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Category Archives: Business
Council pays £20m to buy 73 flats in Peep Show building
Tory Mayor Jason Perry’s cash-strapped council is attempting to deal with the housing crisis by spending £20million to buy an office-to-resi development in Broad Green. Zodiac Court is notorious as the fictionalised setting of “Apollo House”, the block including a … Continue reading
In-depth and informed: our podcast questions the councillor
Just how does Croydon’s cash-strapped council function? Is Westfield deliberately driving traders out of the Whitgift Centre? Why won’t Mayor Perry allow some councillors to speak at council meetings? Which Newman Numpty is today the chair of a key council … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Cockneys of Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Fairfield, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cockneys of Croydon, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Lee Townsend, Mayor Jason Perry, Oumesh Sauba, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Croydon Insider, The Green Party, Tory, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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The man who made shopping at Kennards feel a bit magical
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A former Music Hall performer used his modelling genius to brighten the lives of countless children in one Croydon department store, while creating famous stage dummies including Archie Andrews and Lord Charles. DAVID MORGAN looks back on the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, David Morgan, Debenhams, History
Tagged Archie Andrews, BBC Radio, Croydon, David Morgan, Drummond Centre, Eric Morecambe, Kennards, Len Insull, Music Hall, Peter Brough, Ray Alan
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Cockneys offers a real taste of soon-to-be-lost London tradition
Today sees another pie and mash shop bring down its shutters for a last time – Manze’s, of all people, in Deptford, of all places. Here in Croydon, though, Cockneys is good for a few years yet, as KEN TOWL … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cockneys of Croydon, Ken Towl, Surrey Street
Tagged Cockneys of Croydon, Croydon, Frith Road, Jellied eels, Ken Towl, Pie and Mash, Surrey Street
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TfL spending £3.2m to replace Croydon bus shelters by March
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After four years of waiting in the wind and rain, the borough’s bus passengers are about to have much-missed street furniture replaced – but no thanks to Mayor Perry and our dysfunctional council. PLUS: the official list … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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MP ‘delighted’ as Coulsdon banking hub set to open by April
Almost three years since the last bank branch in Coulsdon slammed its safe door shut for the final time, residents are about to get a replacement “hub” to provide all the services that were once taken as a standard feature … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon banking hub, Croydon South, East Coulsdon RA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Tory
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Another Whitgift store to close – and manager blames Westfield
There’s another closing down sale in the Whitgift Centre. And this time, the exiting retail business, toy store The Entertainer, has made it abundantly clear that their decision to quit the increasingly empty Croydon shopping centre was entirely down to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Camden Coffee House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Sainsbury's, The Body Shop, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Residents’ associations reject developer’s revised Purley plans
Polaska’s 220-unit ‘later living’ development was deemed ‘wholly unacceptable’ by the GLA last year. Now groups representing hundreds of locals say updated parking proposals could be the ‘death knell’ for businesses in the area. EXCLUSIVE by PEARL LEE, our south … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Leisure services, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Polaska, Property, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West RA, Croham Valley RA, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon RA, Hartley and District RA, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon RA, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown RA, Selsdon, Selsdon RA, Tory
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Mayor Perry challenged over broken promises in Wandle Park
Locals in Waddon and Broad Green are challenging the Croydon Mayor to keep his promise to re-open the café in Wandle Park. Wandle Park, wedged in alongside railway and tram tracks, on the western edge of the borough close to … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park bandstand, Wandle Park cafe
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Very interesting: councillors often slow to update their registers
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall number-cruncher, SANDRA STEAD, has checked out the updates to the register of interests of all 70 Croydon councillors and Mayor Perry – from 50p passion fruits to hundreds of pounds’ worth of free tickets to Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Birch (Selsdon), Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Ria Patel, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Surrey Street
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Tory
