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  • Announcing the launch of Invuse – the new name for Invotra Consulting!
    10th June 2022

    Invotra Consulting – a user experience, accessibility and communications consultancy specialist based in Surrey – is now called Invuse. Our mission is to connect the dots between your users’ needs and your organisation’s objectives. By giving users and stakeholders a

  • IT And General Earn “Select Partner” Status With Netgate
    10th June 2022

    IT and General Ltd are proud to announce that we are now a Netgate/pfSense SELECT partner. As the only SELECT level partner in the UK, we are positioned to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions to businesses in the UK. Netgate’s

  • Spelthorne’s Platinum Party for the Queen
    10th June 2022

    Spelthorne was painted purple as we celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee over the Bank Holiday weekend. From picnics in the park, street parties and a 100 strong flotilla along the River Thames from Shepperton, residents were ready to party to

  • New competition calls for bio-robot ideas that could be made into a working prototype
    9th June 2022

    A new competition calls on the public to send in their wildest nature-inspired ideas that could make a difference in the world, and scientists will bring the winning idea to life in a prototype.   Dr Robert Siddall, a lecturer in

  • Get ready to vote with the return of the Experience Guildford Customer Service Awards
    8th June 2022

    Experience Guildford, the town centre’s Business Improvement District, is delighted to announce the return of their Customer Service Awards and the opening of voting lines on 9th June. After a two-year covid imposed break, the awards represent the perfect opportunity

  • Brooklands Hotel Achieves Gold Ecosmart Accreditation
    7th June 2022

    Brooklands Hotel is on a journey to achieve rigorous environmental and sustainable practices across its business. The first step on this journey was to work with Greengage Solutions who independently identified and documented our current sustainable processes and measures. The

  • Businesses hit the brakes on people and business investment as economic headwinds take hold
    31st May 2022

    Strong signs that deteriorating economic outlook is leading middle market firms to reassess hiring needs with just 41% of firms increasing recruitment, down from 52% in Q1. Proportion of firms saying they’re increasing capital expenditure dropped 13 percentage points, from

  • Latest Updates From Surrey Chambers CEO – 31st May 2022
    31st May 2022

    Speaking on behalf of businesses The current cost rise crisis has become really evident over the last couple of months and Chambers have come together to lobby government to gain some support for businesses. Businesses are telling us that the

  • University of Surrey launches Future of Work Research Centre
    26th May 2022

    How are artificial intelligence technologies transforming jobs and skills? How does hybrid working affect productivity, teamwork, and value creation? These are some of the critical questions explored by the University of Surrey’s new Future of Work Research Centre launching today (Thursday

  • One In Three Middle Market Businesses Don’t Understand Cyber Threat
    25th May 2022

    A third of middle market businesses* (33%) have admitted their board does not understand the cyber threat landscape enough to accurately assess their level of risk. Leading audit tax and consulting firm RSM UK’s ‘The Real Economy’ report also highlighted

  • Surrey Choices Celebrates Disabled Adults’ and Partnership Working at Celebrating Success Awards Ceremony
    25th May 2022

    On Tuesday 17 May 2022 Surrey Choices celebrated disabled people and partners at their first ever Celebrating Success Awards at Denbies Wine Estate. Family, friends, and colleagues came together to recognise this year’s winners in beautiful surroundings. Celebrating Success The

  • CREST 22 Business Awards Press Release
    24th May 2022

    Mum who helped feed thousands takes green award podium alongside McLaren Applied Socially aware mum, Raj Kumari Byford, founder of One Thought Changes All, is Sustainability Hero 2022, winning one of the six coveted titles in Surrey’s only green business