Category Archives: “Hammersfield”

Workers fear House of Fraser store’s lease won’t be renewed

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

Our retailing correspondent MT WALLETTE reports on suggestions that House of Fraser is considering the status of its Centrale lease There’s growing concern among staff and workers at one of Croydon’s last remaining department stores about the future for their … Continue reading →

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Westfield moves HQ to shopping centre, but not in Croydon

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

Westfield delivered the latest slap in the face to Croydon this morning, when it announced that it is to move its corporate headquarters to Shepherd’s Bush. True, Westfield London does have an advantage over Westfield Croydon, in that it has … Continue reading →

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Council breaks the law to keep Newman’s Westfield letter secret

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how the increasingly secretive Labour council appears to have something to hide over the future of the town centre’s long-delayed redevelopment Croydon Council is trying to keep secret the contents of a letter sent … Continue reading →

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Centrale’s Debenhams is given a reprieve – but for how long?

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

Our retailing crisis correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on worrying times for employees in one of the town centre’s last remaining department stores Staff working in Debenhams in Croydon’s Centrale shopping centre were given a reprieve this morning when their store was … Continue reading →

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Newman: New Westfield should have a much smaller car park

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

Tony Newman, the leader of Croydon’s Labour-controlled council, wants the new Westfield supermall in the town centre – if it is ever built – to have “considerably less” than the 3,000 car parking spaces for which his own council has … Continue reading →

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Council CEO spends £20,000 on annual trip to South of France

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, unravels the latest extravagance with public money by the Labour-run council’s chief executive Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s £212,000 per year chief executive, last month spent nearly £20,000 of public money so that she and three … Continue reading →

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MP holds urgent Westfield meetings with Chancellor and Mayor

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, hears Sarah Jones spouting the developers’ platitudes, while the council leader has so far failed to publish the full contents of a letter of assurance from the Croydon Partners Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon … Continue reading →

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