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A new support for brand new micro-businesses – Six Weeks to Pop Up starts 24th May in Hackney
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Boxpark takes legal action over ‘copycat’ Dubai pop-up scheme
Lawyers have issued a ‘cease and desist’ but Dubai company owns Boxpark trademark in UAE
Progressive preservation
Dean Smith looks at how London’s identity, diversity and contemporary architecture is affected through the preservation of existing buildings, conservation areas and spatial policies
Technology kit that lets you build computer game system
Company Technology Will Save Us unleash latest piece of DIY wizardry
Don’t waste… Rejuce! How Tom Fletcher produces affordable juices while reducing waste
Wick-based business sources unwanted produce from New Spitalfields Market
How Edwardian founder of Clapton family business electrified the Hackney Empire
Grandson tells how forebear’s work at playhouse helped him set up iconic institution
Architecture for Everyone (TM) – EASTWEST architecture on how businesses can make the most of their space
Architecture practice gives insights into revival of high streets
Nanny Network – juggling childcare and career need not be so tricky
Local agency enables women to head back to work after having a baby
Horsemeat scandal boosts business for Hackney’s independent butchers
Local traders report an increase in sales as customer confidence in processed meat products takes a hit
The butcher, the baker and the bag maker – East End Trades Guild launches
Independent traders in East London join forces to resist threat of rising rents and competition from big companies
Be Unpackaged: zero packaging grocery store opens in Hackney
Ecological shop and café, Unpackaged, opens its doors in Richmond Road
Hackney Wick businesses lament ‘ghost town’ Olympics
Wick restauranteurs rue ‘quietest weeks ever’ and deliver mixed verdict on Games legacy
Olympic Park legacy plan threatens Tech City growth, report warns
Thinktank says tech scene around Silicon Roundabout in London now comprises at least 3,200 firms with 48,000 jobs
Occupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action