Tag Archives: Whitgift Centre

Henrique Paris exhibition, Turf Projects, Sep 12-28

Posted on September 10, 2019 by

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Claim a free book ahead of Whitgift Centre’s storytime

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

Get your bookmarks at the ready, as the Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres invite you and the little ones to storytime corner this Friday, September 6, on National Read a Book Day. Popular children’s author Helen Peters will be reading … Continue reading →

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How wait for Westfield is turning North End into Hooky Street

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Serious doubts exist over Westfield’s plans to redevelop in the town centre. Yet while the council does its best to close down legitimate high street businesses, or mismanages one of the country’s oldest traditional street markets and drives away stall-holders, … Continue reading →

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A month after seizing Allders, council moves just six traders

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

The council’s propaganda department has finally, a month after Town Hall heavies staged a dawn raid on the former Allders building, broken its silence over the forced closure of the Croydon Outlet Village. On July 16, around two dozen small … Continue reading →

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Westfield is ‘too little, too late’ to save Croydon town centre

Posted on August 13, 2019 by

With more than 1,200 empty units in the borough already, traders say that the development blight caused by lengthy delays by supermall operators has turned Croydon into ‘a retail graveyard’. MT WALLETTE reports A shiny new Westfield shopping centre, promised … Continue reading →

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Council forced into speedy U-turn on councillor parking permits

Posted on August 5, 2019 by

PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports on how a decision passed at a Town Hall committee just a few days ago didn’t manage to survive a phone call from the news desk of The S*n Croydon’s Labour-run council leadership has … Continue reading →

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Council’s land grab has ‘destroyed our lives’ says trader

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

The council’s handling of the Compulsory Purchase Order for the former Allders building is driving dozens of businesses to the brink of collapse and even putting traders’ homes at risk, according to one who has been locked out of their … Continue reading →

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