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Tag Archives: Business
Job vacancy: Strategy, Commissioning… [etc, ad nauseum]
After more than two years of some extreme cuts to public service jobs, even to front-line areas, Croydon Council continues to hire highly paid consultants. And some of these are employed in areas which are, frankly, inexplicable. Our loyal reader … Continue reading
London Road traders going bust over riot insurance delays
Business owners from London Road – probably the area worst affected by the riots in Croydon last August – took to the streets on Thursday with their brooms and spray guns. More than 50 local traders were joined by residents, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Fairfield, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, High Street, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, West Croydon station
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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
Sprint to the finish, not floored by break-in or cash crunch
Last month, SAIF BONAR told of how he started in his quest to find premises in Croydon for a digital economy, post-riots new business. Here, he picks up the story of Matthews Yard, of budget short-falls and attempted break-ins – … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, eBay, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Mail, Surrey Street
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How the riots inspired me to set up business in Croydon
Never worked on a building project before? Never run a food outlet before? Got little or no working capital for a deposit or set-up costs? SAIF BONAR ticked all the wrong boxes when he decided six months ago to try … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon 8/8, East Croydon, Planning, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bank of Ireland, Business, Croydon, Exchange Square, London, Saif Bonar, Surrey Street
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Matthews Yard offers thousands in discounts ahead of opening
Matthews Yard, a new business venture off Surrey Street which combines a cafe with “co-working space“, has set its launch date of April 21. Matthews (note how they’ve abandoned the pesky apostrophe… how very Waterstones) Yard is sited between Surrey … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Local media
Tagged Business, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Mail, Surrey Street, Twitter, Waterstones
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£4m “secret” treasure found under Croydon’s riot-hit streets
The Financial Times reports today that £4 million of gold and jewellery has just been recovered from the ruins of a Croydon pawnbrokers that was destroyed in the riots on August 8. Involving a secret police operation to foil conniving … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged Business, Croydon, Financial Times, London, London Borough of Croydon, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Digital hub planned for Surrey St that points to future
The recovery, from the banker-induced recession as well as August’s riots, and the rebuilding process in Croydon will need development from more than just multi-national businesses and millionaire property speculators, and at least one local resident, Saif Bonar, is doing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon 8/8, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged August, Business, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, London, Saif Bonar, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Now Tamils question Croydon riot panel’s independence
Croydon’s Tamil community, many of whom had their businesses along London Road devastated by the 8/8 riots, are claiming that the borough’s fact-finding panel is not independent and has failed to gather their views. “Croydon Council put together a panel … Continue reading
London Road stories: Okay Niyazi’s dry cleaning business
The first of a series of interviews with those left to pick through the wreckage of Croydon’s 8/8, features Okay Niyazi, whose family business was burnt to the ground “I watched on television as my business, which has been in … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North
Tagged Business, Croydon, Dry cleaning, Jobcentre Plus, London, Small Business, Turkish Cypriot
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