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Category Archives: Business
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
TfL instals new shelters but 70 Croydon bus stops miss out
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Work has begun for the installation of bus shelters replacing street infrastructure removed by Croydon Council almost four years ago. But TfL is only providing shelters for two-thirds of the former sites. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Sir … 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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Administrators given further 12 months to sell Selsdon Park
Administrators Moorfields have been granted a further year to try to sell the former Selsdon Park Hotel. Birch Selsdon closed in November 2023 due to “cash constraints”, barely six months since it had re-opened as a boutique hipster resort charging … Continue reading
Old Bailey jury told Sentamu ‘exacted vengeance’ on Elianne
The trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl resumed with evidence from expert witnesses Psychiatric experts gave evidence at an Old Bailey trial yesterday that Hassan Sentamu, the teenager accused of murdering Elianne Andam outside … Continue reading
Kafkaesque world of contractors clearing 98% of fly-tips
Rubbish contractors Veolia have been handed a very generous, £40million reprieve to remain Croydon’s domestic waste and street cleaning gig for another seven years, but there’s been little sign of any improvement in the service they provide. In fact, according … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Business, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Love Norbury, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Refuse collection, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Community Action Team, Veolia
Tagged Bensham Manor, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Graham Mitchell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Perry’s private company paid 45% less Corporation Tax in 2023
Jason Perry, who promised to “fix the finances” of cash-strapped Croydon Council when he was seeking votes to become the borough’s first elected Mayor in 2022, is hardly making a terrific success of managing the finances of his own family … Continue reading
Construkt’s young builders take the HS2 fast track into work
A pioneering construction training course developed in Croydon has been adapted for use with HS2 contractors at Old Oak Common. The Construkt course, run by Croydon-based social enterprise Serious About Youth, has been given an HS2 variation in conjunction with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Serious About Youth
Tagged Balfour Beatty, Construkt, Croydon, HS2, Old Oak Common, Rommell Wallace, Serious About Youth, Wates Group
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Tagged Advertisement, Raggio di Sole, South Croydon
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Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025
What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Fisher, Claire Bonham, Climate Crisis Commission, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Insider, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Lloyd Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, South Bank Poly, Sutton Council, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2025, Addiscombe, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Anna Arthur, Beddington, Bishop of Croydon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Deborah Bowen, Donna Fraser, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Green Party, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Jefkins, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Labour, London, London South Bank University, Maureen Levy, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, Peter Underwood, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Tim Coombe, Vanguard Way, Vanguard Way Association, Whitgift Centre
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Inside Croydon’s very own Mystic Mug’s predictions for 2025
HAPPY NEW YEAR: Katherine Kerswell gets headhunted to run crisis-hit Premier League football club… Mayor Perry creates more money-spinning LTNs for the cash-strapped council… And yet more new plans for the Whitgift Centre. We’ve polished up Inside Croydon’s crystal ball … Continue reading
Addiscombe’s Grade II-listed Victorian pub ‘at immediate risk’
New Year, new “at risk” status for the Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian pub building on Lower Addiscombe Road, but with no prospect of a satisfactory resolution in sight. As we enter 2025, it will be more than two … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, History, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Historic England, Leslie Arms, The Victorian Society
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Solicitors offer free legal advice on sex harassment legislation
Throughout January 2025, the Martin Searle Solicitors employment law team are campaigning to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, with special seminars and telephone hotlines available to employees, and employers. Legislation came into force in October as part of the … Continue reading
Final Brick by Brick annual accounts withheld for three months
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It looks like Tory Mayor Jason Perry and the council execs who now run the failed housing company have opted to bury bad news. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES What could possibly be the very final set of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears Group Plc, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Tony Newman, Tory
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Purley Pool revised plan to be revealed next month, Mayor says
A new planning application for the controversial development of the site of Purley Pool is to be submitted in January. That’s according to an email to some residents’ associations from Mayor Jason Perry, who appears to be taking more than … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croham Valley Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, GLA, Greater London Authority, Hartley and District Residents' Association, Jules Pipe, Local Plan, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Selsdon Residents' Association, Tory
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No apologies from council for Christmas closure of subway
A week on since Inside Croydon reported on the plight of Whitgift Centre traders, cut-off from their customers by the abrupt, no-notice closure of the Wellesley Road pedestrian underpass, and Croydon Council has responded. With an unapologetic tweet. It is … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Pedestrian underpass, Tory, Wellesley Road, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Wallington garden centre offering free houseplant workshops
Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green is planning to start the new year offering free workshops on houseplants, and special sessions for younger gardeners, too. The workshops are open to people of all ages, and all levels of skill – … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Gardening
Tagged Coulsdon, Dobbies, Free workshops, Garden centre, Gardening, Wallington, Woodcote Green
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Work on Selhurst Park’s £150m main stand to start next year
More than six years since Crystal Palace first applied for planning permission, construction work is on course to start at the end of the football season, while south London-based businessmen have been lined up to buy out John Textor as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Planning, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Everton, John Textor, Selhurst Main Stand, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Cocoa Jones: a melting pot of Christmas chocolate indulgence
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Tagged Advertisement, Chocolate, Christmas, Cocoa Jones, Purley
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Westfield need to rebuild Croydon credibility before all else
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Following the brief, tokenistic ‘engagement’ with the public over plans for the town centre, TED GUSH says that the whole approach offered by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and the council to the so-called ‘North End Quarter’ needs to be seriously challenged … Continue reading
Judge adjourns Elianne Andam murder trial until New Year
The teenager who killed a Croydon schoolgirl last year had ‘anger issues’ and ‘could get triggered easily’, the Old Bailey jury has been told The jury in the Old Bailey trial into the killing of Croydon teenager Elianne Andam has … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, Hassan Sentamu, Metropolitan Police, Old Bailey, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Foundation sets £7m price tag on Old Palace’s listed buildings
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Whitgift Foundation, the borough’s biggest landowner, is now flogging off the Tudor palace home of the charity’s founder. It might not be an ‘easy’ sale. By STEVEN DOWNES “For sale with vacant possession”. The estate agent’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Christie, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Negrini doctored specialist reports and withheld finance details
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Investigators from Kroll never had investigatory powers to check people’s bank accounts in the search for possible fraud over the £73m refurbishment of the Fairfield Halls. But there was evidence in the public domain of ‘direct personal … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Arup, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Grant Thornton, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Penn Report, Project Dillon, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, RIPI2, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tory, Vinci, Vinci Construction UK Ltd
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Three arrested but none charged after ‘mass brawl’ in Tesco
Working in high street retail can be tough enough at the best of times, but staff and customers at Tesco at Purley Cross were left shocked last week when what one eye-witness described as “a mass brawl” broke out between … Continue reading
