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Tag Archives: Purley Way
NHS offering drive-in flu jab clinics at Ikea and Selhurst Park
The NHS is opening drive-through flu vaccination clinics at Ikea off the Purley Way and Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium, offering more people than ever a free vaccine. “This year it is particularly important for those most at risk to … Continue reading
Amazon recruiting 150 staff at its hub off Purley Way
Amazon is creating 150 new jobs at its delivery hub in Croydon, in response to the increased demand for its services since the coronavirus lockdown began. The jobs at the Croydon depot, just off the Purley Way, are described by … Continue reading
Financially challenged Purley Way among John Lewis closures
The John Lewis At Home store on the Purley Way will never reopen its doors. Croydon shoppers who had made the most of the department store’s limited presence since it opened its out-of-town site had their fears confirmed this morning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Purley Way
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, John Lewis, Purley Way, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Amazon backs virtual training scheme for small businesses
Enterprise Nation, the business support network, has launched a Small Business Accelerator in partnership with Amazon, offering a free support package for more than 200,000 small businesses and startups across the country. As part of the activities offered around the … Continue reading
Amazing lockdown efforts as school starts Parcels for Pupils
Schools and businesses continue to raise money and collect donations of food to support families around the borough whose circumstances have been affected by coronavirus and a loss of earnings. In Thornton Heath, the Paxton Academy primary school has identified … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Paxton Academy, Purley Way, Schools, Thornton Heath
Tagged Amazon, coronavirus, Covid-19, Paxton Academy, Purley, Purley Way, Thornton Heath
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Council fails to mention 12,000 flats in its Purley Way survey
It is, even by Croydon Council standards, an extraordinarily vacuous and transparently misleading public consultation announcement. The council says it is seeking “the public’s likes, dislikes, memories, opinions and ideas” on the Purley Way. In the honey-dripped soothing words of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Paul Scott, Purley, Purley Way, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Ikea ready to say a socially-distanced ‘Hej’ to its customers
Croydon’s Ikea is one of 19 of the Swedish chain’s stores around the country which will be partially reopening after lockdown on June 1. Ikea is only reopening in England. Its stores in Scotland and Wales will remain closed, as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
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Selco to reopen – but customers must keep their distance
Selco the builders’ merchants is to reopen its Imperial Way branch on Monday – but customers won’t be allowed inside the store. As part of the company’s social distancing precautions, the builders warehouse will take orders and arrange appointment slots … Continue reading
TfL’s cashflow crisis could make Croydon traffic jams worse
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on finance problems for Transport for London that could have a profound impact on south London Transport for London’s appeal to the government for £3.2billion to allow it to keep operating in the covid-19 crisis … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Joy Prince, London, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Negrini draws ridicule for her £81 On The Buses guided tour
Hold very tight please! Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, is ready to be taken for a ride around Croydon town centre, all in the name of a good cause Croydon’s beleaguered £220,000 per year chief executive has attracted yet more … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Colm Lacey, CPO, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Paul Scott, Property, Purley Way, Ruskin Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, London, Paul Scott, Purley Way
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Purley Way brewery’s taproom offers a taste of things to come
Croydon’s newest brewery will be opening its on-site taproom next month. Craft brewers Anspach and Hobday have just started brewing in their new site in the Valley Point Industrial Estate, off the Purley Way, and from Saturday March 7, the … Continue reading
Posted in Anspach and Hobday, Business, Pubs, Purley Way
Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Purley Way
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The Purley spa where your chakra is not just for Christmas
BELLA BARTOCK dives in head first to endure some full-on pampering at one of Croydon’s better sports clubs Jingle bells might well be the sound usually associated with this time of year. But for those in Croydon looking for a … Continue reading
Craft brewers in £500,000 expansion to Croydon’s Valley Park
Croydon is about to get a new brewery. Craft ale brewers Anspach and Hobday, currently based under a Bermondsey railway arch and with a bar in Camberwell, have a £500,000 expansion plan and they are looking to set up a … Continue reading
Posted in Anspach and Hobday, Broad Green, Business, Pubs, Purley Way
Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Purley Way, Valley Park
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‘Absolute madness’: council eyes Green Belt for 6,000 homes
Remember all those solemn assurances from Alison Butler and Paul Scott that the Labour-run council will protect the borough’s precious green spaces? Guess what… Town Hall papers ahead of next Monday’s cabinet meeting show that the council is seriously considering … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, New Addington, Planning, Purley Way, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gravel Hill, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selsdon
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Long-Bailey drops a giga-clanger over giant battery factory
No sooner had Inside Croydon bothered to report the conference speech made by Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour’s shadow business secretary, at her party conference last week, than we started to get concerned messages from sources in parliament and at City Hall. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way
Tagged Elon Musk, gigafactory, Labour, Purley Way, Rebecca Long-Bailey
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Long-Bailey announces eco-industry ‘Gigafactory’ for Croydon
Possibly lost amid the panicked and rushed “serious incident” announcement from Croydon Labour on Tuesday was one of the most significant statements to emerge from the 2019 Labour Party conference staged in Brighton. Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey revealed plans … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Elon Musk, gigafactory, Labour, Purley Way, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Tesla, Waddon
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Edberg has a (tennis) ball at Purley club after £2.5m upgrade
Stefan Edberg, the former Wimbledon tennis champion, was in Croydon recently to preside over the relaunch of the David Lloyd Purley health and fitness club following a £2.5million investment in new and improved facilities. Edberg, the Wimbledon winner in 1988 … Continue reading
Scott unveils secret plan to build 12,000 flats beside Purley Way
EXCLUSIVE: Under pressure over rising housing targets, has Paul Scott found his get-out-of-jail-free card alongside the A23? KEN LEE reports Having spent the past five years excusing the overdevelopment of neighbourhoods throughout the borough by claiming that there are no … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Colonnades, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Housing, Ikea, Joy Prince, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, TfL, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wing Yip
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon
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Scott’s cunning plan to squeeze in 3,000 new homes per year
KEN LEE on how increased housing targets have forced the council into a rapid rethink of its Local Plan Just like Baldrick, Paul Scott has got a cunning plan. Another one. Controversial Town Hall figure Scott has been booked to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London, Mayor, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Tory
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Sutton does U-turn over plan to route HGVs into Croydon
JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the latest gear change in the niggling roads dispute between south London councils over lorries trucking rubbish – including potentially radioactive waste – to and from the Beddington Lane incinerator Sutton Council has pulled up the … Continue reading
Sutton failed to consult on HGV plan, says Croydon Council
Sutton Council has been threatened with a public inquiry into their plans to redirect heavy lorry traffic into Croydon, as a senior Town Hall official has accused the neighbouring local authority of getting their figures wrong, of failing to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Steve Iles, TfL, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton Council, Tory, Waddon
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All in it together for four months of closures to Epsom Road
Don’t you get sick and tired of seeing a road dug up, the works finish and the road nicely relaid, for it only to get dug up by another utility service soon after? Now, in a ground-breaking initiative, Croydon council, … Continue reading
Greenpeace activists take pointless plastic back to Sainsbury’s
Greenpeace volunteers yesterday handed back a shopping trolley full of customers’ unwanted plastic packaging to the Sainsbury’s store on the Purley Way. The store manager was presented with a trolley filled with 131 pieces of single-use packaging, the major contributor … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Purley Way, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon Greenpeace, Greenpeace, Purley Way
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