Purley looks to benefit from £1m investment if Tory Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith gets elected in on the May 5th Poll. Zac Goldsmith visited Purley again on Monday afternoon to pledge his support for the town. In his latest visit he announced a £20m greater London fund with £1m being earmarked for developing Purley. These
We would like to say a massive thank you to all that supported the Purley BID. Purley Businesses overwhelmingly voted in favour by 95% of establishing a Business Improvement District (BID). This is after an 18 month campaign set up by the Purley Business Association to create a BID to help improve Purley. We are
Purley Businesses have overwhelmingly voted in favour of establishing a Business improvement District (BID) in the town. This is after an 18 month campaign set up by the Purley Business Association to create a BID to help improve Purley. The Purley BID scheme has successfully been voted in, the requirement was to meet 2 criteria
Great ideas for Purley Fireworks night was the British BIDS Annual conference 2015. What a great event it was as well. Really nice meeting other similar BIDs from around the country and understanding issues and the great ideas that they have. Met up with Bromley BID whose Ballot closed on the 5th November as well?
Following the British BIDs annual conference really gave some good advice on creating events to improve business within Purley. Katie Coombes from MayNineteen looked at 3D approach which is Discover, Design, and Deliver. Discover: Let’s look at the objectives first what is the point of the event, what does success look like? How will we
Purley’s bold plan to become a better place to live, work and shop have taken a huge leap forward with Croydon Council’s decision to back plans for a local Business Improvement District (BID). “This is great news,” said BID driving force and Purley Business Association (PBA) Chair Simon Cripps, “now we can ask local businesses
This years biggest ever coffee morning, in aid of Macmillan Cancer care was a roaring success in Purley with at least 3 businesses holding excellent coffee mornings with loads of lovely cakes. It wopuld take you a whole mornig to visit them all and see what was going on, so in order to research for
PURLEY businesses and politicians have criticised the council for having a “worrying view” towards the town after the final working lifts in the multi-storey car park were decommissioned. The council said the 30-year-old lifts were taken out of use because it is “increasingly difficult to source spare parts”. The Advertiser understands the car park has
The newly launched Purley Business Improvement District has been nominated for the Business award in the 2015 Croydon Champions. Based in the High Street, the company was founded three months ago and had its official launch to coincide with the beginning of the Purley Festival at the end of June. Co-founder and chairman Simon Cripps,