The event at Shoreditch Town Hall was organised by the East End Trades Guild
East End Trades Guild say action over affordable workspaces ‘long overdue’ following Town Hall roundtable
Owners scramble to raise £25k as trades guild warns small businesses are being ‘killed off’
JC Motors boss Len Maloney calls on people to back plans for community-owned premises
Len Maloney of JC Motors again faces being forced out of the area after his rent skyrocketed
Len Maloney has run JC Motors from a railway arch in Haggerston for 22 years – but rent rises have left him facing an uncertain future
Len Maloney is appealing to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for help after seeing his rent more than triple
Traders up in arms over threat to the future of Hackney’s local businesses
Residents can have a say on how money is dished out to local businesses, which were hit hard by this year’s rates hike
We meet Simon Cole who, as the man behind the ‘alternative experience walks’, knows his Hackney history and the lay of the land locally
Mayor welcomes budget measures but local trader says government is still ‘punishing’ small businesses
‘The sheer severity of the impact on areas like Hackney is unjustifiable’, warns Mayor Philip Glanville