Tag Archives: Whitgift Centre

Ruskin Square and Westfield in battle to secure Home Office

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

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 →

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Council goes toe-to-toe with College over ‘university’

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Croydon College and the University of Sussex have been providing degree courses in the town centre for a decade. Now the council, with its own multi-billion development plans in tatters, has decided to come up with a scheme of its … Continue reading →

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4.88% Council Tax increase gets backing from Croydon Tories

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the opposition group last night supported tax increases in the ‘last Blairite council in London’ The Conservative “opposition” group on Croydon Council last night voted with the majority Labour councillors to see Council … Continue reading →

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Private school’s sports staff enjoyed £30,000 party at The Ritz

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Whitgift School has charitable status and the generous tax breaks that go with it, yet they spared no expense for a piss up at one of the flashiest venues in the West End. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent Whitgift … Continue reading →

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Bread of Heaven: choir raises £1,100 for homeless charity

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

The Croydon Male Voice Choir has presented a cheque for £1,100 to Croydon Crisis, the charity for the homeless. CMVC raised the funds for the charity while singing at the Whitgift Centre during the Christmas period. CMVC chair Kim Ormond … Continue reading →

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Hammerson raise more fears for £1.4bn Croydon scheme

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Hammerson, the owners of Centrale, and one corporate half of the “Croydon Partnership” which was supposed to be starting work on the £1.4billion redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre in central Croydon this autumn, has this morning announced that it has … Continue reading →

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MP in plea: Don’t let tax-dodging online retailers ruin our town

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the growing concerns surrounding the redevelopment of the town centre Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central where Westfield and Hammerson were supposed to have built a retail mega-mall by 2017, has asked for an … Continue reading →

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