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  • Health & Wellbeing Forum
    10th February 2021

      Virtual Health and Wellbeing Forum – 10th February 2021 Surrey Chambers of Commerce present our Health & Wellbeing Forum. During this event on the 10th Feb, we enlisted the expertise of four keynote speakers who shared their knowledge on

  • Alan Beard announces retirement after 70 years
    10th February 2021

    Thursday Jan 07, 2021 One of the most well-known figures in the construction business in the south west, has retired from the family firm where he worked for 70 years. Alan Beard was the third-generation head at the helm of

  • Shop Surrey Hills to celebrate a stay-at-home Valentine’s Day
    9th February 2021

    With lockdown in force and an instruction to stay home, it is set to be a different kind of Valentine’s Day this year for many, but that’s no excuse to skip the romance. In fact, it’s the perfect time to

  • Launch of the inaugural Surrey business sustainability awards
    9th February 2021

    CREST21 Business Awards to go live on Monday 1 February The Surrey CREST21 Business Awards have been founded by the Woking News & Mail, in association with the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability and supported by headline

  • Government boost to rapid workplace testing
    8th February 2021

    New government drive to increase workplace testing in sectors open during lockdown, to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) in people who are not showing symptoms. Government departments tasked with ensuring targeted, rapid testing is set up in all key workplaces to ensure

  • Maximising Value: From Start-Up to Sell-Up
    8th February 2021

    On the 2nd February 2021, BDO and Venner Shipley hosted a joint Question Time webinar on how to maximise the value of your business. During this question and answer session a panel of experts will provide advised on maximising the

  • Unisource – supporting small business growth in Surrey
    5th February 2021

    Unisource is a free digital hub that connects businesses seeking assistance with tasks with students looking for work experience. Launched in 2020, Unisource continues to build momentum and the company is keen to build relationships with business owners across Surrey.

  • Surrey Chambers supporting businesses through the EU transition and Border changes.
    5th February 2021

    Surrey Chambers of Commerce is delighted to announce that we have been selected by the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to deliver EU transition support and advice across the four boroughs and districts of Surrey (Epsom & Ewell,

  • UK’S First Published Research Paper Into Health Benefits Of Forest Bathing
    5th February 2021

    A Pragmatic Controlled Trial of Forest Bathing Compared with Compassionate Mind Training in the UK: Impacts on Self-Reported Wellbeing and Heart Rate Variability   In 2019 The Forest Bathing Institute in partnership with researchers from the University of Derby, led

  • Beard’s Ollie Chun joins the board of education charity SATRO
    4th February 2021

    A construction professional from one of the region’s leading family-run firms, has been appointed to the board of innovative education charity SATRO. Ollie Chun, the pre-construction manager at Beard in Guildford, has joined the Surrey-based charity’s board, bringing his experience

  • Surrey County Council buys Weybridge office building for £15.9m
    2nd February 2021

    London, UK – Family owned trading company, The RO, has sold the freehold interest in Dakota, Brooklands, Weybridge to Surrey County Council for £15.9 million. The Brooklands estate, which was formed within the perimeter of the historic Brooklands motor racing

  • Governance arrangements are fit for purpose, say 69% of family businesses
    2nd February 2021

    Family businesses believe their governance arrangements are entirely or broadly fit for purpose, according to 69% of respondents to a new survey published by Smith & Williamson, with an office in Guildford.   Smith & Williamson’s latest Family Business Survey,