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  • The Play’s The Thing: Guildford Shakespeare Company embarks on their second free-to-access tour to less-advantaged schools in Surrey.
    30th August 2019

      16-27 September 2019: The tour, which is completely free to access, will deliver the two most popular Shakespeare plays studied at GCSE, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The project, made possible by funding from the Geoff Herrington Foundation, will

  • Grant to help fund iconic A3 roadside sculpture to mark G F Watt’s 200th birthday
    28th August 2019

    Last night the Executive approved a £40,000 grant to the Watts Gallery Trust to help towards the cost of installing a cast of the famous sculpture, Physical Energy, alongside the A3 at Compton. Cllr James Steel, Lead Councillor for Leisure,

  • BCC: Political turbulence taking real-world toll
    28th August 2019

      Responding to the latest Westminster developments, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Businesses feel like Westminster is playing an endless game of political chess, while their futures and the health of the UK

  • BCC: Simplifying planning rules would go a long way to boost rural coverage
    27th August 2019

    Commenting on the government announcement on proposals to simplify planning rules to improve rural mobile coverage, Mike Spicer, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “We’ve been calling on the new government to prioritise the introduction

  • BCC comments on announcement of HS2 review
    21st August 2019

    Commenting on the government’s announcement of an independent review of HS2 by Douglas Oakervee, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said:    “There is a strong economic case for delivering all phases of HS2.    “For far too long businesses across the

  • Success for BCC campaign to simplify trade procedures as Government acts to issue EORI numbers
    21st August 2019

    Commenting on the announcement that the government will act on the BCC’s call to automatically issue businesses with an EORI number, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General, of the British Chambers of Commerce said:     “This step is long overdue, yet welcome nonetheless.

  • AHRC award to fund research into equality between humans and animals
    20th August 2019

    Dr Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca from Guildford School of Acting has been awarded a prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Early Career Leadership Fellowship grant worth £250,000 to investigate how performance can contribute to our understanding of animals. The research

  • Surrey’s Greener Future: Local Action For Global Impact
    16th August 2019

    Following the declaration of a climate emergency by Surrey County Council in July, we are running a community design challenge to identify and prototype community-led ideas for tackling climate change. We are looking for businesses and local organisations to support

  • BCC: There’s more than one path to success
    15th August 2019

    Commenting on today’s A level results, Jane Gratton, Head of People Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:  “Congratulations to all the students around the UK who received their A level results. “As students contemplate their next steps, it’s

  • The Square Camberley launch independent entrepreneur campaign
    12th August 2019

    The Square Camberley has today launched their ‘Be Independent’ campaign, seeing one lucky independent entrepreneur/s win the chance to trade at the shopping centre. As a result of the current economic climate, many entrepreneurs are finding it challenging to expand

  • New study from Women in Business Expo uncovers the challenges women face in the workplace
    12th August 2019

    43% of women in the South East know someone who had to give up work due to childcare costs Farnborough, UK. 9 August 2019 – New research from Women in Business Expo has found a lack of flexibility and issues

  • BCC: Economy hits the buffers in Q2
    9th August 2019

    Commenting on the latest UK GDP statistics, published today by the ONS, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “The latest figures suggest that the UK economy hit the buffers in the second quarter.