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Elianne’s death left ‘a void in our lives that can never be filled’
Murdered schoolgirl’s parents say today’s verdict should be treated as a step toward change: ‘We will continue to fight against the violence’ The parents of Elianne Andam, who was killed in a frenzied knife attack in Croydon town centre in … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Dorcas Andam, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Metropolitan Police, Michael Andam, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, murder, Old Bailey, Prof Nigel Blackwood, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon teen Sentamu guilty of murder of Elianne Andam
The jury in the Old Bailey trial, by a majority verdict, this afternoon found New Addington teenager Hassan Sentamu guilty of the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Elianne Andam. The jury had been deliberating its verdict since Tuesday afternoon, and earlier … Continue reading
Marks and Spencer’s Purley store set for planning green light
EXCLUSIVE: After an 18-month planning hiatus, proposals to adapt a heritage building on the Brighton Road are about to be granted permission by the council. By STEVEN DOWNES Marks and Spencer have confirmed that the retailers’ proposals to convert the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Brighton Road, Grove Property, Marks & Spencer, Marks and Spencer, Milk and More, MS, Purley, Purley Oaks
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Coulsdon shop owner hits out at BBC over ‘souped-up’ bikes
An angry Croydon retailer has told the producers of Panorama that, ‘Finding a wolf in sheep’s clothing should not be a reason to attack the sheep’ A Coulsdon-based bike shop has filed a formal complaint to the BBC following last … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Adrian Chiles, BBC, BBC Panorama, Coulsdon, e-bikes, Energise E-bikes, Neil Ridulfa, Panorama, Ray Wookey
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Woodcote Green store’s Valentine’s event for the love of dogs
Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green is encouraging its customers to show their pooches some love this Valentine’s Day at a new event that will raise money for national charity The Dogs Trust. Dobbies is hosting this event from Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Coulsdon
Tagged Dobbies, The Dogs Trust, Woodcote Green
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Murder trial barrister describes victim Elianne as a ‘tormentor’
“Is it murder or manslaughter?” That was the stark question that the defence barrister in the murder trial of New Addington teen Hassan Sentamu put to the jury at the Old Bailey this morning, as he concluded his closing statement … Continue reading
Westfield’s latest charm offensive: £1,000 to handful of groups
Westfield, part of the multi-national Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield property group which is worth many billions, last month announced an “important strand of our community strategy”: doling out some modest grants to community groups and charities in the borough. It is more than … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Charity, Community associations, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Steve Phaure, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Hammersfield, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Steve Phaure, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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When shopping required a visit to the Harrods of south London
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Hard to imagine today but Croydon once had shops that would see customers flying in from Europe and could provide tea for the Queen. DAVID MORGAN looks back to Grants Departmental Store and the halcyon days of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, David Morgan, Grants, Grants Centre, Grants Department Store, Harrods, Queen Elizabeth II
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Hidden treasure of Addington Hills restaurant without a view
Keir Starmer sent Rachel Reeves to China. We sent KEN TOWL to have a Chinese at one of Croydon’s best-known, and notorious, beauty spots Just opposite me in Addiscombe, near the tram stop, there is a Chinese restaurant that never … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington Hills, Business, Ken Towl, Restaurants, Royal Garden, Walks
Tagged Addington Hills, Ken Towl, Royal Garden
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Elianne murder’s most chilling words: ‘I can’t let this slide bro’
Hassan Sentamu opted against taking the witness stand to give evidence in his defence, or be cross-examined, in his trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam, as lawyers made their closing statements yesterday. Evidence … Continue reading
New Addington-based Cronx Brewery goes into liquidation
Cronx, the award-winning craft beer brewery based in an industrial unit in New Addington which had its own bar on Croydon High Street, has gone out of business. The decision was taken at a formal meeting of the company’s board, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cronx Brewery, New Addington
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Cronx Brewery, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, London, New Addington, The Cronx Tap
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Professor gives third day of evidence in Elianne murder trial
A professor of forensic psychiatry at Kings College London was expected to give evidence in the witness box for a third day this morning, as Hassan Sentamu is tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne … Continue reading
