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Wednesday 12th September saw the first Surrey Chambers Golf Society golf-day of the Autumn season, held at the prestigious and historic New Zealand Golf Club.   With new organisation of these SCGS events by the Chambers’ very own wonderfully dedicated

Plans and policies to change travel behaviour in the borough were constructively challenged at a meeting of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee last night. ‘Modal shift’, the  move away from use of private cars to other more environmentally-friendly forms of

Smith & Williamson, the financial and professional services firm, has announced three partner and associate director promotions in its Guildford office. Edward Emblem, in the Private Client Tax Services department, and Andy Peacock, in Investment Management, have both been promoted

Town centre businesses, local dignitaries and representatives of Guildford enjoyed a celebratory evening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Monday 3 September as Experience Guildford crowned the town’s customer service stars. Now in its sixth year, the Experience Guildford Customer

Commenting on the pilot scheme to bring seasonal migrant workers to the UK, Jane Gratton, Head of Business Environment and Skills Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “This is good news, and it’s not before time. With

Funding for a community project to provide full ‘fibre to the premises’ (FTTP) broadband to connect Guildford’s rural communities was agreed by the Executive on Tuesday 28 August. An investment of £10,000 will go to ‘Broadband for Surrey Hills Limited’

Help shape the borough’s future by commenting on the main modifications to our updated Local Plan in the next consultation, as agreed by the Executive at its meeting last night (4 September). Cllr Paul Spooner, Leader of the Council, says:

British Airways and Heathrow baggage handlers ‘escape from reality’ in celebration of Queen legend Freddie Mercury’s birthday and Twentieth Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody, in cinemas October 24th Mercury worked as a Heathrow baggage handler before he joined Queen in 1970

Entitled ‘Brave New World’, the award-wining Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) year-long programme has been created to help affect social change across a number of different communities. Brave New World is a year-long programme of outreach projects, which seeks to reduce

Councillor Bob McShee has resigned from the Conservative group on the Council to become an Independent Councillor. He has been a Borough Councillor for seven years, representing Worplesdon ward. The political balance of the Council, which has 48 councillors, is

Both Clandon Parish Councils want to increase the number of elected parish councillors. East Clandon Parish Council from five to six and West Clandon Parish Council from six to eight. We’re consulting the public about this in a Community Governance

We’re delighted to announce that our second issue of our International Trade Newsletter is now available! Please click here to view this. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future content, please don’t hesitate to contact the international trade team