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  • Woodbridge Road Pavilion – open for all
    8th May 2018

    The Council is pleased to announce that the newly refurbished Woodbridge Road pavilion is now open. The Guildford Pavilion, originally built in 1938, has been refurbished and extended following an investment of £1.95M which includes the creation of two new changing rooms, umpires

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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:

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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