Category Archives: London Road Traders Association

Plans to pedestrianise Croydon High Street can take a hike

Posted on August 30, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds to pedestrianise a short stretch of Croydon High Street really the answer to the town centre’s night time economy, as the council’s leadership  seems to think? LEWIS WHITE, pictured right, doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, London Road Traders Association, Nestle Tower, Planning, Property, St George's Walk | 7 Comments

Croydon risked handing back £20m unspent riot recovery cash

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

A community activist, Bushra Ahmed, herself one of the victims of the 2011 Croydon riots, has discovered that after three years, Croydon’s Conservative-run council had managed to spend less than £4 million of the £23 million Riot Recovery Fund promised … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Fairfield, London Road Traders Association, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The festering scandal of how London Road has been forgotten

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: In a week of anniversaries, tomorrow’s of the Croydon Riots reminds us quite how poorly served the people of London Road have been by some working in public service. By STEVEN DOWNES To borrow a phrase, August 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Fairfield, Fly tipping, Gavin Barwell, Knife crime, London Road Traders Association, Nathan Elvery, Riots Review Panel, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

West Croydon festival gets the thin end of Westfield cash

Posted on June 22, 2014 by

The crass disparity in treatment between those areas of Croydon which were worst-hit by the riots and those which escaped too much damage is exposed yet again, with the announcement of this year’s South End Food Festival next month. Westfield, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon 8/8, London Road Traders Association, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Riot money splurged to celebrate the Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

Croydon Council is spending public money on a party tomorrow night. There will be food. There will be drink. There will be fireworks! It does not seem to have occurred to anyone that the spending of riot recovery money in … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Lansdowne Road RA, London Road Traders Association, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

London Road still bypassed by aid, media and politicians

Posted on August 10, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The area worst-hit by arson and looting on the night of the riots has never been a priority, right from the moment the first petrol bombs were hurled on August 8, 2011, says PATRICK RATNARAJA London Road has … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Tamil Business Forum, Gavin Barwell, Jon Rouse, London Road Traders Association, Malcolm Wicks MP, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Council offers four days’ notice for Question Time event

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Who dares say that Croydon Council has problems with its communications with Council Tax-payers? Who has the audacity to suggest that senior councillors from the Conservative group that runs the council are a bit slow in coming forward when it … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Croydon Tamil Business Forum, London Road Traders Association, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment