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Food & Drink Festival comes to Hartsfield Manor!
3rd May 2018
Hartsfield Manor in Betchworth is hosting its’ first ever Food & Drink Festival. The event is taking place on Saturday 12th May in the beautiful grounds of the Manor house in Betchworth and is in aid of the Redhill and
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John Holland-Kaye comments on Heathrow expansion plans
3rd May 2018
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said: “We welcome the fact that the Arora Group support a northwest runway at Heathrow, but we’re bemused that they have chosen now to release new plans which look a bit like the emperor’s new clothes
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Over the next 4 weeks Fryer Glass will attempt to highlight some of the main issues that face professionals with their personal finances
30th April 2018
Over the next 4 weeks Fryer Glass will attempt to highlight some of the main issues that face professionals with their personal finances. There are many reasons why people do not seek financial advice: The view that it is expensive
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BCC: Business can’t rely on just-in-time Brexit preparation
30th April 2018
New research by the British Chambers of Commerce, released today (Monday), in partnership with the Port of Dover, finds that over a third (36%) of traders rely on the just-in-time delivery of material and components, but that many are not
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Plans for a new leisure centre announced
30th April 2018
Spelthorne Borough Council has announced plans to build a new leisure centre in Staines-upon-Thames. Spelthorne Leisure Centre, the council’s current facility in Staines, has served the community well since it was initially opened as a swimming pool in the 1960s
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BCC: Q1 GDP figures show UK stuck in global growth slow lane
27th April 2018
Commenting on the GDP figures for Q1 2018, released today by the ONS, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “Sadly, the latest GDP figures confirm what we have been saying for some time:
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BGF receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise, Innovation category
24th April 2018
BGF has received the prestigious honour of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category. BGF is the first investment company to have received this honour. The Queen’s Awards are designed to celebrate outstanding achievement by UK businesses. BGF
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Local Plan next step – guidance, matters and issues for examination and hearings
24th April 2018
Cllr Paul Spooner, Leader of the Council, says: “Our new Local Plan is progressing through independent examination and aims to help communities thrive and balance needs, wherever people live or work in the borough. The Planning Inspector manages the whole
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Borrow DIY, gardening and decorating tools from Guildford Borough Council’s ‘Library of Things’
23rd April 2018
We are working with Surrey County Council and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK to pilot one of the first ‘Library of Things’ in the country. The volunteer-run scheme will launch on Thursday 7 June in Guildford Library and enable residents to
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Council secures outstanding debt from developer
23rd April 2018
Spelthorne Borough Council has made use of powers in the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations to recover a substantial outstanding debt from a developer following the implementation of a housing scheme in the borough. Although the developer had been reluctant
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BCC: Half of businesses not seeing improvement in UK mobile network
20th April 2018
Only half of businesses believe the UK’s phone network is more reliable than five years ago, according to new research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) released today (Friday). A survey by the BCC of over 1,100 businesses, found
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SETsquared partnership ranked as the world’s top business incubator
18th April 2018
The SETsquared partnership has been ranked as the world’s leading business incubator for its outstanding contribution to developing the next generation of UK tech entrepreneurs. The announcement was made at the World Incubation Summit in Toronto, Canada. This confirmed SETsquared’s