Tag Archives: Croydon College

Council goes toe-to-toe with College over ‘university’

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Croydon College and the University of Sussex have been providing degree courses in the town centre for a decade. Now the council, with its own multi-billion development plans in tatters, has decided to come up with a scheme of its … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Quantum of Solace can’t clear up Fairfield debacle

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: As exclusively revealed by Inside Croydon, Brick by Brick’s failure to secure the purchase of the Barclay Road Annex building from Croydon College put at risk a multi-million-pound property deal. At a Town Hall planning meeting tonight, the … Continue reading →

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House-builder Brick by Brick asks for extra £78m council loan

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how the failure to seal a property deal with Croydon College and ‘Brexit uncertainties’ have caught out the geniuses running the council-owned house-builders Brick by Brick needs another £78million loan from Croydon Council to … Continue reading →

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£400m+ scheme at risk after council’s failed property deal

Posted on December 16, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing reporter, on how bungling by ‘award-winning’ Brick by Brick has put in serious jeopardy half-a-billion-pounds’ worth of new homes, has damaged the Town Hall’s relationship with Croydon College, and leaves a gaping funding hole for Fairfield … Continue reading →

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Exhibition opens to celebrate 150 years of School of Art

Posted on January 7, 2018 by

An exhibition has opened at the Museum of Croydon in the Clocktower to mark the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Croydon School of Art. The free exhibition is on display until April 14, and includes work from many of … Continue reading →

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Reverse Jobs Fair matches applicants with employers

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

A council-backed event for local businesses to hire applicants with disabilities returns in October. The Reverse Jobs Fair, which is open to applicants with disabilities looking for everything from a permanent post to a temporary work placement, will be held … Continue reading →

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Developers in multi-million-pound gamble over playing fields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

Croydon College has sold off disused playing fields near the Purley Way to a private firm of housing developers, while the land does not have planning permission for housing. None of the parties to the secretive deal are willing to … Continue reading →

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