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Our shoppers’ guide for the best-buys for Christmas wines
There’s a bewildering choice of wines on offer this festive season. Croydon wine expert ROZ LAWSON offers her best picks from local supermarket shelves – all priced at £10 or less, and starting with a Champagne Lidl Comte de Senneval … Continue reading
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Tagged Co-op, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, Roz Lawson, South London Wine School, Tesco, Waitrose
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Bench removal confirms Perry’s PSPO is yet another failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor’s ‘reign of error’ now includes removing benches from the high street in attempt to solve anti-social behaviour. Except that it hasn’t… KEN LEE reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s piss-poor Mayor, has spent much of the past week … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Marks and Spencer, Mayor Jason Perry, North End, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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M&S warns customers to be ‘cautious’ after latest hack attack
Clothing and food retailer Marks and Spencer has today issued a message to its 9million-plus online customers, confirming that they may have had some personal data stolen in the latest malicious hack attack and advising them to be “cautious” over … Continue reading
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Tagged computer hack, cyber attack, cyber crime, Marks and Spencer, MS
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Marks and Spencer’s Purley store set for planning green light
EXCLUSIVE: After an 18-month planning hiatus, proposals to adapt a heritage building on the Brighton Road are about to be granted permission by the council. By STEVEN DOWNES Marks and Spencer have confirmed that the retailers’ proposals to convert the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Brighton Road, Grove Property, Marks & Spencer, Marks and Spencer, Milk and More, MS, Purley, Purley Oaks
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South Croydon, Bromley and Beckenham on Aldi’s wish list
Aldi, the country’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, is looking to get even bigger, and is on the hunt for new store locations in South Croydon, as well as Beckenham and Bromley, as part of its rapid expansion drive. Last month, Aldi … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Property, South Croydon
Tagged Aldi, Beckenham, Bromley, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, South Croydon
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Purley Way M&S staff go the distance to help YoungMinds
By Vimal Vivegananda Staff from M&S Purley Way have completed an impressive 17-mile walk from the store all the way to Westminster, raising £700 – so far – for the YoungMinds charity. Samantha King, Camilla Harris, Kelly Woodford, Reshma Khan, … Continue reading
Purley Way M&S joins recycling move with Refilled scheme
From tomorrow, Purley Way Marks and Spencer will be joining the successful “Refilled” scheme on its own-brand cleaning and laundry products. In partnership with Reposit, the is part of M&S’s commitment to reduce and remove plastic packaging and offer customers … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Purley Way
Tagged M&S Purley Way, Marks and Spencer, Marks and Spencer Purley Way, MS, Purley Way, Recycling, Refilled
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2023 in Croydon – as told through our best-read articles
THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 1 – January to April The parlous state of the council’s finances would remain a thorny issue throughout the year, after Tory Mayor Jason Perry issued a Section 114 notice of his own in November … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Birch (Selsdon), Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, History, Inside Croydon, Knife crime, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Park Hotel, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Anglo-Saxon England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Wulfred, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Marks and Spencer, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Wastefield, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Purley M&S scheme gets 96% support – and a Spitfire fly-past
Proposals for a Marks and Spencer Foodhall, together with flexible space for studios and offices, to be built on the site of a former dairy on a busy main road outside Purley, received 96% approval from residents in a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Grove Property, M&S Brighton Road, Marks and Spencer, MS, Purley
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Marks and Spencer backs bid to transform disused Purley dairy
EXCLUSIVE: Proposals for a new Foodhall are expected to be submitted to the council’s planning department within the next couple of months. detailing a scheme that promises a total of 120 new jobs and 20 ‘affordable’ studio spaces for local … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Brighton Road, Grove Property, Marks & Spencer, Marks and Spencer, Milk and More, MS, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Oaks
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Whitgift Centre ever-present Sainsbury’s opts to shut up shop
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Latest exit of flagship store will be a hammer blow to the town centre. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The exodus of major stores from the blighted Whitgift Centre is about to get worse still, with Sainsbury’s to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Marks and Spencer, NatWest Bank, Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's Local, Waitrose, Westfield, WH Smith, Whitgift Centre
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When God Save The King! caused a dust-up on Duppas Hill
Two hundred years ago, when an ageing monarch was about to be crowned and there was dispute over which members of his immediate family he would allow to attend the ceremony at the Abbey, it was not all sweetness and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, History, Museum of Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Coronation, Coronation parties, Duppas Hill, KIng Charles III, KIng Charles III Coronation, King George III, KIng George IV, Marks and Spencer, Meghan Markle, Prince William, Princess Diana, Queen Caroline
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500 shoppers queue for 3 hours for Purley Way M&S opening
Hundreds of customers were queuing around the Purley Way Retail Park block this morning, for the first day of trading of the new Marks and Spencer store. Supposed to be the guests of honour for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony opening … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way
Tagged Croydon, Croydon FM, M&S Purley Way, Marks and Spencer, MS, Percy Pig, Purley Way, Purley Way Retail Park
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£200 ‘Golden Ticket’ offer for lucky customers at new M&S
Early bird customers who flock to the new Marks and Spencer store on the Purley Way when it opens next Thursday could win themselves a Golden Ticket worth £200 of goods from the store. The 38,000 sqft new store features … Continue reading
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Tagged Marks and Spencer, MS, Purley Way, Purley Way Retail Park
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M&S announces Purley Way store opening date as Apr 27
Using the former John Lewis At Home site, the Croydon 38,000sqft clothing store and foodhall is the first of 20 stores being opened by Marks and Spencer in 2023 Marks and Spencer has announced Thursday April 27 as the official … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Parking, Purley Way, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Marks & Spencer, Marks and Spencer, MS, Purley Way, Whitgift Centre
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M&S’s Whitgift future questioned after shift to Purley Way
A bullish £480m expansion plan for one of Britain’s biggest retailers, with ‘the right stores, in the right place, with the right space’, could mean more bad news for Croydon town centre. By our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE There’s growing … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Marks and Spencer, MS, Purley Way, Steve Rowe, Stuart Machin, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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