. Although, when we say “go-getting”…
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, England, London, Mercedes-Benz, Recreation and Sports, Whitgift Centre
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