Today is the final day for comments on the proposed supermarket and housing development in Wilmer Place Stoke Newington. This is the second proposal made by Newmark Properties to Hackney Council. The first was rejected by councillors following an intensive community campaign. Local campaigning group, Stokey Local identified a number of issues with the…
A street food cart that opened in London Fields park on June 14, sets out to cater for the entire community, “not just the hipsters”.http://news Italian-inspired Coppa Cart gained permission to trade in the public park until March 2014 through a Hackney Council scheme that supports local businesses. The council’s choice of a…
Parts of Hackney and Tower Hamlets will be exempt from planning laws that came into force on Thursday because the government has recognized that they might hurt new business developments. The Hackney exemptions apply to key areas associated with commercial growth in the area, including Shoreditch, Hoxton, Dalston and Hackney…
The SE25 area of Croydon has been listed as one of the “worst areas for hygiene scores” in a Which? Magazine investigation called the “State of Our Plates: The Food Hygiene Lottery.” The consumer rights group collected data from thousands of local authorities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland from…
The idea for the first Croydon based brewery in more than 50 years came to Mark Russell, 30, and Simon Dale, 31, right after the 2011 riots, and now they have launched the Cronx brewery in New Addington. After the riots, the aspiring brewers felt they needed to start a business that…
A new website/app from Transport for London and a free pop-up university are just two of the many glimpses into the not-so-distant future that are currently on display at Digital Shoreditch. From Monday May 20, thousands of techies, entrepreneurs and investors are gathering in Shoreditch Town Hall for the third…
This week marks the launch of, Love Your Local Market, a national campaign involving more than 300 markets. The project was set up by the National Association of British Market Authorities to boost local street markets, but some traders are questioning whether it will bring real benefits. The initiative aims…
In Shoreditch a monthly meeting called the Roundabout Kids has started to bring young entrepreneurs working in the the tech scene at the Silicon Roundabout together. Alex Nguyen and friend Vishal Ladwa thought it would be a good idea to have meetings for young professionals who want to start up…
Fairfield Halls will be working more closely together with Croydon Council in the future management…
The South London Press, one of the famous titles in London’s print media, is supporting Local Newspaper Week, by emphasizing the role of local papers as “being essential to democracy.” The paper has had a turnaround in fortunes and is bucking the trend in local paper closures and rationalization after…
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