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Barnet business news, newest first: openings, closures, awards and jobs across the area.
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Barnet Claimant Count Up 370 to 13,230 in September
13,230 Barnet residents claimed out-of-work benefits in September, up 370 in a month, the biggest rise since February 2025. Cricklewood is highest at 8.6%.
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Business
Council-owned estate agent Bumblebee opens in New Barnet
Bumblebee Property, owned through Barnet Council, has opened its first shop at 26 East Barnet Road. Its fees, hours and £40,000 empty-homes grant link.
Planning
Golders Green Hotel Unique: 130-Room Plan Approved 8-0
Barnet's Planning Committee approved a 114-room new hotel behind the Refectory pub on Finchley Road, plus 16 rooms in the existing building, by 8 votes to 0 on 14 October.
Food hygiene
Barnet Hygiene Ratings: 34 New Fives, Two Twos in September
Every Barnet food hygiene rating published since 12 September is a five, from the Black Horse in Wood Street to Odos on the High Street. Two September inspections scored a two: SOYO in Golders Green and Woodhouse Tandoori.
Business
New Barnet businesses: 57 firms in a month, Indian Ace shuts
57 companies registered at Barnet addresses in a month: a fishmonger for Church Hill Road, a padel firm at Hadley Highstone, a games studio. Indian Ace on Oakleigh Road North is in liquidation.
Jobs
Barnet Claimant Count: Under-25s Highest Since 2021
1,710 Barnet residents aged 16 to 24 claimed out-of-work benefits in August, up 95 in a month. The borough total rose 205 to 13,125, still 5.0%.
Licensing
East Barnet Korean Restaurant Applies for Drinks Licence
A Korean restaurant at 35 Church Hill Road wants to sell alcohol with meals until 11pm. Comments close on 29 September, and nobody has written in yet.
Business
Swimming Nature in Administration: Sister Firms Trade On
Administrators took charge of Swimming Nature UK on 19 August and its Finchley Road office has gone. Two sister companies at that address stay active.
Food hygiene
Barnet Food Hygiene: 61% Score 5, 393 Never Inspected
Six in ten Barnet food businesses hold five stars and just two hold zero. But 393 have never been inspected, and 107 carry a rating awarded in 2021 or earlier.
Jobs
Barnet claimant count: 13,185, and a fourfold ward gap
13,185 Barnet residents claimed out-of-work benefits in July, 5.0% of those aged 16 to 64. Cricklewood is on 8.5%, Hampstead Garden Suburb on 2.1%.
Business
Taste of Raj takeaway company in Edgware enters liquidation
The company behind Taste of Raj on Deansbrook Road went into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 4 August, with Hudson Weir's Kevin Weir appointed liquidator.