Woolwich Works lost £1.4 million in its first year of operation as it battled against the effects of the pandemic and struggled to bring in audiences, its newly-published accounts reveal. The Woolwich Creative District Trust, which controls the arts hub in the Royal Arsenal, saw its bank balance halved in the year to March 2022 […]
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Elizabeth Line delivers Sunday Times ‘best place to live’ listing for Woolwich
Long-term locals might struggle to believe the news, but the Elizabeth Line’s arrival in Woolwich has helped the district be named one of the best places to live in London. The Sunday Times has listed Woolwich as one of seven hotspots in the capital that its readers should think about moving to – announcing that […]
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Woolwich Works undergoes revamp as troubled venue’s boss leaves
The troubled Woolwich Works venue has undergone a revamp so it can host music and comedy performances each week in its main bar, which it hopes will boost ticket sales and make it more visible to the local community. Its café and gallery spaces have been combined to create a space for up to 220 […]
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Elizabeth Line boosts Woolwich Works ticket sales by 70 per cent
Woolwich Works says it has seen ticket sales leap by 70 per cent after the opening of the Elizabeth Line, which stops a few hundred metres from the arts venue. Slow ticket sales meant Greenwich Council had to make £2 million in loans available to the trust that runs the cultural hub, which cost the […]
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Greenwich councillors snubbed over monitoring £2m Woolwich Works loan
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has snubbed a cross-party panel of councillors over their proposal to bring an outsider in to monitor the finances of the troubled creative hub Woolwich Works. Labour’s Clare Burke-McDonald and Elizabeth Ige and the Conservative leader Matt Hartley made the recommendation last week after Okereke announced he was to make […]
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We’ll be on the pulse of Woolwich Works, Greenwich Council leader promises
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has insisted that the town hall will be “on the pulse” of the troubled Woolwich Works creative hub as councillors pressed for an outsider to be brought in to monitor its finances. A panel of three councillors, sitting in a specially-called meeting, last night called for a feasibility study to […]
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Bring in an outsider to monitor Woolwich Works finances, Labour councillors demand
An outsider should be brought in to monitor the budget of Woolwich Works as a condition of Greenwich Council’s bailout of the troubled creative hub, two Labour councillors have said. But the council’s own officers are pushing back against the proposal. They say they are suitable to do the job themselves and that getting outside […]
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Woolwich Works offered £2m council loan and told to bring the crowds in
Updated story: The trust running the troubled Woolwich Works venue is to be offered £2m in interest-free loans from Greenwich Council to keep it afloat – and has been told to bring the punters in with more commercial programming. More than £45m has already been spent by the council in setting up the cultural centre […]
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