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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
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Housing, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged 1 Ruskin Square, 2 Ruskin Square, 4 Ruskin Square, C3PO, Croydon, East Croydon station, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Home Office, R2D2, ro2, ro3, Ruskin Square, Schroder, Stanhope, Stanhope-Schroder, Visa and Immigration Centre
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Oval Primary pupils win art competition for Red Nose Day
Three pupils from Oval Primary have won a regional competition with Amazon and Comic Relief to have their art displayed at their local Amazon Fresh store for Red Nose Day. The children’s work was judged from more than 200 entries … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, Charity, Oval Primary, Schools
Tagged Addiscombe, Amazon, Amazon Fresh, Ark Oval Primary, Comic Relief, Oval Primary, Red Nose Day, Ruskin Square
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Feeling the heat as residents are stung with 775% price hike
Last week, we highlighted how steepling service charges and ground rents are hitting shared ownership mortgage-holders. Here, East Croydon resident HARRY KIND, pictured left, reveals that leaseholders are facing punitive increases on their energy bills Have you ever been to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged East Croydon, Harry Kind, Heat network, Residential Management Group, RMG, Ruskin Square, Vita
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Social initiative has sports club punching above their Wates
A community sports group based in Norbury Park is having its boxing gym fitted out by property maintenance firm Wates as a “social value initiative”. Gloves Not Gunz is a boxing club which aims to prevent and divert young people … Continue reading
Youth charities to benefit as Wates finish off 2 Ruskin Square
The Government Property Agency has appointed Wates to carry out the fit-out of 2 Ruskin Square at East Croydon, with the building firm undertaking to work with local youth and anti-crime groups while they are working on the project. Ruskin … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged 2 Ruskin Square, Apollo House, East Croydon, Government Property Agency, GPA, HMRC, Home Office, Lunar House, Ruskin Square, Wates
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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
Developers sell latest East Croydon office block for £267m
At least one development project in Croydon town centre has managed to be completed ‘on time and under budget’ Schroders, the investors behind the Ruskin Square development next to East Croydon Station, have sold their latest office block in a … Continue reading
Amazon invites you to check out its store with no check-outs
A new supermarket opened in central Croydon this morning that promises value products and, with the use of Amazon technology, no queues and no check-outs. There’s also introductory money-off offers that can save first-time shoppers £10. Amazon Fresh has opened … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Fresh, East Croydon station, George Street, Ruskin Square, Waitrose
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Legacy Youth Zone boosted by £150,000 pledge from patron
Ruskin Square has increased its donation to Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone by £50,000 a year over the next three years. Ruskin Square is the mixed-used development at East Croydon, developed by Stanhope and Schroders. They were one of the “Founder … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Ruskin Square
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Legacy Youth Zone, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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Ruskin Square signs government tenant in £300m deal
Schroders have announced a multi-million-pound deal with Whitehall to build and rent out a second large office block at Ruskin Square, their £500million development next to East Croydon Station. And in doing so, they may well have pulled the rug … Continue reading
Ruskin Square and Westfield in battle to secure Home Office
Multi-billion-pound developments in central Croydon could be forced to go head-to-head in a battle to secure the Home Office as tenants for their office buildings. According to a report published this morning by Property Week magazine, the Home Office is … Continue reading
Schroders’ £500m Ruskin Square stalls over Westfield doubts
Big business is getting twitchy over the slow pace of developments in Croydon, as KEN LEE reports The agenda for the Croydon Labour group brainstorming weekend in Eastbourne this weekend is said to be “thin”. That may be deliberate to … Continue reading
HMRC warns students to beware scam offering tax ‘refunds’
University students are being targeted by scammers with fake tax refunds in an effort to steal money and personal details, HM Revenue and Customs has warned today. The scammers are using seemingly legitimate university email addresses (for example “@uc.ac.uk”) in … Continue reading
Pankhurst plays part in HMRC’s Suffrage Flag relay in Croydon
A human chain of 56 people delivered the Suffrage Flag to Croydon yesterday. HM Revenue and Customs staff – and some of their children on half-term holiday – joined the flag relay from East Croydon Station to the nearby office … Continue reading
Taxman moves in to hi-tech new offices at Ruskin Square
The taxman opened its new Croydon offices yesterday, with the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 Ruskin Square. The offices, built as part of Stanhope and Schroders development of the “Croydon Gateway” site next to East Croydon Station, will provide work space … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged HMRC, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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Milestone for Ruskin Square offices as the Taxman moves in
The Taxman has arrived. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has this week begun moving into its new office building at 1 Ruskin Square, next to East Croydon Station, the first “regional hub” to become operational in “a major restructuring” (that … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Ruskin Square
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Ruskin Square’s first offices are handed over to HMRC
When the John Gent of their generation comes to write up a passage on the 21st century redevelopment of Croydon, December 13 2016 may warrant more than a footnote in their account, because today is the day that Ruskin Square … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jo Negrini, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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The Taxman cometh: HMRC signs £200m office lease
The Taxman cometh. HM Revenue and Customs has today signed a 25-year lease for the whole of the first office block to be completed in the Ruskin Square development. The deal could be worth more than £200 million for the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Parking, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged East Croydon station, HMRC, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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International marketing firm handed contract for Platform
Grey Label, the Croydon-based marketing firm which has, inexplicably, somehow got a stranglehold on lucrative council and developers’ promotion contracts in and around the borough, has lost its deal for one of the town centre’s key developments. The Croydon firm … Continue reading
Boxpark’s £3m loan under threat if summer opening is delayed
It’s not just the trains which are running late at East Croydon. So is the planned opening date for Boxpark. Croydon was chosen to be the second location of the retail mall made from shipping containers, following the original Boxpark … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jo Negrini, Labour, Roger Wade, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
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Warehouse Theatre celebrates 30 years of playwriting festival
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the International Playwriting Festival organised by the late and much-lamented Warehouse Theatre. The Warehouse Theatre, housed in an old coal merchants’ warehouse on the edge of what is now the Ruskin Square development, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Ruskin Square, Stanhope-Schroder, Tory, Warehouse Theatre
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