Featured local business - Clubtek

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...
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Pop-up records in New Cross

Nov

20

2013

The strip of run-down shops opposite the New Cross House pub has long been a point of discussion for New... [...]
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alternative SE4 · Creative SE4 · music · New Cross · People · pop-up · records · vinyl

Council Tenants Home Buying Scheme Fails to Make Impact

Nov

17

2013

Figures released by Lewisham Council, following a Freedom of Information request, show the tenant home buying Cash Incentive Scheme has faltered since the onset of the financial crisis with grants falling from a peak of £651,000 in 2007 to only £34,000 in 2013. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Lewisham Cash Incentive Scheme · Lewisham Council · Politics

Looking Up in New Cross

Nov

13

2013

New Cross Learning and social enterprise Bold Vision have come together to launch a fundraising appeal to create New Cross's first public art space. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Bold Vision · Creative SE4 · New Cross Learning · New Cross Library

Click to Refresh and Recycle Your Wardrobe

Nov

1

2013

The Brockley Boutique is a new website offering SE4 residents a way to buy, sell and swap clothes, as well as providing a platform to local designers and/or knitters who can't afford a pop-up shop. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Brockley Boutique · Creative SE4

The Real Co-operative Bank

Oct

29

2013

One consequence of the recent takeover of the Co-operative Bank by private equity is the light it shines on a co-operative banking institution that remains fully owned by its members, your local credit union. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Crownsavers Credit Union Lewisham · Lewisham Plus Credit Union · People

Talk to Me, New Cross

Oct

24

2013

Say goodbye to waiting at the bus stop in silence and start looking out for friendly faces and ‘Talk to me’ badges as ‘Talk to me SE London Week’ launches on Saturday, 26 October in an attempt to encourage residents in New Cross to talk to one another. [...]
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999 Club · alternative SE4 · Goldsmiths College · Marquis of Granby · People · Phil Nice · Polly Akhurst · Talk to Me New Cross

Lewisham Police Go High Visibility

Oct

14

2013

In the past week you may have noticed Lewisham Police have been patrolling the streets in high visibility jackets. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Chief Superintendent Russell Nyman · Lewisham Police · Urban Life

Tackling Anti Social Behaviour Top Priority for Police and Council

Oct

10

2013

Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for Lewisham Council and the Met Police was the message at a public meeting on 8 October at the Town Hall in Catford. [...]
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alternative SE4 · LCPCG · Lewisham anti-social behaviour · Lewisham Community Police Consultative Group · Lewisham Police · People

Brockley Green Party Councillor Darren Johnson to Step Down

Oct

10

2013

Brockley's Green Party councillor Darren Johnson announced on Twitter this morning his intention to step down and not seek re-election in May 2014. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Darren Johnson Green Party Brockley Councillor · Politics

Latest Lewisham Crime Figures Show Robberies and Assaults on the Rise

Oct

9

2013

The latest crime numbers for Lewisham show a positive overall downward trend but assaults, domestic violence and robberies against the person are up on 2012's figures. [...]
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alternative SE4 · Lewisham crime statistics · Lewisham Police · London Met Police · People