News Archive

  1. A round up of British Flowers Week 2018

    Thank you so much to everyone who took part in and supported this year’s British Flowers Week. The fantastic six florists who created installations at the Garden Museum were: Evolve Flowers, Festoon, Floribunda Rose, Harry’s Flowers, Veevers Carter and Wolves Lane Flower Company. Yet again, the hashtag #BritishFlowersWeek was seen by millions of people on […]

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  2. HRH Duke of Gloucester visits Battersea Power Station

    Construction Youth Trust’s Chairman, Andy Wates, and CEO, Carol Lynch, were delighted to welcome His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester to the Battersea Power Station site in Central London to visit the ‘Budding Brunels’ education and training project. The initiative is funded by the Mace Foundation. Mace is the Principal Construction Manager on the […]

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  3. Art Night 2018 comes to Nine Elms on the Southbank

    On Saturday 7 July 2018, Art Night and Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery will transform the Thames riverbank with new commissions, one-off artist projects and premieres with Nine Elms on the Southbank. Nine Elms, a new cultural destination for London, are pleased to host a range of projects for the event, including large scale installations, performances, […]

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  4. Clean Air Day events raise awareness

    Wandsworth residents, schoolchildren and businesses all did their bit yesterday to make Clean Air Day the most successful yet in Wandsworth. National Clean Air Day is about raising awareness of pollution issues, supporting people to reduce the amount of pollution they create and working together to improve air quality. In Putney the council worked with […]

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  5. Going underground: Tideway’s first tunnelling machines lowered 53 metres into the ground

    Tideway update: First two tunnelling machines have been lowered underground Tunnelling to start on the 25 km tunnel later this year Super sewer will prevent tens of millions of untreated sewage entering London’s iconic River Thames Tideway, the company building London’s super sewer, has marked a major milestone with the lowering of its first two […]

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  6. Whale mural painted on St. George’s primary school playground wall by local artist

    On Friday, 8th June, a beautiful 22 metre-wide mural of a whale was painted on the playground wall of St. George’s Primary School in Battersea. The project was funded and supported by VINCI St. Modwen, the developers behind New Covent Garden Market. Artist Mr Dane has been working with St. George’s Primary School for the past […]

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