Curated Makers, a retail concept that links local independent artists and makers with the high
street, will be opening its first pop-up in London at the Grade II* listed Battersea Power Station,
which will open its doors to the public for the first time from Friday 14th October 2022. The
unique store will host more than 40 local independent small businesses selling homeware,
candles, clothing, artwork and much more.

Since launching in 2017, the Manchester-based marketplace champion has hosted a series
of pop-ups in large stores and shopping centres including John Lewis, M&S, Paperchase and
Next. Having received the government’s Innovate UK Young Innovators grant with an initial
investment of £5,000 in 2020 and more recently with a Follow-on Fund of £50,000 in 2022,
the business is going from strength to strength.

A welcome recipient of the Prince’s Trust, set up by King Charles III, Curated Makers has
benefited greatly from the charity’s support for the business and the makers that it continues
to champion.

CEO and Founder of Curated Makers, Megan Jones, said:
“We are so excited to be opening at Battersea Power Station. Our permanent ‘pop-up’ allows
locals curators to have the opportunity to sell their hand-made goods on a huge scale.

“Our concept is novel. We are maker first and connect the small independent businesses to
large, established retailers. I believe in putting people first, celebrating talent, showing that
entrepreneurship is a route for anyone that has the passion and vision to make it work.
“We make it easy to shop small, whilst already in a shopping environment. The in-person
shopping experience simply cannot be replicated online. To touch, feel and smell products
made from local craftspeople, meet them on the shop floor and even watch them work in store,
is what our stores are all about.”

Sam Cotton, Head of Leasing at Battersea Power Station, said:
“Supporting small, independent businesses has been a key element to creating the new retail
and leisure destination at Battersea Power Station from the very beginning, as seen with the
great mix of independent retailers that have been open in Circus West Village since 2017. We
are continuing to work with independents inside the Power Station and are excited to have
local artisans selling their wares at Curated Makers when we open the Power Station’s doors
on 14th October.”

Battersea Power Station will be one of the most exciting retail and leisure destinations in
London with the first of over 100 bars, restaurants and shops including Battersea Bookshop,
a new standalone neighbourhood bookshop from specialist bookseller Stanfords opening on
14th October.

There will also be a 24,000 sq ft Arcade Food Hall from JKS Restaurants opening in 2023,
office space and a unique events and leisure offering, including Lift 109, a chimney lift
experience that will transport visitors 109m to the top of the building’s north west chimney,
offering 360° views of the London skyline and The Cinema at the Power Station – whose
sister site The Cinema in the Arches is located under the railway arches in Circus West
Village. The Power Station is also home to 254 apartments with residents moving in from last
Spring and a new six-acre riverfront park which is already open to the public.

Electric Boulevard, a new pedestrianised high street for the local area, will also open from 14th
October 2022 and will be home to a mix of bars and restaurants, office space, shops, a park,
and an exciting new 164 room hotel from art’otel®, the brand’s first hotel to open in the UK.