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  • #Do1Thing
    16th January 2020

    On 22nd January, the Surrey Advertiser and getsurrey.co.uk will be part of 35 regional websites and titles across the UK launching our #Do1Thing campaign to highlight companies who are taking climate change and green issues seriously. Our Mission Climate change

  • Cheeky calendar hunks raise cash for Hospice
    15th January 2020

      Sold out almost as soon as it went on sale, a cheeky charity calendar raised loads of laughs – and a few eyebrows – along with £1,400 for Princess Alice Hospice. Featuring the charms of around 25 regulars from

  • Macbeth Cast Announced
    15th January 2020

      8-29 February: Ahead of next February’s production, the award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) are proud to announce the cast for Shakespeare’s supernatural thriller MACBETH. MACBETH, which will be GSC’s 43rd show, will open the Surrey theatre company’s 14th programme

  • Award-winning Hospice campaign held up as shining example
    14th January 2020

    A Hospice fundraising campaign featuring innovative digital tools has been singled out as an example of excellence, by global online social platform JustGiving. Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, won the JustGiving Christmas Campaign award for the 2018 Santa Fun Run,

  • BDO recruiting 60 trainees in 2020
    9th January 2020

    Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO is set to recruit a record number of new trainees in the South East this year. Applications are now open for 60 new roles which will be based across the firm’s two offices in

  • Rotary gift for Hospice care at home
    9th January 2020

    A huge brunch date for 130 guests raised a hearty £1,000 for Princess Alice Hospice. Members of Bookham and Horsley Rotary Club enjoyed the mid-morning get-together in November, to highlight and support the Hospice’s care for people in their own

  • Continued commitment to tackling air quality and the climate change emergency
    9th January 2020

    On 23 July the Council declared a climate emergency and we confirmed our commitment to collaborate with partners to achieve a net zero carbon emissions target goal by 2030 and launched a Climate Change and Innovation Board (CCIB). Cllr Caroline

  • Manor Collection group hosts successful wreath making evenings for the Giant Pledge!
    7th January 2020

    Local Betchworth based hotel, Hartsfield Manor has recently hosted some very successful Christmas wreath making events in order to raise further funds for George and The Giant Pledge. The hotel group have so far raised in excess of £12,000 with

  • Activists use shocking social media imagery to inspire action in the fight against plastic pollution
    7th January 2020

    New research into the fight against plastic pollution, published by the Academy of Management Journal, reveals the influencing power of social media as activists use emotions to convert viewers and enact change. Persuading individuals to exchange habitual or unconscious behaviour

  • BCC comments on launch of the Budget process
    7th January 2020

        Co-Executive Director Claire Walker said:  “Businesses will be looking to the Budget to boost confidence and stimulate growth at a time of significant uncertainty for the UK economy.   “Firms of all sizes need to see a package of fiscal

  • BCC comments on new National Minimum Wage announcement
    2nd January 2020

    Commenting on the announcement that the new National Living Wage will be set at £8.72, with the National Minimum Wage increasing across all age groups, Co-Executive Director Hannah Essex said:    “Businesses want to pay their staff a good wage. They recognise and support the

  • New Job Vacancy: International Trade Assistant
    23rd December 2019

    At Surrey Chambers we are looking at building our resources around International Trade in 2020 which means we have an exciting new opportunity for someone who would like to support exporters with documentation. We are looking to recruit an International