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  • A Lifetime of Love: Liz Prebble named Surrey’s Care Worker of the Year
    4th December 2025

    Liz Prebble has been named Care Worker of the Year at the 2025 Surrey Care Awards in the Home-Based Care category. For more than two decades, Liz – a Shared Lives Carer with Surrey Choices – has poured her heart

  • Don’t fall foul of the Tipping Act, Azets warns Surrey businesses
    2nd December 2025

    Hospitality and service industry businesses in Surrey could face fines and the prospect of an employment tribunal if they don’t comply with the Tipping Act, two experts have warned.

  • Reaction to the Budget: Hot Off the Press
    26th November 2025

    Following today’s Autumn Budget from the Chancellor, Surrey Chambers CEO, Louise Punter, commented.

  • Menopause and HRT
    18th November 2025

    Dr Nadia Oozeerally, a GP with a special interest in women’s health at Your Private GP Service, explains how Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) can support women through the menopause and beyond.

  • Don’t miss out on new child benefit repayment option, Azets warns  
    13th November 2025

    Surrey people earning more than £60,000 a year have a new way to manage their child benefit repayments following a change in HMRC’s process, according to a senior payroll professional. Chris Waterson, Director of Payroll South at international accountancy and

  • Taxing time for Surrey company directors over dividends reporting requirements
    13th November 2025

      New mandatory Self-Assessment reporting requirements means onus on directors to ensure proper documentation   Company directors and shareholders in Surrey face new mandatory reporting requirements for the first time when it comes to declaring dividends from profits for owner-managed

  • Use it or lose it – sharp decline in R&D tax relief claims by Surrey SMEs
    23rd October 2025

    Call for local businesses with genuine claims not to be put off stricter compliance   There has been a marked fall in the number of SMEs in Surrey making research & development tax relief (R&D) claims, according to research by

  • Process filter manufacturer makes shortlist for international business award
    8th October 2025

    A Surrey manufacturer focused on market expansion in multiple sale territories worldwide has been shortlisted for a coveted business award. Process filter maker Amazon Filters is a finalist in the category of International Business of the Year at the prestigious

  • Surrey Disabled People’s charity wins National Community Organisation Award – Disability in 2025 National Diversity Awards
    7th October 2025

    Surrey Coalition of Disabled People has won the Community Organisation: Disability Award in this year’s National Diversity Awards in association with HSBC UK. More than 85,000 nominees with 125 finalists in 10 categories were named in recognition of their dedication

  • Azets bolsters south regional R&D team with two strategic appointments
    3rd October 2025

    Business advisory firm takes on tax specialists with technical backgrounds Azets, the UK’s specialist business advisor to SMEs, has made two strategic appointments with key sector expertise to bolster its expanding research and development (R&D) tax relief offering across Surrey

  • Growing Together: Finding Adventure and Purpose in your National Landscape
    2nd October 2025

    The Surrey Hills Symposium returns on Wednesday 19 November at the University of Surrey, exploring the theme of Growing Together: Finding Adventure and Purpose in your National Landscape. This inspiring annual event brings together voices from across the countryside, conservation,

  • COOPER PARRY ACQUIRES LEADING CYBER SECURITY FIRM URM CONSULTING SERVICES
    1st October 2025

    Seventeenth deal since 2023 sees CP boost its digital firepower and accelerate towards £600m revenue target. Cooper Parry (CP), the Rebels of Accountancy, has taken another major step in its bold mission to build the UK and Ireland’s most progressive