Walthamstow updates

[Dunners]

Just seen a video clip of the fire damage. To be fair, it does look like it may have been a bit arsony.

[CEB2ElectricBoogaloo]

If it had been the Nags I reckon I’d have had some police at my door.

And by god Stella Creasy is annoying

[Proposition Joe]

F***ing Hell, Hackney Brewery tap going at the end of the month too, largely as a result of the Council being arseholes by the sound of it. Weird that they try and market the Beer Mile aspect of Blackhorse Road but simultaneously seem to be killing it. Renegade will suddenly be feeling a bit lonely up there.

[CEB2ElectricBoogaloo]

The bell currently shut too apparently cos of mouse infestation

[Proposition Joe]

Amazed that firebombing the mice didn't solve that issue.

[Currywurst and Chips]

It’ll do well to come back from this, especially given its reliance on food.

A mouse infestation is hardly likely to have the Tabithas and Hugos queuing up when it reopens

[Dunners]

Does this risk the baby-wearing men in crocs venturing further afield and discovering the Lord Palmerston?

[slacker]

My daughter and her fella went to that supperclub.tube thing by the Pump House museum last weekend. Sounds a bit w@nk to me, but I suppose eating grub on an old Victoria Line carriage is a bit of a novelty, and the food’s meant to be alright.

[Proposition Joe]

Does this risk the baby-wearing men in crocs venturing further afield and discovering the Lord Palmerston?

Maybe the Dog and Duck will have to rethink it's Only Fools and Horses themed toilets.

[Dunners]

F***ing Hell, Hackney Brewery tap going at the end of the month too, largely as a result of the Council being arseholes by the sound of it. Weird that they try and market the Beer Mile aspect of Blackhorse Road but simultaneously seem to be killing it. Renegade will suddenly be feeling a bit lonely up there.

The Council hits back:

We are aware of the announcement posted to social media by the owner of the Hackney Brewery High Hill taproom. We understand that residents will have questions about what has happened and the council’s role. We want to make sure that you have all the facts about the closure:

• The decision to close the taproom was the business’s and theirs alone. The council did not ask for it to close and we were surprised to see this announcement. We were not given any advance warning.

• Hackney Brewery had accrued significant arrears during the Covid-19 pandemic. We arranged a reasonable payment plan to allow the business to pay off these arrears over a long period. We have worked closely with many businesses across the borough that were impacted by the pandemic, doing all we can to give them the support they need to recover and at the same ensure we are recouping the public money owed to us. We do not charge any interest on these debts.

• The business entered a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) in May 2024. This immediately breached the lease agreement for the premises with the council as companies operating from council-owned premises must be solvent. Entering the CVA also lapsed the existing alcohol license in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 - this is national legislation we must adhere to. At this time, we stopped receiving the arrears repayments we had agreed with the owner.

• Because of this cessation of payments, the council served a Section 146 notice - a formal legal notice advising a tenant that their lease agreement has been breached and initiating the process for a forfeiture of the lease.

• The council has offered a number of reasonable routes to resolving the dispute that would keep the taproom running. The owner has not agreed to any of these offers and has refused to negotiate the situation.

• The taproom is fully, correctly licensed. There is no connection between its license and the arrears that are owed.

• We are also aware that there were people living at the premises, which is not permitted under the terms of the building’s use. If there were an emergency responders would not be aware of these people, and their safety could be at serious risk.

