Dear all, the public house restaurant of 274 Latimer Road has been facing another attempt by recent landlords, UK Investments, and North Shore Hedgefunds specialising in London’s property speculation affiliated and subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. This time around, I the current tenant, Demetri Kotsakis cannot face the legal costs, so I am putting it out to the local community to support a legal motion for a compulsory purchase order.

That would legally require a local authority to front it in court. So with rescuing Ariadne’s Nectar Group / Forum, we would like to invite local support to convince RBKC, as a first hurdle, to represent the local community in court. We need support to make this happen before March next year.

The pub, which has been a central part of the community, has been here since 1888, with myself running it for 20 years. Our pub’s challenge epitomises the ongoing commercialisation of our neighbourhood and its broader counterparts. Our aim is to preserve the public house for the community as a necessary amenity, considering London’s very few pubs left in the local borough.

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