Tag Archives: HM Revenue and Customs

Developers seek views on last parts of Ruskin Square jigsaw

The development partnership which has taken two decades to deliver a couple of office buildings, plus Boozepark and a block of flats on the nine-acre “gateway” site next to East Croydon Station, is now seeking public opinion on what they … Continue reading

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Police seize counterfeit goods and cash from Croydon shops

Shops in Croydon and in Brixton have been among 30 sites raided by the Metropolitan Police, seizing hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth of counterfeit goods and suspected illegal cash as part of an operation to disrupt money laundering and the … Continue reading

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Residents ‘deeply concerned’ over developers’ parking claims

A £100m scheme to build nearly 250 retirement homes could strip hundreds of car parking spaces from Purley town centre – with no alternatives available as claimed by developers. By STEVEN DOWNES Purley residents are “deeply concerned” over plans for … Continue reading

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Council backs Purley Pool tax dodge by off-shore company

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry and MP Philp give their backing for a scheme to build £100m-worth of flats by a shadowy company registered in the British Virgin Islands. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s Tory Mayor, Jason Perry, and Chris … Continue reading

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Ruskin Square move will bring transfer of immigration centre

The Home Office will soon be moving more than 5,000 civil servants into its new, state-of-the-art office building – or “Government Hub”, as they call it – at 2 Ruskin Square, close by East Croydon Station. The Government Property Agency … Continue reading

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Customs’ dogs sniff out £500,000-worth of illegal tobacco

Croydon Council trading standards team and HM Revenue and Customs have used specialist sniffer dogs to track down and seize illegal tobacco worth more than £175,000. Officers recovered 270,600 illegal cigarettes and 14.8km of hand-rolling tobacco from a storage facility … Continue reading

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