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Hi all,

Some of you may have been down to our venue, Unit 7, at cable street studios and may be aware of the closure notice put on us by the council in august, due to a shooting un-related to us outside the large factory compex we are a part of. We are currently in the process of getting re-opened and would appreciate your signature on our petition: http://www.gopetition.co.uk/onli…

some press can be seen here:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/n…
here:
http://www.timeout.com/london/cl…
and here:
http://www.burlingtonproject.co.…

also a film we made about the project can be seen here:
http://unitseven.co.uk/studio/u7…
or on our youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/TheRealUn…

Hopefully we see some of you at our re-opening soon : )

Many Thanks

The Unit 7 Team

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