Category Archives: Ikea

NHS offering drive-in flu jab clinics at Ikea and Selhurst Park

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

The NHS is opening drive-through flu vaccination clinics at Ikea off the Purley Way and Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium, offering more people than ever a free vaccine. “This year it is particularly important for those most at risk to … Continue reading →

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Ikea ready to say a socially-distanced ‘Hej’ to its customers

Posted on May 23, 2020 by

Croydon’s Ikea is one of 19 of the Swedish chain’s stores around the country which will be partially reopening after lockdown on June 1. Ikea is only reopening in England. Its stores in Scotland and Wales will remain closed, as … Continue reading →

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MP backs Bishop’s call for covid testing closer to Croydon

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, has added his voice to calls for more, and more easily accessible, coronavirus testing centres for people living and working in Croydon. The Bishop has called for a testing centre to be set up … Continue reading →

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Ikea re-opens food store to help hospital workers and elderly

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

Croydon’s Ikea, on Valley Retail Park, is opening its food market from today to help feed vulnerable customers and key workers. The Swedish Food Market – typically selling Swedish favourites and found after the tills in every Ikea – is … Continue reading →

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Scott unveils secret plan to build 12,000 flats beside Purley Way

Posted on June 29, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Under pressure over rising housing targets, has Paul Scott found his get-out-of-jail-free card alongside the A23? KEN LEE reports Having spent the past five years excusing the overdevelopment of neighbourhoods throughout the borough by claiming that there are no … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Colonnades, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Housing, Ikea, Joy Prince, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, TfL, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wing Yip | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

World Cup offer makes IKEA fish and chips the catch of the day

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

It could get a little awkward at Swedish retailer IKEA at around 3pm tomorrow afternoon, so ahead of England’s World Cup big match with Sweden, the store in Valley Park, off the Purley Way, is running a two-for-one offer where, … Continue reading →

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TfL admits need to consult over New Addington tram changes

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on how the regional transport authority has been caught out by reports on this website, and has been forced to consult over its tram proposals Transport for London has been forced to postpone its proposed changes … Continue reading →

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Slogans and Post-it notes, but no evidence of many new jobs

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on a flagship employment scheme from Tony Newman’s Labour council which local trades unionists have criticised for failing to recognise … trades unions All is not well in the local Labour movement, after a senior Croydon trades … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Good Employer, Hamida Ali, Ikea, Jamie Audsley, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Council says it can’t afford leaflets to publicise Cruise ban

Posted on October 1, 2016 by

The dangerous Croydon Cruise staged along Imperial Way is now subject to a High Court injunction, with those breaking the legal ruling facing unlimited fines, two years in prison, or both. But yesterday’s application nearly failed thanks to the lawyers … Continue reading →

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Valley Park shoppers ‘trapped’ without help on Bank Holiday

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

A two-car collision on the Purley Way left hundreds of Bank Holiday shoppers at Valley Park frustrated and angry, as they were stuck in the shopping and leisure centre’s car park for hours. It is the second time this year … Continue reading →

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£1.5bn Hammersfield scheme hits a planning road block

Posted on July 2, 2013 by

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 →

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In to the Valley: Croydon’s wrong turn on road to future

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: So a massive retail-based regeneration scheme in the centre of town will go ahead. DAVID CALLAM says it may yet prove to be yesterday’s solution for tomorrow’s problems Behold Boris Johnson, Croydon’s saviour, appearing in person at the … Continue reading →

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The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The decline of Allders is partly a story of Croydon itself. ANDREW PELLING looks at the council’s role in the final days and asks if more could have been done by the Town Hall to save the near-1,000 … Continue reading →

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Croydon isn’t working: long-term unemployment up 110%

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

After a dreadful week of more appalling jobs losses for Croydon, with Allders going into administration followed by Bank of America’s announcement that it is to vacate its building on Cherry Orchard Road – a total of nearly 2,000 jobs … Continue reading →

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Ikea chucks out the chintz and now they chuck out Gypsies

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Ikea in Valley Park has been using security guards to vet the ethnicity of people arriving at the store’s car park and trying to ban anyone who appears to be a “Gypsy” from entering. The store’s management claims it is … Continue reading →

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