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August 2021 Nearly a third of mid-sized businesses in the South East cite recruitment and retention issues as one of their biggest barriers to growth, with 58% struggling to fill open roles However, 42% of mid-sized firms plan to grow

  Borough Councillor for Spelthorne, and Divisional Member for Staines, Councillor Sinead Mooney, joined a group of people from Surrey Choices this week for the launch of their new Celebrating Success Customer Awards. The Customer Awards are Surrey Choices’ first

The Forest Bathing Institute is delighted to announce that world renowned forest medicine expert, and one of the founding figures behind the science of Shinrin-Yoku or Forest Bathing, Professor Qing Li has been appointed as its Scientific Adviser. An initial

The Best Business Women Awards have announced their finalists for 2021 which comprises an amazing line up of incredible business women from across the globe. Pushing through the pandemic, these women continued to drive their businesses forwards. The judges were

Things are hotting up this bank holiday weekend, with double-points available to all new signups to Mi Rewards from Friday 27th to Monday 30th August. Introduced to the town by Experience Guildford in October 2020, Mi Rewards is a local

Following their phenomenal rise to global success with The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, multi award-winning Mischief return to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre from 20 to 25 September with their

A major exhibition of Old Master Drawings on loan from one of the UK’s most significant collections will go on display at The Lightbox gallery and museum this autumn. Developed in partnership with Chatsworth House and Sheffield Museums – Lines

Bond Clarke Limited and Charles Russell Speechlys LLP have advised the shareholder management team on the sale of their shares in Online Fuels Limited (OnlineFuels) to DTN, a global data, analytics and technology group. OnlineFuels, winner of Tech Company of

Network security specialists IT and General continue to lead the way in helping to keep customers’ networks private and secure and are proud to become a Netgate Authorised Partner. Netgate is the global leader in world-class secure networking solutions and

Charles Russell Speechlys in Guildford have advised FinTech company Appital Limited (Appital) on its £2.5 million growth capital investment from Frontline Ventures and a number of other seasoned capital markets angel investors. Appital is an Equity Capital Marketplace which aims

Action for Carers’ Surrey Young Carers service has been awarded a £3,000 grant from the Charles Russell Speechlys Community Fund of the Community Foundation for Surrey to support a wellbeing initiative for young carers in Guildford. The grant has helped

Commenting on ONS Labour Market statistics for August 2021 published today, BCC Head of Economics, Suren Thiru, said:     “The latest figures confirm that the UK jobs market is recovering strongly as the boost to demand from the easing of restrictions helped