Tag Archives: Boozepark

Mayor Perry has ‘second thoughts’ about investing in Croydon

Posted on November 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

‘Things are going to get worse before they get better,’ said the borough’s £81,000 per year part-time Mayor last week, as he begins to find his Town Hall task a bit of a struggle, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Jason … Continue reading →

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Boxpark uses England star Grealish to cash in on World Cup

Posted on October 18, 2022 by insidecroydon

Boozepark, next to East Croydon Station, is looking to cash in on England’s World Cup heroes next month, selling tickets at up to £40 a time to enter the food and booze venue on the days when Gareth Southgate’s side … Continue reading →

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Boxpark founder Wade to step down as business boss

Posted on April 29, 2022 by insidecroydon

Roger Wade, the founder of Boxpark, has announced he is to step down as chief executive of the business at the end of next month. The decision to step back from the business he founded 10 years ago, with Boozepark … Continue reading →

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Boxpark’s £3m+ in council loans and grants under Newman

Posted on January 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: While benefits to the borough’s most vulnerable are being cut, pools are being shut down and public services axed, the council has continued to hand out a juicy annual grant to a multi-million-pound business. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading →

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Boxpark boss wants to take on Whitgift Centre redevelopment

Posted on September 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest opportunistic comments from a business owner who claims a ‘track record’ of handling the local council The entrepreneur behind Boxpark claims that he is ready to step in and take over the … Continue reading →

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End of an era as Cronx Brewery opts to close its Boxpark bar

Posted on September 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Cronx Brewery is quitting Boozepark. The New Addington-based brewers have rented a double unit at the council-subsidised food and drinks shed next to East Croydon Station since it opened five years ago. Getting a young business so closely associated … Continue reading →

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The axeman cometh: the latest (really) bad idea for Boxpark

Posted on June 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon is about to get its first axe-throwing bar at Boozepark. That’s right: a bar, selling booze, next to East Croydon Station, providing axes to its customers as a form of recreation. In central Croydon, a place already with a … Continue reading →

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Armageddon! Boxpark predicts 50% businesses won’t survive

Posted on June 19, 2020 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE reports on how one heavily subsidised private landlord in the town centre is now lobbying for yet more public funding Half of Croydon’s retail and hospitality businesses won’t survive the coronavirus lockdown, according to Roger Wade, the owner … Continue reading →

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Interest hike squeezes Brick by Brick’s speculative schemes

Posted on October 15, 2019 by insidecroydon

The Tory government’s obstinate fixation to drive the country off a Brexit cliff-edge at the end of October is driving down the value of the pound and causing massive problems for industry. Especially in construction – which could mean very … Continue reading →

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Unhappy tenants say they’re ready to quit loss-making Boxpark

Posted on June 22, 2019 by insidecroydon

It’s not been a great week for Boozepark. Then again, nor has it been great for Croydon Council, either, as it was they who provided a £3million loan and more than £400,000 in hand-outs of public money to help get … Continue reading →

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£30,000 raised for homelessness ahead of Croydon Sleep Out

Posted on March 21, 2019 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Labour MPs will be roughing it on Sunday night, as Steve Reed OBE and Sarah Jones take part in Croydon’s first Sleep Out. They will be joined by councillor Alison Butler, as they give up their beds for the … Continue reading →

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Body blow for council as Body Shop looks to move offices

Posted on February 6, 2019 by insidecroydon

The Body Shop could be about to pack-up and quit Croydon, according to reports tonight. The ethically based cosmetics retailer, founded in Brighton 40 years ago by Anita Roddick, moved hundreds of staff to the refurbished “state of the art” … Continue reading →

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What a relief! Boxpark traders get helping hand from council

Posted on March 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

Boxpark, the booze and food outlet in a collection of old shipping containers next to East Croydon Station, has been given yet more help from the council in an attempt to staunch its exodus of tenants. Boxpark’s dwindling number of … Continue reading →

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‘Successful investment’ Boxpark reports a £500,000 loss

Posted on January 29, 2018 by insidecroydon

Boxpark Croydon made a loss of nearly £500,000 last year, according to accounts filed to Companies House. The operation, renting space to independent outlets selling street food and staging music and other events in a collection of disused shipping containers … Continue reading →

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Council fails to publish papers for Boxpark licensing meeting

Posted on December 18, 2017 by insidecroydon

The council’s administration of its public meetings has again fallen short, ahead of a licensing sub-committee due to be held at the Town Hall tomorrow morning. The last licensing committee meeting has become a matter of controversy because neither the … Continue reading →

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Owner ‘rises to the challenge’ as businesses quit Boxpark

Posted on December 8, 2017 by insidecroydon

“Stop sort of complaining about your lot and get on with rising to the challenge, that’s my message to people,” businessman Roger Wade said recently. “You can’t have the council going out trying to protect local businesses.” Wade is the … Continue reading →

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Chicken shops have had their chips if Butler gets her way

Posted on September 26, 2017 by insidecroydon

Alison Butler, Croydon Council’s deputy leader, has declared war on fast food shops around the borough. In an email sent to her 38 Labour councillor colleagues, seen by Inside Croydon, Butler, the council cabinet member for homes, regeneration and planning, … Continue reading →

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Boozepark applies to extend bar opening times until 1am

Posted on September 11, 2017 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our Town Hall correspondent, has found some interesting documents on the council’s planning site Within nine months of opening, and Boxpark has been applying to Croydon Council to drop some of the conditions linked to its planning permission … Continue reading →

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#BoxparkBallsFund: Legal appeal hits its target in just 26 hours

Posted on May 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

There’s people on the pitch. They think it’s all over. It is now! OK, it may not be quite the same as winning the World Cup, but the generosity and encouragement offered by Inside Croydon’s readers over the past day … Continue reading →

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May Day: Please help our appeal against Boxpark legal threat

Posted on May 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon has been around for nearly seven years, and never before have we asked for any financial help from our loyal reader. Until now. The website has incurred legal bills in defending – successfully, we’re happy to say – … Continue reading →

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Croydon ‘Works’ – at a cost of £1,230 for every job placement

Posted on April 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports that a council job brokerage scheme has spent just £1,000 in the past year on training for unemployed local residents, but paid more than £100,000 on staff to manage the project Croydon Council last month issued a … Continue reading →

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Boxpark switches job ad to get round Living Wage rules

Posted on January 17, 2017 by insidecroydon

Boxpark, the council-subsidised food and booze venue, has dropped its low-pay internship advertisement, after Inside Croydon highlighted how it was offering to pay a miserly £6.50 per hour, well below the London Living Wage. Now, Boozepark has re-jigged the ad, … Continue reading →

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Scandal of council-funded Boxpark paying £6.50 per hour

Posted on January 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

Boxpark, the food and booze outlet set up next to East Croydon Station thanks to £3.5million of loans and grants from Croydon Council, is now recruiting for an events and digital marketing “intern” and offering less than two-thirds of the … Continue reading →

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Council gives one week’s notice of its latest Surrey St meeting

Posted on January 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

Sshhh! Don’t tell everyone, but Croydon Council is staging a meeting next week to explain how it is going to spend £1million of your money on one of the most historically important areas of the borough. The “informal” meeting, about … Continue reading →

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Council refuses to say whether it will prosecute fly-posters

Posted on November 24, 2016 by insidecroydon

Good as its word, Croydon Council has acted to remove the posters for Boxpark which had been fly-posted around the borough last week. And true to Croydon form, it’s been a bit of a botch job. As Inside Croydon reported, … Continue reading →

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