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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...

East side Sainsbury’s to open at 180 Brockley Road

Oct

2014

Well - this is a surprising turn of events. Despite having a branch on the other side of the tracks, Sainsbury's has submitted an application to open a store in 180 Brockley Road, the new development next to the Brockley Barge.The site has space for a supermarket and it had been rumoured that Tesco was ...

Greenwich lifts Carbuncle Cup for the second time

Sep

2014

For those who wish Lewisham would pool its sovereignty with Greenwich - a cautionary tale. Woolwich Central, which is essentially a giant Tesco hovering above a car park in the middle of town, has won the Carbuncle Cup - making it two wins in three years for the borough after the Cutty Sark restoration won ...

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 ...

Brockley Sainsbury’s is open

Jul

2013

The Sainsbury's Local on Mantle Road opened today. Comments and reviews please!

Cash rich, thyme poor

Jul

2013

Brockley's got another free cash machine, outside the new Sainsbury's Local, which opens later this month.This brings the total near the station to five, plus one in Crofton Park, one in Ladywell and another on Lewisham Way. That's nearly one for every actual shop in the area and compares with none near the station and ...

Brockley Sainsbury’s opens July 15th

Jun

2013

Sainsbury's is opening its delayed Local branch on July 15th, according to this ad spotted by BCer Michael. It's evidently hoping to crack the Brockley market by selling a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables (the Broca has an interesting but sporadic range, Nisa has a narrow range and Costcutter's quality is patchy).It's a bold gambit ...

Brockley Sainsbury’s – work begins

Apr

2013

Sainsbury's will occupy the unit being refurbished (right)The Nisa next to the Broca Food Market on Mantle Road has closed.Work has begun on the new Sainsbury's Local that will replace it. The new store will be larger than its predecessor and is due to open within weeks.

Deptford and the Waitrose effect

Mar

2013

Deptford's been given the Standard's Homes & Property treatment this evening, albeit with the focus on New Capital Quay, which lies on the Greenwich side of the water.The imminent arrival of Waitrose (admittedly a rare thing in South East London) has forced the paper urgently to reappraise its view of the area, which we've been saying ...