Tag Archives: Boxpark

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

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

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

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

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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Another bar closes with a Txt message for Croydon business

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Are we witnessing the real impact of Boozepark on the rest of Croydon’s night time economy, with the announcement of the closure of another bar within a mile of the council-subsidised food and drink venue? Bar Txt, on South End, … Continue reading →

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Boxpark switches job ad to get round Living Wage rules

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

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

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

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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