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Nour Brixton Eviction Sparks Fierce Protest in Brixton Market Community | Eater London

"Operating since 2002 at the heart of Brixton’s food community, this independent grocer supplies affordable Caribbean and West African staples—cassava, yam, saltfish, ackee and other items not carried by mainstream British supermarkets—that customers say are essential to the area's Jamaican and West African residents. It is facing an eviction notice from its market landlord with a 22 July date, despite continuing to trade and pay rent and therefore being ineligible for COVID-era business eviction protections. Community activists have mounted sustained protests, produced video interviews highlighting its cultural and practical importance, and even disrupted a landlord-hosted Zoom event; campaigners argue the eviction is linked to wider redevelopment plans that would require a new electricity substation in the shop’s unit and make way for a taller development. The landlord has said it has explored solutions—including offering to build a replacement unit at its cost—and issued a statement suggesting a “positive” outcome, but the eviction notice has not been withdrawn and no concrete details have been provided." - James Hansen