Rushy
basically a scrotum
I think several were taken by the receivers but some were then bought back by a new property investment vehicle which leases properties back to Antic.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2014
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
They're still busy opening up new places - they're just about to open The Job Centre in Deptford. It will have a labour exchange 'theme' 
ffsear
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Apparently the young boy stabbed was the son of the owner of Bombay InnAnd he, the owner, is also not very well at the moment. Perhaps people want to show their support by supporting his business for a bit.
Awful awful news. I eat in there regularly. Such a friendly guy.
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Crispy
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They're still busy opening up new places - they're just about to open The Job Centre in Deptford. It will have a labour exchange 'theme'
Seriously?!Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
IIRC they split the company into two, of which one was declared bankrupt. The same people then bought the properties from the receiver as rushy says.
It looks dodgy to me tbh but it seems you can get away with it.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Yes!
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
^ Monkeygrinder's Organ you might want to edit that comment given the UK's libel laws and editor's liability
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Yes, even made the front page of the SLP
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Well I think it's incredibly unlikely to be an issue, but OK.
I might have the time and energy to go out dancing this weekend, first time for a long time. I used to like Mango Landin' occasionally but.... so I need an alternative. I've heard that upstairs at the Coach and Horses / market house can be surprisingly good but whenever I go past the ground floor I feel rather nauseous. Is it better fri or Sat?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
This needs its own thread and a boycott of other Antic venues.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Why? Most pubs have daft names/themes
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
don't feed the twat, ou.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
At least the Job Centre was actually a job centre previously
thatguyhex
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I think the problem was that they did a terrible job of decorating the place in comparison to the other restaurants in close proximity. The the furniture and decor items looked cheap, and worse still the hard tiling and white paint made the place feel cold and echoing. Being the only people in there (as was often the case) made the whole place reverberate to the sound of your conversation.
It's a shame, because they were very nice and the food was good. I spoke to one of their delivery people shortly after it had closed (it was a branch of another restaurant on Brixton Hill whose name I forget) and he said they weren't bringing in enough business to afford the rent. If they'd even ended up making it one of those typical Brick Lane-looking Indian restaurants (sort of a Tandoorified 1970s boozer look) I reckon it might have survived, because everyone's familiar with that style and it's comfortable to hang around in.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
In my minds eye I saw it all full of braying toffs and guffawing posho yuppies drinking cocktails and laughing about how some people don't have jobs, like they do, even though they only got their jobs because daddy sorted one out for them where they get paid loads to do nothing except for going out for business lunches in Brixton eating cheese and wine.
But maybe it was just a moment of madness brought on by reading urban 75 too much. Sometimes I don't know what to think any more
boohoo
No.
In my minds eye I saw it all full of braying toffs and guffawing posho yuppies drinking cocktails and laughing about how some people don't have jobs, like they do, even though they only got their jobs because daddy sorted one out for them where they get paid loads to do nothing except for going out for business lunches in Brixton eating cheese and wine.
But maybe it was just a moment of madness brought on by reading urban 75 too much. Sometimes I don't know what to think any more
I agree with boycotting Antic (for other reasons). Now if we could have a list of every pub they are involved with.
editor
hiraethified
I have mixed feeling about Antic. They're adept at legal financial shenanigans which involve bouncing back from bankruptcy more or less unscathed (and, presumably, with debtors left unpaid) and that's clearly not a good thing.
But on the other hand they're saving pubs that otherwise would almost certainly have been lost to flats etc., and some venues are quite generous with letting community groups use their facilities for free.
But on the other hand they're saving pubs that otherwise would almost certainly have been lost to flats etc., and some venues are quite generous with letting community groups use their facilities for free.
ska invita
back on the other side
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
All true. And on the other hand they have blocked a pavement with a hoarding for three years - and refuse to remove it even after an enforcement order!
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I like their pubs. I think there are enough of them around here though. Variety is the spice, and all that...
dbs1fan
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Antic employs their bar staff on zero hours contracts. There have also been claims to Employment Tribunal for unpaid holiday pay, notice pay, etc. Antic have done their ' insolvent company' pose and refused to pay. And they abuse the proper meaning of the word when they refer to themselves as a collective.
Casaubon
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The NY Times seems to have an ongoing interest in Brixton.
Brixton fashion a few months ago – http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/fashion/street-style-fashion-Brixton-London.html
Brixton market 2010 - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/travel/08headsup.html?_r=0
Going through some old stuff this week I found this article, discussing the impact of ‘development’ or ‘regeneration’ on Brixton, from the Sunday Times Magazine in 1989.
Developments included refurbishment of Woolworths, Rumbelows, Burtons and Freeman Hardy & Willis.
‘The council is adamant that any developments should directly benefit the local community’
I won’t post scans of the whole article - the paper’s bigger than my scanner bed, and rumpled, and re-sizing to post makes them illegible.
snowy_again
Slush
a Lambeth Locker (or whatever they're called, the green lockable bike bike storage thing) has arrived on Railton Road
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
We've done a consultation exercise in this street: questionnaires to gauge demand.
Had a lot of replies - so hopefully this will see us get one too.
Can PM you the contact details of who you need to speak to at Lambeth.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Thanks - the likelihood of me doing anything proactive about it in the next few months is small but might well be interested in looking into it at some point.
It's a good idea - I don't have a bike in London at the moment and the main reason is that it's so hard to find somewhere to store it ... a very common situation in London houses/flats with narrow entrance halls and/or no gardens.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I've got so used to just living with bikes stacked everywhere in the flat, that I have no need for one of those things, but there must be quite the demand in many parts of London. Why spend hundreds of pounds on a metal machine and leave it outside in the rain, vulnerable to the elements and theft?
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