Once upon a time, the east end of London was a hive of manufacturing activity, with ships flooding the River Thames to bring in commodities and export goods.
Deindustrialisation decimated the area, but out of the factory ashes came regeneration from the once-booming financial sector. Tate & Lyle Sugars is one of the last remaining stalwarts of London’s industrial past, with sugar arriving from developing countries to its refinery in Silvertown. Here the raw sugar goes through a purification process with the final product sent…
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