GREATER PROTECTION FOR FOOD ALLERGY SUFFERERS / COUNCIL BUSINESS LOAN FUND REACHES £2M LANDMARK GREATER PROTECTION FOR FOOD ALLERGY SUFFERERS Food allergy sufferers will be able to eat with greater confidence as new rules affecting the way local food businesses inform customers of pot

CROYDON ACTS TO PROTECT OFFICE SPACE Planning powers could be used by Croydon council to prevent offices being converted into residential accommodation in the town centre. The council say they are proposing to introduce the measure to protect much-needed office space being lost to sub

LAMBETH TO RAISE MILLIONS FROM DEVELOPERS WITH COMMUNITY LEVY / LANDLORD AND LETTING AGENT FINED £3,000 EACH FOLLOWING FLAT FIRE /  LAND OWNER FINED £1,100 FOR BURNING CONTROLLED WASTE / BROTHERS FOUND GUILTY OF STORING ILLEGAL TOBACCO LAMBETH TO RAISE MILLIONS FROM DEVELOPERS WITH CO

NEW SOCIAL CARE DEAL TO INCORPORATE LONDON LIVING WAGE – STAFF TO GET MINIMUM £8.80 AN HOUR Changes to how Croydon council commissions social care providers will ensure they pay their staff the London Living Wage for new contracts, say Croydon council. The council said in a stat

DAWN SWOOP HITS FLY-TIPPERS IN THE POCKETA 5.30 Monday morning visit by Croydon council’s environmental enforcement staff resulted in 15 fixed penalty fines being issued to fly-tippers who had left rubbish on Portland Road and Cherry Orchard Road.Bags of waste were carefully searched

BROWN AND GREEN CAFE’S NEW VENTURE – WITH MAYOW-NNAISE!     THE BROWN AND GREEN CAFE chain’s latest venture officially opens in Mayow Park, Sydenham on Sunday 31st August.The chain, run by sisters Laura and Jess Tilli, opened with a cafe at Gipsy Hill stati

    MUMS WIN LEWISHAM BUSINESS AWARDTwo mums from Forest Hill, who co-founded Claudi & Fin frozen yogurt lollies, have won a Mayor of Lewisham Business Award.The idea for Claudi & Fin Greek-style frozen yogurt lollies came about when Lucy Woodhouse and Meriel Kelhoe

HIGH-STRENGTH BEERS AND CIDERS GOING FROM CROYDON SHELVES – OTHER AREAS SET TO FOLLOW? / COUNCIL TO PAY LONDON LIVING WAGE FOR ALL STAFF – Contractors to be asked to do the same / ….AS MP BACKS COMMONS BILL TO RAISE VALUE OF MINIMUM LIVING WAGE / SAINSBURY’S PA

Shoppers are being warned they should not hand over cash at pop-up auctions in the belief they are buying high-end goods.The alert has been issued by Croydon council’s trading standards team after rogue traders set up shop in a short-lease unit in North End during June, hung glossy po

NEW UNIT IS TOP OF THE SHOPS IN CROYDON…LAMBETH MEANS BUSINESS!…..RAZOR-SHARP CRAFT KNIFE SET SOLD TO 14-YEAR-OLDA newly-refurbished shop is helping 10 new businesses onto the ladder of success by providing them with valuable town-centre space in a previously vacant unit.T