Sutton business news

Business Sutton Business Awards Finalists: All 36 Named 36 finalists in 12 categories, picked from 550 nominations, for the first Sutton Business Awards in years. Winners named at Oru Sutton on 12 November. 12 October 2026 · 3 min read Sport Sutton United's Gander Green Lane Renamed 360 Engage Stadium Sutton United's Gander Green Lane ground, SM1 2EY, is now the 360 Engage Stadium. Next home game: Aldershot Town, Wednesday 28 October, 7.45pm, adults £21. 10 October 2026 · 5 min read Food hygiene Sutton Food Hygiene: 44 of 49 September Ratings Were 5s Every Sutton food rating dated September is a 3 or better, and 44 of 49 are 5s. Late August added a new 1 in Cheam, and a Carshalton shop stayed on a 1. 5 October 2026 · 5 min read Council Throwley Yard: Sutton Writes Off £159,900 Cinema Debt Councillors approved writing off £159,900 owed by Throwley Yard's failed cinema operator on 5 October. A new tenant was approved in June but is still unnamed. 30 September 2026 · 4 min read Business Sutton Supplier Directory Opens to Local Firms: How to Join Sutton's new free directory matches local firms with developers such as Berkeley and Lovell. Registration is by email, and no contract is guaranteed. 24 September 2026 · 3 min read Licensing Taste of Ceylon Wallington: Licence Review, £90,000 Penalty Immigration Enforcement wants Sutton to review Taste of Ceylon's licence: four of five workers had no right to work. Comments close 14 October. 23 September 2026 · 6 min read Data Sutton Claimant Count Rises to 4,755, Well Below London Sutton's claimant count rose by 130 in August to 4,755, or 3.5% of working-age residents. London's rate is 5.5%, and only five boroughs are lower than Sutton. 16 September 2026 · 4 min read Planning Former Argos, Sutton: Three Shops Become One Big Unit The council approved a change on 2 September turning the ground floor of 219-227 High Street into one large shop. The applicant is a food retail company. 14 September 2026 · 5 min read Licensing Sutton McDonald's Bids to Open 24/7, Comments Close 9 Oct The High Street restaurant wants late night refreshment to 5am and the delivery-only rule dropped. Comments close 9 October, and the council's link is broken. 12 September 2026 · 6 min read Food hygiene Sutton Food Hygiene: 39 Below a 3, and 16 Are Shops Three in four rated Sutton venues hold a 5. Of the 39 scoring below 3, sixteen are shops. Nine of those ratings have stood for over a year. 2 September 2026 · 5 min read Business Fat Phill's Sutton: Dutch Burger Chain Takes 96-98 High St Dutch burger chain Fat Phill's has taken 96-98 High Street. Sutton's food register lists it awaiting first inspection, and the brand publishes hours to 11pm. 2 September 2026 · 2 min read Licensing Sutton Licence Applications: 3 Deadlines, One Dead Link Three Sutton premises licence applications are open for comment, closing between 16 and 29 September. The council's link to the Cheam one does not work. Here it is. 2 September 2026 · 4 min read Business Bar + Block Sutton Closes to the Public on 3 September The St Nicholas Way steakhouse shuts to the public on Thursday 3 September, and so does every other Bar + Block. Premier Inn guests keep breakfast and evening meals. 31 August 2026 · 4 min read Licensing Sutton High Street 5am Licence Bid Cut Back to 2am The 292 High Street application has dropped 5am closing. It now asks for 1am Sunday to Thursday and 2am on Friday and Saturday. Comments still close on 16 September. 31 August 2026 · 5 min read Business Zano Controls: £3.3m shortfall, Sutton Council owed £14,586 The Carshalton firm's statement of affairs leaves nothing for unsecured creditors. Nine staff are owed £330,956, HMRC £650,844 and the council £14,586. 24 August 2026 · 5 min read Licensing Shahs Sutton: Still Not Open After the 9 October Hearing Shah's Halal at 292 High Street, Sutton was still Opening Soon on 16 October. The licence hearing sat on 9 October; no decision is published yet. 22 August 2026 · 14 min read Business Zano Controls in liquidation after 16 years in Carshalton Carshalton LED dimming firm Zano Controls entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 4 August. What the official record shows for customers and creditors. 12 August 2026 · 2 min read