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Tag Archives: Allders
Imagine: wishes for 2013 to see a better, safer Croydon
LEE WEBSTER outlines her new year’s wishes for Croydon – with safety and proper representation top of her list Sorry to burst the bubble of holiday joy, but it’s hard to look forward with too much hope to the coming … Continue reading
Time to fight back against council’s arrogance and neglect
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of Croydon’s Labour group on the council, says local people demand change at the Town Hall Croydon has been shaken to its core by recent events, from the riots of August 2011, the unprecedented economic downturn … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tramlink
Tagged Allders, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon North, Elections, Labour, London, Steve Reed
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Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas
One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading
Posted in Adam Kellett, Allders, Avril Slipper, Business, Centrale, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Christmas, Croydon, Ebenezer Scrooge, London Borough of Croydon, Remembrance Day, Tory
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Newman: “Plan is too little, too late to help economy”
After five years saying that they would not intervene in the local economy, the Conservatives who run Croydon Council are about to launch an economic plan. For TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group, this is an admission … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, Hammerson, Labour, Labour Council, London, Tory
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Collapsing retail sector hits Croydon hardest, says BBC
Croydon has suffered the worst rate of retail store closures in the whole of London, the BBC is reporting. BBC London accessed the figures from a nationwide survey on retail trends for the first six months of 2012. The worrying … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, BBC, Croydon, Hammerson, Local Data Company, London, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Don’t be a heel: take a long walk to help fight sex slavery
Men of Croydon: tomorrow is your chance to do something you’ve probably not dared to consider since before you first went to school, the last time you tried on your mother’s high heels. Croydon Community Against Trafficking – CCAT – … Continue reading
End of an era: the final days of Allders
Here’s some pictures taken in the third-largest department store in Britain over the weekend. Poignant, and in one case, so very fitting. Click here to read The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion
The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion
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
Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, History, Ikea, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Parking, Policing, Property, Purley, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway MP, Ruskin Square, Surrey Street, Transport, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Croydon, East Croydon station, Ken Livingstone, London, Minerva, Purley Way
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Westfield swoops in early with planning application for Croydon
Anyone mention the phrase “unseemly haste”? Do images of vultures come to mind when it is reported that property developers Westfield, urged on by their mates, the multi-million-pound landowners the Whitgift Foundation, have just submitted their planning application for central … Continue reading
What a waste! Landfill tax forces firm to shut, with 70 jobs lost
Another 70 local workers were told today that they are to lose their jobs, as Country Waste Management, the recycling company based on Beddington Lane, opted to lay off its entire staff because of the 2,500 per cent increase in … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Environment, London-wide issues, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, Dublin, England, Recycling, Waste, Waste management
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Allders announces it is to close for a final time on Sep 22
10.50am UPDATE Allders is to close in two weeks’ time, the management announced to staff in a meeting just before 10am today. Administrators were called-in in June for the 150-year-old department store that is so closely associated with central Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Fairfield, Planning, Property, Surrey Street, West Croydon
Tagged Allders, £1 billion, Company, Croydon, Department store, Hammerson, London, Westfield
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Hammerson: Handsome half-year figures and takeover talk
As previously suggested by Inside Croydon, Hammerson, the owner of Centrale and potential developers of the Whitgift Centre, is a takeover target for other developers – including their Whitgift rivals, Westfield. The takeover talk emerged from Australia in May, according … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Jon Rouse, Purley Way, Ruskin Square, West Croydon station, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Regeneration posts that fail to offer a long-term future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Loyal reader CRO CRUSADER was unimpressed by our council squandering £350,000 in over-generous pay-offs to departing senior staff. But it also highlights a lack of continuity at the Town Hall in this vital area Given the austerity that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Stephen McDonald, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Transport, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Tim Pollard
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Westfield to display their Whitgift Centre plans next week
Re-designing Croydon for the 21st century appears to be some kind of favourite fantasy game among architecture students. Until July 3, the Fairfield Halls is staging an exhibit called “New Croydon”, “celebrating Croydon’s architecture” – yes, seriously – as part … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Allders, Business, Centrale, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, London, Margaret Thatcher, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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College opens itself up for a day with the community
ANDREW PELLING has yet another good news story, as Croydon College celebrates its first community day on tomorrow It is time to party and to celebrate what Croydon College can offer. With a self-confident disregard for the recent crisis in … Continue reading
Another 1,000 jobs go as Bank of America quits Croydon
Croydon was dealt another massive blow today as Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced it is to close its data centre on Dingwall Road, moving its operation to offices at Canary Wharf, The City, and to Bromley early in 2013. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Central, Planning, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Transport
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Canary Wharf, Croydon, London
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Save Our Shops: Buy from an Allders concession this week
From the Editor Allders, Croydon’s landmark department store for 150 years, stands on the brink of closure. The administrators were called in last Friday, the Closing Down signs went up at the weekend, the website’s offline. Things are grim. In … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Fairfield
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Exchange Square, Mary Portas, Mike Fisher, Surrey Street Market, Viyella
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Croydon Labour leader accuses council of failing business
Croydon’s opposition leader Tony Newman has today accused the Conservative group that runs the council of having sat back and done nothing – leaving “the markets to decide” – over the town’s struggling economy. As many as 2,000 jobs are … Continue reading
Mike Fisher: Our priority is to secure future for Allders
Mike Fisher, the leader of Croydon Council, this afternoon sent a message to his fellow councillors, which we reproduce here: Today Allders announced that it has gone into administration. As you will all know, this is a well known and … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Croydon 8/8, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Whitgift Centre
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Allders in administration; concessions fear for their future
For the second time in seven years, Allders has gone into administration, putting nearly 1,000 jobs at risk and pushing small businesses to the brink. The concessions which operate inside Croydon’s landmark department store may be forced to fold, since … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Croydon 8/8, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department store, Harold Tillman, London Borough of Croydon
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Allders chief blames council for lack of help since August riots
Croydon Council “has not done what they should have done” for local businesses since last August’s riots, according to the fashion entrepreneur who has a major share-holding in Allders, the town’s 150-year-old department store which could be just days away … Continue reading
