Chamber News

  • BCC responds to 14-day quarantine for UK arrivals from Spain
    27th July 2020

    Commenting on the announcement that UK arrivals from Spain will have to self-isolate for 14 days, BCC Director General Adam Marshall said: “Abrupt changes to quarantine measures will be yet another hammer blow for the fragile travel and tourism industries,

  • Latest government guidance-24th July 2020
    24th July 2020

    1) Going to work Workplace guidance has been updated to reflect the Prime Minister’s statement (17 July), which highlighted that the government’s advice on going to work will change from 1 August. From this date, employers should ensure workplaces are safe

  • Businesses invited to step up for Surrey 5 Peaks Hikeathon
    24th July 2020

    Local charity, The Surrey Care Trust is asking businesses to make miles of smiles for disadvantaged people in Surrey by entering a corporate team in the big Surrey 5 Peaks Hikeathon across the stunning Surrey Hills on Saturday 12 September.

  •   Businesses need to respond quickly if they are to survive and get ahead in the evolving COVID-19 landscape. 
    23rd July 2020

    Businesses will struggle to survive if they are not flexible enough to adapt to continual change in the COVID-19 landscape we are now living in, according to restructuring and recovery specialist Kevin Parish in Smith & Williamson’s South Coast office.

  • Latest key Government Covid-19 updates
    23rd July 2020

    Latest key Government Covid-19 updates Latest news on lifting restrictions from businesses in England In England, from 1 August, if prevalence remains around or below current levels, and COVID-19 Secure guidelines are followed, the UK government will:   • Give

  • Yvonne Arnaud pantomime announcement 2020
    23rd July 2020

    We are devastated to announce that we will not be producing our much loved, traditional pantomime this year. This has been one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make during this crisis, as we love panto as much as

  • Free Well-Being Programme Now Online
    22nd July 2020

    The award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) publish all content for EVERYDAY MIRACLES, to encourage well-being and reduce social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Everyday Miracles is an extensive programme of online content, featuring videos, activity sheets and resources on

  • Young People Need Your Help More Than Ever: Sleep Anywhere But Your Bed to Help Prevent Youth Homelessness
    22nd July 2020

    (Photo Caption: Join YMCA DownsLink Group’s biggest fundraising event of the year, Sleep Easy, Friday 9th October 2020, to raise money to tackle the causes of youth homelessness.) Family breakdown is a leading cause of youth homelessness and pressure created

  • Ebb&Flow Yoga reopens with a creative twist
    21st July 2020

    Farnham business Ebb&Flow Yoga is working with The Maltings on an exciting new collaboration to bring their yoga, Pilates and barre classes to the Great Hall performance space from 29thJuly. The Maltings has been closed to performance goers since March

  • Moore Barlow advises Inland Homes on two major deals
    21st July 2020

    Partners Mark Grant and Richard Hughes lead team on transactions in Hertfordshire and Staines worth £56.1m  21 July 2020 – Top 100 UK law firm Moore Barlow has advised regarding two major transactions announced today by Inland Homes plc, a

  • An Update from G-Live
    21st July 2020

    G Live in Guildford, Surrey’s largest and best live entertainment venue, closed its doors to the public on Monday 16 March 2020 following the Prime Minister’s announcement that theatres “should be avoided” due to the fight against Covid 19. For

  • Business and Arts Unite In Lockdown
    20th July 2020

    The award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) receive funding from insurance broker Gallagher’s Community and Charity Fund to further their work in the community. Following a networking event hosted by Surrey Chambers of Commerce at GSC’s February production of Macbeth, Gallagher’s

  • The Hogs Back Hotel: Life During Lockdown
    20th July 2020

    The end of March 2020 is a time no one will forget – we all have our own lockdown journeys.  At this time Surya Hotels took the bold decision to keep the majority of our hotels open to support key

  • Over £1million Additional Grant Funding Issued To Local Businesses
    20th July 2020

    Grants totalling £1.111 million have been made to 95 local business and charities as we continue to help our local economy recover from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Discretionary Grants Scheme has provided extra funding in addition to the government’s

  • A Market Fuelled by Stimulus and Biases
    20th July 2020

    It should, by now, be clear that the present risk rally – that has been ongoing since the market bottomed in late-March – has been propelled by both unprecedented amounts of stimulus, and by hope that science will eventually come

  • Surrey- Based Garden Centres Able To Priorities Online Operations Thanks To HSBC UK Funding
    20th July 2020

    Knights Garden Centres, which operate across two locations in Godstone and Betchworth, have received a £625,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from HSBC UK. The loan has enabled the company to protect 100 local jobs and adapt its business model

  • BCC responds to Prime Minister’s speech setting out next steps in Coronavirus response
    17th July 2020

    Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech today (17 July), setting out the next steps in England’s Coronavirus response, BCC Director General Adam Marshall said: On new guidance for returning to the workplace: “Companies, in discussion with their employees, will decide

  • An Update from Your Sanctuary
    17th July 2020

    A WOKING-based domestic abuse charity has been awarded more than £60,000 in additional funding to help with the costs of adapting working practices during lockdown and coping with the expected increase in demand for its services. Your Sanctuary is one

  • Smaller businesses under pressure have a limited window to get the right stuff done says leading UK business coaching company Pro-actions
    15th July 2020

    Pro-actions are providing much-needed pragmatic advice about how to succeed in the post COVID world for FREE with their new webinar series ‘Getting Stuff Done’.   Leading business coaching company, Pro-actions, claim that SMEs now need very clear direction about

  • Skillway Helps Charles Russell Speechlys to Handle Going Back to the Office
    15th July 2020

    15 July 2020 – Skillway, a Godalming-based charity which teaches practical skills to disadvantaged or disengaged young people in the local community, has helped Charles Russell Speechlys to transform its Guildford office into a ‘no touch’ environment in preparation for

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