Council launches electric van hire
Croydon Council is urging local firms to lease a cut-price electric van as part of a push to improve the borough’s air quality. From October 2017 until 2020, companies in the borough can lease a [...]
Big weekend heralds Croydon’s bid for Borough of Culture
This weekend is a big one in the Croydon events calendar, not least because it sees Croydon officially announce its bid to become London’s first ever Borough of Culture. If successful this will bring over [...]
Switching on to safer electrics
The danger of fire and personal injury caused by faulty or ill-maintained domestic electrical goods is ever-present in today’s appliance-driven homes. Day five of London Trading Standards Week is focused on how trading standards officers [...]
Stoptober – the 28-day quit-smoking campaign – is back
Smokers in Croydon are being encouraged to sign up to Stoptober from Sunday 1 October and join the thousands across the country who are getting support to quit smoking for good. The Public Health England [...]
School community celebrates new state-of-the-art building
Parents, pupils and teachers at Harris Primary Academy Purley Way have been celebrating their state-of-the-art learning environment since the school started in its new permanent home this term. Children in reception have now reached the [...]
Offering support to Croydon’s small businesses
The sale of age-restricted goods can be a legal minefield for the small trader. Without access to the back-up and resources of a national organisation, the local shopkeeper can all too easily lose track of [...]
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