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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 30th October 2023
    6th November 2023

      Continuing on our Skills theme This week Surrey Chambers of Commerce and Hampshire Chamber of Commerce partnered with IMI (Institute of Motor Industry) to create a skills summit, sponsored by the LKQ Euro Car Parts and focusing on the

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – November 2023
    30th October 2023

      Surrey Business Awards We had a great night at the Surrey Business Awards last month. The evening was a great opportunity to do what we love to do at the Chamber, which is to network with the business community.

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 16th October 2023
    23rd October 2023

      Surrey Business Awards On Tuesday evening the best of Surrey business gathered in Guildford for the Surrey Business Awards. The evening was a great opportunity to do what we love to do at the Chamber, which is to network

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 2nd October 2023
    9th October 2023

      Future Skills Forum Launch Around a year ago we started our journey to create a Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) incorporating all of Surrey and part of Hampshire. Over 1000 employer and skills provider interactions later we presented our

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – October 2023
    2nd October 2023

      Future Skills Forum Launch Around a year ago we started our journey to create a Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) incorporating all of Surrey and part of Hampshire. Over 1000 employer and skills provider interactions later we presented our

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 4th September 2023
    11th September 2023

      One of the challenges we all face is information overload, which can result in missing some really exciting initiatives. At the Chamber we work on being the eyes and ears on behalf of businesses to make them aware of

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – September 2023
    4th September 2023

      Ambitious action plan for skills Creating a mechanism to deliver cultural and behavioural change in the local skills system is central to our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), published last month following approval from the Secretary of State for

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 22nd August 2023
    22nd August 2023

    Ambitious action plan for skills Creating a mechanism to deliver cultural and behavioural change in the local skills system is central to the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), published this month by Surrey Chambers of Commerce following approval from the

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 10th August 2023
    10th August 2023

      This week will see the formal approval of the Local Skills Improvement Plan for the Surrey and North and Mid Hampshire area, which is already delivering on its’ findings. The launch of a Future Skills Forum is taking place

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – August 2023
    7th August 2023

      The team at Surrey Chambers has been taking advantage of a slight pause in activities to work on an exciting programme of events from early September. As well as the usual business breakfasts and members networking evenings we also

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 24th July 2023
    24th July 2023

      The team at Surrey Chambers has been taking advantage of a slight pause in activities to work on an exciting programme of events from early September. As well as the usual business breakfasts and members networking evenings we also

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 10th July 2023
    10th July 2023

      It has been a busy time for Surrey Chambers as we head towards the summer holidays, but we continue to connect businesses to each other in a plethora of ways. Our members suite of online training has now begun,

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – July 2023
    3rd July 2023

      The Surrey Chambers of Commerce AGM took place last month in the beautiful setting of the Merry Harriers in Hambledon. We were delighted to welcome Alison Galvin to the Board as well as new Council members, Steve Page, Anita

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 19th June 2023
    20th June 2023

      The Surrey Chambers of Commerce AGM took place last week in the beautiful setting of the Merry Harriers in Hambledon. Following the formal business, where President Daniel Morgan gave an overview of a very active year in the life

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 5th June 2023
    8th June 2023

      We have now submitted a final version of the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) report to the Department for Education to review. A huge thank you to all the businesses that have taken the time to share their feedback

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – June 2023
    30th May 2023

      All things skills At the end of May we submitted our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) to the Department for Education, having engaged with many different sectors to ensure a robust set of qualitative data. As reported before we

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – May 2023
    2nd May 2023

      The Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) has reached a milestone where we have consolidated our key findings into a number of priority themes that will form the basis of the LSIP report, which will be submitted for approval to

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 24th April
    28th April 2023

      As part of our national Chamber network, we have just completed our latest Quarterly Recruitment Outlook (QRO), a survey of more than 5,000 UK firms of all sectors and sizes which reveals, as expected, that businesses are still facing

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 10th April
    12th April 2023

      We have had a very short pause in activity as everyone focused on a long weekend, but events are stepping up again to provide businesses opportunities to meet up with potential clients and suppliers. The Local Skills Improvement Plan

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  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 27th March
    31st March 2023

      It has been an exciting time for the Chamber over the last month. Thanks to government funding we have run a number of complimentary courses in Sales, International Sales, Numeracy and International Documentation. More than 150 businesspeople have benefited

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