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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

The Deptford Diamond

Jan

2014

This other Eden - the roof is made of the same stuff as the Eden Project's biomesThe Deptford Dame has a great article about a new building that sprouted in her manor over Christmas:A new artist's studio, designed by De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects, has just been revealed at the southern end of Comet Street. ...

Cooper’s Bakehouse moves to Brockley

Jan

2014

South East London bakery, Coopers Bakehouse, is among the early wave of businesses moving into Dragonfly Place (nee Martin's Yard), and they are hiring. They say:We're looking for baking cyclists, or cycling bakers, to join the Bakehouse at an exciting time of growth. You don't need to be a baker yet but you do need ...

Best Newcomer 2013 – The Malaysian Deli

Dec

2013

Congratulations to the Malaysian Deli (338 Brockley Road), which has won the 2013 Brockley Central Newcomer of the Year Award for best new high street business, collecting 39% of reader votes.Brockley is relatively poorly served by Asian food businesses, a problem made all the more acute by the temporary closure of Thai restaurant Smiles. The Malaysian ...

Vote for the Newcomer of the Year 2013

Dec

2013

It's a smaller field of contenders for this year's list of new local high street businesses as there are now fewer obvious holes to fill in the Brockley streetscape than there have been in previous years. After a busy start to 2013, the good news in the second half mostly related to the return of ...

Serviced apartments replace Seager Distillery hotel

Dec

2013

The plan to create a four star hotel at Deptford's Seager Distillery has, perhaps not unsurprisingly, been ditched, in favour of serviced apartments, which Staycity plans to open in May 2014.Serviced apartments are designed for longer-term stays and this plan adds something new to the local mix, while filling space that might have sat empty ...

Gladly, Wiggins returns

Dec

2013

The Wiggins and Miller Christmas sale is back this weekend

Speedicars now Keen

Dec

2013

Your Hopes and Fears have been realised. Speedicars is changing.Fred reports that Speedicars have been taken over by the Keen Group, a major South East London fleet operator. Local journeys are now £6 rather than £5, for some reason only they know.

Love on the Dole

Dec

2013

St Asaph Road film-maker Mark is trying to raise money to fund a film called WASTED. He writes:WASTED is about a man desperately trying to keep his family together working part time/zero hours. It's an alternative voice in the whole skiver/striver debate. WASTED takes a look at three generations of men and their relationship ...

Kickstart Maddy’s Fish Bar

Nov

2013

Maddy's Fish Bar is the latest project from the team behind The London Particular in New Cross and Fishdog. They want to open a new fish and chip shop right next door to their cafe and are fundraising £20,000 on Kickstarter, with the promise of curry sauce. They explain:Maddy’s fish bar will be located in ...

Croydon Westfield shopping centre approved

Nov

2013

Plans to create a new Westfield shopping centre in Croydon, replacing the rather tired Whitgift Centre, have been approved by Croydon Council. It means there will be a new shopping destination at the southern end of the East London Line, but Stratford's already within fairly easy (and cheaper) reach, meaning it's of dubious benefit for ...