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  • Surrey’s Finest: Our Top Food & Drink Suppliers From Across the County
    7th August 2019

    Surrey has recently received a number of plaudits, with many of the county’s towns named amongst the 100 best places to live and top 10 places to raise a family. The county is also a firm favourite with foodies, boasting

  • Guildford Shakespeare Company brings school children into local care home for second year.
    6th August 2019

    Spirit of Youth, the intergenerational drama project from Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC), unites local school children and care home residents to create their own version of a Shakespeare play. Spirit of Youth first began last year when children from Weyfield

  • Farnham Soapbox Needs You
    1st August 2019

      Can you spare an hour or two? The Farnham Soapbox isn’t too far away now (Sunday 18th August) and we are looking for volunteers to help us collect the entry donations on the day. It’s set to be a

  • Notice 34 – COO Guidelines Update
    1st August 2019

    With the importance of Certificates of Origin within international trade never been greater and with the advancement of technology, the International Chambers of Commerce along with the World Customs Organisation and the World Trade Organisation, with contributions from the British

  • BCC/Totaljobs: Business appetite to recruit strong but recruitment difficulties can’t be ignored
    1st August 2019

    The latest Quarterly Recruitment Outlook from the British Chambers of Commerce, in partnership with Totaljobs, finds that recruitment intentions strengthened in the second quarter of 2019, while difficulties finding suitable staff eased, but remain high by historic standards. 60% of

  • University of Surrey appoints Dr Jim Glover, businessman, charity leader and recent High Sheriff of Surrey, as a Pro-Chancellor
    1st August 2019

    The University of Surrey has appointed Dr Jim Glover OBE as a Pro-Chancellor of the University. Dr Glover has a long and distinguished career in business and enduring ties to the University and the county of Surrey. His senior business

  • World first patent applications filed for inventions generated solely by artificial intelligence
    1st August 2019

    A multi-disciplinary international team led by Professor Ryan Abbott at the University of Surrey has successfully filed the first ever patent applications for two inventions created autonomously by artificial intelligence (AI) without a human inventor. The AI inventor, named “DABUS”

  • Our Members Have Their Say
    31st July 2019

      We speak with some of our current members at latest monthly evening networking event. Hear about what they love about being part of the Chambers. Download:  

  • University spin-out GnoSys Global Ltd acquired by Kinectrics to strengthen innovation and R&D capability
    29th July 2019

    University spin-out GnoSys Global Ltd acquired by Kinectrics to strengthen innovation and R&D capability University of Surrey spin-out GnoSys Global Ltd, a privately-owned, industrial innovation accelerator with a history of leading large R&D projects and exploiting intellectual property rights for

  • Community Foundation for Surrey awards £10 million to support charities
    29th July 2019

    Local philanthropic charity, the Community Foundation for Surrey have announced that they have now awarded over £10 million in grants to support local charities and community groups. Dedicated to enabling local philanthropy since establishing in 2005, the Community Foundation work

  • Enterprise M3 Community is launched
    29th July 2019

    The Enterprise M3 Growth Hub based in Guildford, Surrey have announced the launch of a free new digital platform, the Enterprise M3 Community. The innovative new Community platform is designed to help facilitate discussion, growth and collaboration throughout the M3

  • Council declares Climate Emergency and commits to plastic free borough
    25th July 2019

    At its meeting on 23rd July, the Council approved two motions to help tackle Climate Change. Leader of the Council, Cllr Caroline Reeves, says: “Climate Change affects everything and everybody who lives, works in or visits our borough. We need