I can see the London Homebase stores becoming The Range as they only have 5 stores either within the M25 with one just outside it at Lakeside.

Homebase have 13 stores within the M25.

49 stores have gone into administration with Teneo. The remaining 70 stores along with the Homebase brand have been acquired by CDS Superstores who will convert them into The Range. It's not clear at the moment which stores are under administration and those which are now under CDS management. Homeb...

Barclays in Tottenham Court Road is finally closing on the 10th January 2025.

There's still no confirmed opening date for the reopening of Oxford Circus which is supposed to cover the closure of TCR.

My nearest Sainsbury's supermarket has already had their ATM converted to a NoteMachine one last week. For the signage, they've used a slightly off Orange compared to the shade used by Sainsbury's Bank with again the font trying to emulate Sainsbury's, but slightly off saying "Free Cash Withdra...

The large Barclays in Tottenham Court Road in Central London has been given a stay of execution for now as the refurbishment of the Oxford Circus branch still hasn't been completed. A sign on the door claims they're staying open until they can find alternative arrangements with LINK to provide adequ...

It's sad that we have to feel the need for second sims just because of spammers, these days we have so much amazing technology yet it seems eradicating this spam is a long way off, apparently they send it to hundreds of numbers and even if they only hook one person that's a good result - so I guess...

The first Wilko in London will be in Uxbridge, opening in their old site at the The Pavilions Shopping Centre on November 22nd.

TGI Fridays has come out of administration, being acquired by Breal Capital and Calveton UK with 51 restaurants saved.

The two local titles here are largely free online. Southwark News used to be fully paywalled, but has once again become free again, but will charge you 50p to read an online version of the newspaper. The South London Press is free, but has merged two other London local newspapers the London Weekly N...

Sainsbury's have got a managed services agreement for their ATM's to NoteMachine who will take over cashpoints at Sainsbury's stores by May 2025.

https://notemachine.com/brinks-advances ... ainsburys/

John Lewis are reintroducing the Never Knowingly Undersold slogan.

Wasn't there a previous ban on registrations during the summer holidays at the blue and Rob's forum?