• There is strong, continued interest from local small and medium sized businesses in light industrial units throughout the borough. This includes demand from a number of breweries - Lockwood Way will continue to play an important part of the Walthamstow Beer Mile. There are no plans to use any of the taproom sites as housing. We want to find reliable new tenants for these premises.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Sounds like they’d been taking the pi5s for a while and tried to blame someone else for their own failings

Will be interesting see which side Creasy takes

[CEB2ElectricBoogaloo]

Sounds like they’d been taking the pi5s for a while and tried to blame someone else for their own failings

Will be interesting see which side Creasy takes

Would you believe it, she’s done a smug video about it in which she manages to say nothing at all

[Currywurst and Chips]

Sounds like they’d been taking the pi5s for a while and tried to blame someone else for their own failings

Will be interesting see which side Creasy takes

Would you believe it, she’s done a smug video about it in which she manages to say nothing at all

lol I included that last line anticipating a video like this

[Proposition Joe]

If she didn't actually exist she'd be a great parody. Jesus Christ.

[CEB2ElectricBoogaloo]

She’s a proper wally.

[Dunners]

She's a relic of the 2000's. The sort of automaton that used to be churned out by the New Labour sausage factory to occupy meaningless non-jobs on the executive teams of charities and quangos.

She is incapable of realising that the era in which people like her could grift and get away with it, is well and truly over. However, she has a sufficient base in Walthamstow that will probably insulate her for at least one more election cycle.

[CEB2ElectricBoogaloo]

It’s honestly amazing to me when I see people I know who will without fail press that heart button within twenty seconds of one of her social media farts

[Max B Gold]

Has anyone been to a gig at the Signature Brewery? Is it a good gig venue?

[Father Ted Crilly]

F***ing Hell, Hackney Brewery tap going at the end of the month too, largely as a result of the Council being arseholes by the sound of it. Weird that they try and market the Beer Mile aspect of Blackhorse Road but simultaneously seem to be killing it. Renegade will suddenly be feeling a bit lonely up there.

The Council hits back:

We are aware of the announcement posted to social media by the owner of the Hackney Brewery High Hill taproom. We understand that residents will have questions about what has happened and the council’s role. We want to make sure that you have all the facts about the closure:

• The decision to close the taproom was the business’s and theirs alone. The council did not ask for it to close and we were surprised to see this announcement. We were not given any advance warning.

• Hackney Brewery had accrued significant arrears during the Covid-19 pandemic. We arranged a reasonable payment plan to allow the business to pay off these arrears over a long period. We have worked closely with many businesses across the borough that were impacted by the pandemic, doing all we can to give them the support they need to recover and at the same ensure we are recouping the public money owed to us. We do not charge any interest on these debts.

• The business entered a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) in May 2024. This immediately breached the lease agreement for the premises with the council as companies operating from council-owned premises must be solvent. Entering the CVA also lapsed the existing alcohol license in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003 - this is national legislation we must adhere to. At this time, we stopped receiving the arrears repayments we had agreed with the owner.

• Because of this cessation of payments, the council served a Section 146 notice - a formal legal notice advising a tenant that their lease agreement has been breached and initiating the process for a forfeiture of the lease.

• The council has offered a number of reasonable routes to resolving the dispute that would keep the taproom running. The owner has not agreed to any of these offers and has refused to negotiate the situation.

• The taproom is fully, correctly licensed. There is no connection between its license and the arrears that are owed.

• We are also aware that there were people living at the premises, which is not permitted under the terms of the building’s use. If there were an emergency responders would not be aware of these people, and their safety could be at serious risk.

• There is strong, continued interest from local small and medium sized businesses in light industrial units throughout the borough. This includes demand from a number of breweries - Lockwood Way will continue to play an important part of the Walthamstow Beer Mile. There are no plans to use any of the taproom sites as housing. We want to find reliable new tenants for these premises.

Having worked with various London LA's on their commercial property holdings for 30+ years, it's an unusual move for an LA to put such a statement out without being ducks arse watertight on the facts so I'd take this as being accurate (famous last words I know).

As for Creasy, meh.

[Dunners]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. There are numerous breaches cited in the Council's statement which, if true (and I suspect they are), would indicate a disregard of the contractual covenants and relevant regulations from the owners. You cannot run a business like that as eventually you always come unstuck.

If that was one of my commercial tenants they'd be out on their arse before their feet could touch the ground.