Figures from Barclays Bank’s card transactions show that three weeks after ‘non-essential’ shops were allowed to re-open, they’re only selling half what they were this compared to this time last year. Big name brands have
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Category: Roman Road
Our Hibernation is NOT Ending
Shuttered shops on the Roman Road On March 23rd Boris Johnson introduced the lockdown, saying it would be reviewed in three weeks. Three months later not much of the lockdown has lifted. Boris Johnson’s announcement
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The Common Room backed by London Mayor with £50k
In 2014 a temporary structure called the Common Room was erected in the corner of the triangular car park at the junction of St Stephen’s Road and Roman Road. The project was started as part
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“Liveable Streets” – Traders Workshop
Please pass this on ASAP to anybody you know who has a shop or market stall in Bow. Tower Hamlets Council has just sent out a notice that they are holding a Liveable Streets co-design
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Tower Hamlets Local Plan
The Tower Hamlets Local Plan for the next ten years was formally adopted by the council on Weds 15th Jan 2020. Mayor, John Biggs, said that the population of Tower Hamlets had doubled during the
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