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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...

Ladywell businesses protest pavement ban

Apr

2014

Ladywell shop owners have been ordered by the Council to stop putting advertising boards, planters or tables outside their premises, in order that the newly-enlarged pavement can serve as a cycle lane. They're not happy. They write:Ladywell businesses have been battling to survive the disruption caused by more than 13 months of streetworks. Thankfully these ...

The Larder, 71 Ladywell Road

Apr

2014

The Larder is new deli opening in Ladywell (71 Ladywell Road, the former location of El's Kitchen) at 9am on Wednesday 16th April. The new owners, Cynthia and Katherine, write:Food is our passion. Our aim is to provide customers with fantastic tasting fresh food, sourced as locally as possible. We're interested in the way food ...

Peter James: long live the new flesh

Apr

2014

BCer Holly reports that Peter James, the legendary Ewhurst Road butcher, is retiring to a farm in Somerset.The good news is that a buyer from Peckham is taking over and continuing to operate the shop as a butcher, with Peter retaining a share in the business and lending a hand in the early stages to ...

Brand Zenubian

Mar

2014

Sunrise Ceramics, the former Ladywell pottery shop, has been replaced by Zenubian (218 Algernon Road), a gift shop specialising in "conscious..fair trade..ethnic..new age..." fare. The shop is currently being refitted, with the opening day imminent.Follow them on Facebook here.

Safika, Upper Brockley Road

Feb

2014

Safika Organic Health Centre12A Upper Brockley Roadwww.safikahealthcentre.org.ukThe Safika team writes:We are an organic food store, specialising in all things organic, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free foods. We also sell vegetarian cakes, muffins, patties, bitters, tonics, roots and herbs such as Moringa and much more. We also run cooking workshops where you can learn how to ...

Barbershop

Feb

2014

Thanks to Tash, who sent us this photo of a Brockley Road hoarding, announcing the imminent arrival of RR's Traditional Barber Station. "Book Shops" be-damned, this is the kind of innovation we need on the high street.Given the number and variety of beards available locally, these guys know their market.Hopefully more news on this soon.

Vinyl, Tanners Hill

Feb

2014

4 Tanners Hill, SE8 4PJT: 07930421113vinyldeptford.co.uk/Vinyl is a new record shop-cafe-gallery hybrid in Deptford. They say:"Jenny and Ron bring you a new space to to invade, with Jerome Hill in the record shop VINYL...Gallery, Record Shop and Coffee Bar is Deptford's latest micro venue serving coffee smoothies cakes and paninis with a licensed bar."DJs play ...

Supermarket Self-Checkout – is scanning kind of scabbing?

Jan

2014

Always been a Marc Almond fan musically, and I think we can claim a bit of him for South London as he lived around the Bermondsey Street area for quite a while (not sure he still does). In fact he's just about to release an exciting-sounding London-themed album 'The Tyburn Tree' with John Harle, which ...

Broca Food Market renews shop search

Jan

2014

The BFM's planned move from their home on Mantle Road to Brockley Cross has been scrapped, but they aim to move as soon elsewhere in SE4 once a new tenant's been found for their current unit.Erin says:"BFM needs a smaller retail footprint with a more space for a kitchen. I've found another property in Brockley ...

Brockley Cross site to let

Jan

2014

Louise writes:After lots of Brockley Central debate about the shortage of space for opening businesses in the area, I noticed there's now a sign on the recently-closed Brockley Cross Supermarket from the landlord, asking people to ring him if they're interested in renting it. I thought people might want to check it out.