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Part of the front cover of the West Fitzrovia business plan for 2023 to 2028.
Posted inNews

West Fitzrovia BID ballot put on hold until autumn

by Linus Rees 7:01 pm, Thursday, 8 June 20239:25 pm, Thursday, 8 June 2023

The Fitzrovia Partnership has postponed its West Fitzrovia BID plans. A business services group in Fitzrovia has done a hasty about-turn on holding a ballot to create a business improvement district (BID) in Fitzrovia West, mere weeks after being given the go-ahead by Westminster Council. On 3 May The Fitzrovia Partnership gained formal permission to […]

Part of the front cover of the West Fitzrovia business plan for 2023 to 2028.
Posted inNews

Fitzrovia West businesses to vote on new business improvement district

by Linus Rees 10:25 am, Saturday, 3 June 20237:08 pm, Thursday, 8 June 2023
View of a row of terraced homes.
Posted inNews

Have your say on the Government’s short-term lets consultation

by Linus Rees 11:22 am, Tuesday, 30 May 20236:28 pm, Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Police officers behind blue and white tape investigate the scene at Charlotte Street.
Posted inNews

Cyclist killed in collision with driver of a truck on Charlotte Street

by Linus Rees 3:58 pm, Wednesday, 24 May 20239:00 am, Monday, 29 May 2023
View from outside of the ground floor of 6 Fitzroy Square.
Posted inNews

Single scene shoot for romcom at Fitzroy Square

by Linus Rees 12:29 pm, Thursday, 18 May 20232:35 pm, Thursday, 1 June 2023
View from street of shopfront where a wine shop and wine bar is proposed.
Posted inComment

Warren Street does not need another place selling alcohol

by Linus Rees 8:29 am, Wednesday, 3 May 20238:31 am, Wednesday, 3 May 2023
View of walking sign at Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia. There are lots of trees behind the sign.
Posted inNews

Fitz West AGM to focus on how proposed traffic changes on Oxford Street will affect Fitzrovia

by Linus Rees 9:34 am, Monday, 1 May 202311:15 pm, Tuesday, 2 May 2023
A number 29 double-decker bus with destination Trafalgar Square stops at Stephen Street halt on Tottenham Court Road. The footway has been extended so that bus passengers can board and exit safely.
Posted inNews

Tottenham Court Road bus stop open again

by Linus Rees 8:10 am, Saturday, 29 April 20237:11 pm, Sunday, 30 April 2023
Max Neufeld sitting at a table in Holborn Library.
Posted inFeatures

Understanding Fitzrovia – the story of a takeover

by Linus Rees 9:03 am, Thursday, 13 April 20237:26 pm, Thursday, 13 April 2023
A double decker bus passing a closed bus stop. Photo shows wooden kerb build out and gantry projecting over the carriageway.
Posted inNews

Bus passengers left short of a bus stop on Tottenham Court Road

by Linus Rees 12:05 pm, Tuesday, 11 April 20232:25 pm, Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Screenshot of article appealing to readers for donations.
Posted inNews

Camden news publisher appeals for donations to preserve its future

by Linus Rees 11:09 am, Tuesday, 28 March 202311:09 am, Tuesday, 28 March 2023
View of damage to cycle hanger.
Posted inNews

Warren Street cycle hangar to be moved to avoid (further) damage by drivers

by Linus Rees 10:03 pm, Monday, 13 March 202310:03 pm, Monday, 13 March 2023
View from outside of the front of 6 Fitzroy Square.
Posted inNews

Film crews promise to minimise nuisance during Winehouse shoot

by Linus Rees 11:08 am, Sunday, 12 March 202311:08 am, Sunday, 12 March 2023
Top half of the front page for Tower community newspaper issue number 1.
Posted inNews

Half a century of local news in Fitzrovia

by Linus Rees 1:15 pm, Friday, 3 March 20231:16 pm, Friday, 3 March 2023
View from street of Tesco, Goodge Street. View shows shop on the corner of Goodge Street and Whitfield Street.
Posted inNews

Fitzrovia business rates revaluation – winners and losers

by Linus Rees 2:34 pm, Monday, 20 February 202310:53 pm, Monday, 20 February 2023
Cllr Paul Fisher chairing Westminster Council's Budget Taks Group.
Posted inNews

Inflationary pressures are challenging council on its plan to deliver a ‘Fairer Westminster’

by Linus Rees 2:06 pm, Monday, 30 January 20235:45 pm, Friday, 3 February 2023
View from street of underground hotel construction site at Adeline Place and Great Russell Street.
Posted inComment

Running the planning system in reverse at a concrete bunker in Great Russell Street

by Linus Rees 1:28 pm, Friday, 27 January 20231:29 pm, Friday, 27 January 2023
Map showing "streatery" on Conway Street, Fitzrovia.
Posted inNews

Streatery at Conway Street to go, and Whitfield Street to stay

by Linus Rees 11:43 am, Tuesday, 24 January 202312:21 pm, Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Posted inNews

Temporary fault on our website

by Linus Rees 12:56 pm, Friday, 20 January 20239:02 am, Tuesday, 28 February 2023
"The End" notice in window of Pollock's Toy Museum.
Posted inNews

Toy museum closes at Scala Street and appeals for help in relocating

by Linus Rees 11:25 pm, Tuesday, 17 January 20238:43 am, Wednesday, 18 January 2023

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