Southwark Playhouse and Ability Media Centre have been awared a share of £500,000 to develop the creative skills of Londoners and increase their employability in the run up to the Olympic Games.
John Paul Maytum, chair of Southwark's largest tenant-managed housing organisation, has been appointed to the Government's new advisory National Tenant Council.
A Southwark-based company is driving forward the development of biofuel with the support of the London Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund.
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