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Tag Archives: Purley Way
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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Self-storage warehouse was Croydon’s worst fire since riots
Based on eyewitness accounts and internal fire brigade briefing documents, here’s the full account of how the Shurgard self-storage warehouse burned through from New Year’s Eve and into 2019 Photostory by DESMOND FITZGERALD The fire was called in to the … Continue reading
Tram network facing indefinite disruption after Shurgard fire
Croydon’s tram network could face disruption for days to come as a result of the massive fire at the Shurgard self-storage warehouse off the Purley Way on the night of New Year’s Eve. The fire took nearly three days to … Continue reading
Croydon sales assistant cooks up rhymes in the kitchen
A rap including the line “If your main concern is the paper, it’s all good, you can buy now and pay later”, written and performed by a part-time kitchen sales assistant from Croydon, has gone viral online, with more than … Continue reading
Colonnades purchase is massive gamble with public money
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Spending millions to buy a private business risks feather bedding property speculators, says DEREK THROWER Under a Conservative government, local authorities, including Croydon Council, are being given public cash to nationalise private assets and land. That’s quite extraordinary … Continue reading
Council pays £53m to buy ‘unloved’ Colonnades centre
The business “brains” at Fisher’s Folly have gone out and splurged £53million of public money to buy the freehold of the “unloved” and rarely visited Colonnades retail and leisure park – just as industry experts are warning that 200 such … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Property, Purley Way, Simon Hall, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boxpark, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Purley Way, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Unexploded WWII bomb disrupts Croydon business awards
The annual festival of back-slapping, the Croydon Business Awards, came close to being cancelled last night. With the awards due to be held in the Grand Sapphire Hotel, off the Purley Way, organisers and guests were evacuated just two hours … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon BID, History, Purley Way
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Aerodrome, Croydon Airport, Croydon Council, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Purley Way
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Purley Way store gets beauty makeover as part of retail battle
One of the Purley Way’s biggest stores, Sainsbury’s, is being used by the company to test a new product range in the latest battle between retail giants. The store has been given a makeover of its own in the past … Continue reading
Purley Way Homebase included on list of stores facing closure
Croydon’s branch of Homebase is among 42 stores under threat of closure, as the struggling DIY retailer seeks a survival deal. Huffington Post provided a list this morning which includes the store located off the Purley Way. Around 1,500 jobs … Continue reading
Macmillan’s cancer advice van visiting Valley Park this week
A cancer information and support service is coming direct to patients in Croydon this Wednesday, August 1. Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting Valley Retail Park from 9am to 4pm with cancer information specialists on-hand to answer questions … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health, Purley Way
Tagged Macmillan Cancer Support, Purley Way, Valley Retail Park
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Hotel chain offers free Sunday night stays for NHS staff
As a gesture of support and thanks to hardworking staff in the NHS, to mark the health service’s 70th anniversary this year, Hallmark Hotels – which includes the Croydon Aerodrome hotel, are offering all NHS employees free stays on Sunday … Continue reading
World Cup offer makes IKEA fish and chips the catch of the day
It could get a little awkward at Swedish retailer IKEA at around 3pm tomorrow afternoon, so ahead of England’s World Cup big match with Sweden, the store in Valley Park, off the Purley Way, is running a two-for-one offer where, … Continue reading
We could be on the verge of providing a wildlife haven
CROYDON COMMENTARY: By not cutting the grass verges alongside the borough’s major A-roads, Transport for London might – perhaps unwittingly – be providing a valuable new home for plants, insects and other wildlife, writes ANTHONY MILLS, pictured left I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Purley Way, TfL, Wildlife
Tagged London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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Pets At Home’s charity appeal will have animal-lovers purring
The Pets At Home store near the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way is this month raising money for Croydon Cats Protection, to help homeless pets as part of a summer fundraising event launched by the country’s largest donor of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Cats Protection, Pets At Home, Purley Way, Waddon
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Art Malik to host Ramadan charity dinner in Croydon
Art Malik, the acclaimed actor who has appeared in David Lean’s A Passage To India, the long-running ITV series Cold Feet and has a starring role in the BBC’s Wilkie Collins adaptation of The Woman In White, will be hosting … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Health
Tagged Art Malik, Graham Layton Trust, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Purley Way
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