The risk of child poverty and long-term unemployment for people living in east London is among the highest in England, new research by credit rating agency Experian suggests.…
The Manhattan, a disused bar on Croydon High Street, is to be transformed into a Sainsbury’s supermarket.…
Protesters gathered outside businesses on Lewisham High Street on Saturday as part of a national demonstration against the government’s mandatory work experience schemes. The march targeted shops said to be involved in ‘workfare’, including McDonalds, Boots, Greggs, BHS and Primark, in an attempt to pressurise them to pull out of…
An alliance of students and Lewisham residents will march on Saturday as part of a national demonstration against the government’s controversial ‘workfare’ scheme, under which jobless benefit-seekers must work for free for sponsor companies. The Department of Work and Pensions say the welfare-to-work plan for 18-24 year olds gives unemployed…
Aspiring entrepeneurs in Lee Green will have the opportunity to sharpen their business acumen and hone their skills with a free course that starts in February.…
Discount booze and value-brand beans are common sights in student abodes, and in the aftermath of the festive season budgets are tighter than ever. But it doesn’t have to be that way, as Rachael Healy finds out.…
Hackney Council has secured a £5.3million fund to improve Hackney Central Town centre area, which is expected to create over 200 jobs.…
Tower Hamlets is suffering from the one of the highest levels of unemployment in the country. Unemployment has reached 13.2 per cent in the borough, making it the third highest of all the London Boroughs and fifth out of 415 regions and local authorities in the UK. According to a…
A second boutique vintage clothes shop is due to open on Stoke Newington High Street as East End fashion spreads north. …
Trade unionists campaigning for a London living wage for cleaners at Canary Wharf have complained of a “disrepect of civil liberties” after being ejected from the Wharf as they distributed leaflets on Thursday. The group of around a dozen, including members of the Industrial Workers of the World union and…
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