Hackney news and archive

Hackney Moves enters new era as HOKA headlines London’s biggest fitness festival

HOKA has been confirmed as the new title partner of the iconic Hackney Moves festival, widely regarded as one of the most culturally and community connected events in the London running calendar. HOKA Hackney Moves is a weekend-long celebration in East London with live music and community activations hosted at the festival event village on...

Design

Plans submitted for Shoreditch retail development

Plans have been submitted to Hackney Council for a new 150,000 sq ft retail and mixed use development in London's Shoreditch. If plans are approved, the proposed 'Shoreditch Village' project will be the first retail permanent regeneration project in the area since the completion of new Spitalfields Market in 2005. Situated on a site underneath...

Design

Hackney community unites year from riots

A year on from the riots that swept the UK causing millions of pounds worth of damage to Britain’s high streets, the Olympic Borough of Hackney came together today to raise awareness of local businesses. Eleanor Lowenthal, owner of Pages of Hackney, welcomed the move at a time when smaller communities are missing out on much-anticipated...

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Designer Hackney totes

Hackney Council has commissioned four Hackney-based fashion designers to create a shopping tote to help promote the Love Hackney, Shop Local campaign. Canadian knitwear designer Mark Fast, up-and-coming menswear designer William Richard Green, luxury shoe designer Atalanta Weller and womenswear designer Simone Rocha have all designed limited...