Recent Comments
Tag Archives: MIPIM
This is what £8,000 of public money buys at MIPIM (Part 3)
It’s been busy, busy, busy for the Croydon delegation at MIPIM, the property developers’ “junket” (© council leader Tony Newman) held in Cannes in the south of France this week. Croydon Council has spent £8,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money in … Continue reading
Negrini signs off on £8,000 MIPIM junket to south of France
WHO REALLY IS RUNNING CROYDON (Part 94): Croydon Council is spending nearly £8,000 to send three senior members of staff to the South of France next week on a sales trip – to flog flats and property on behalf of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, MIPIM, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
5 Comments
‘Flat-broke’ councils all set for MIPIM’s champagne reception
Australian-born Jo Negrini, who was appointed as Croydon’s head of planning soon after Australia-based developers Westfield rode into town with their £1 billion super-mall scheme, is likely to cut a lonely figure as the MIPIM UK international developers conference gets … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Planning, RIF, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, MIPIM, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
1 Comment
Croydon’s “only a Championship location” says planning chief
As Gavin Barwell once said, Croydon has an image problem. Our photograph, taken in Cannes yesterday morning, of the White Label-managed stand at the MIPIM commercial property trade exhibition, shows that our south London borough is proving less of a … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon Council, Planning, URV
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Guardian, France, London, London Borough of Croydon, MIPIM
1 Comment
White Label’s “no Cannes do” with conference publicity
Whoops. Looks like another clanger dropped by White Label, the PR agency that is ubiquitous in Croydon Council business.
Posted in Business, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Planning, Property, URV
Tagged Cannes, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, MIPIM, White Label
2 Comments
Croydon: connected, capable and confident. Unrecognisable?
A press release whizzes across the desk here at Inside Croydon Towers. We weren’t sent it directly, but hey ho…. The release was sent apparently on behalf of Develop Croydon, the organisation of big retailers and developers with multi-million pound … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, City status, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Steve O'Connell, URV
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, MIPIM, Saffron Square, Steve O'Connell
Leave a comment
The CEO speaks: “Exhausted” after jolly to south of France
In the spirit of openness and transparency, here at Inside Croydon Towers, we’re delighted to bring you the second blog entry from the council’s near-£200,000 chief executive, Jon Rouse. This one was posted after the council spent more than £12,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Cannes, Croydon, French Riviera, MIPIM, Real estate development
Leave a comment
