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- 19th March 2009
Following the announcement that professional gardeners in Croydon will no longer be able to take their green waste to Central Nursery in Conduit Lane, there is some confusion over what alternative will be available to them. Central Nursery takes in the was
- 19th March 2009
Some of our more regular visitors to The Best Of Croydon will have notice a new 'pink' button on our menu bar. We're very excited about our pinkness, as it leads to our new service giving information about Members Special Offers. Whether they are business-
- 27th February 2009
- 19th September 2008
FELLOW Croydon travellers: have you heard the good news. The dead hand of monopoly is about to be lifted from the throat of Gatwick Airport.BAA, a former government regulator, privatised as a virtual monopoly, has decided to jump before the Competition Com
- 11th September 2008
KNIFE crime in Croydon has increased by almost six incidents a month, according to official figures.Within the past week Detective Superintendent David Palmer has been forced to report that an additional 69 offences involving knives took place in the borou
- 4th September 2008
thebestof has launched a nationwide promotion that's sure to get companies in tune with their customers.Anyone submitting a testimonial of a business featured on thebestof between now and the end of September will be entered into a draw to win an iPod touc
- 14th August 2008
Stop talking, Sir Humphrey - do something!IT MUST be 15 years since I was a guest on a Croydon Council charabanc trip - I accompanied a party of Coulsdon sceptics on a jaunt to Cambridge and Guildford.The council's charm offensive was an attempt to neutral
- 7th August 2008
NHS administration is terminally ill by David CallamTHE NATIONAL Health Service is an island of antiquity whose administration owes more to Bob Cratchet than Bill Gates.The idea struck me forcibly last week during a consultation at Mayday University Hospit
- 7th July 2008
WELCOME to a weekly series of business blogs that I am calling A Croydon Eye.
They will centre on business developments in the borough and I will post them here every Thursday morning.
I hope most of them will be positive, despite the present
- 3rd July 2008
Keeping trade local to Croydon makes perfect senseI fully back the 'Keep Trade Local' campaign currently run by the Federation of Small Businesses as well as the 'Think Global, Act Local' mantra used by environmental campaigners.Local businesses are the li