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New Surrey County Council leader announces immediate policy change David Hodge was today (Tuesday 11 October) elected the new Leader of Surrey County Council and immediately announced a change to the authority’s parking charge policy. Speaking to a meeting of the Full Council following his election, Mr Hodge said the council’s countywide policy for on-street parking … Continue reading
Culture secretary praises Surrey’s Olympic progress The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt has praised Surrey County Council for “blazing a trail” in its preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He singled out the county council’s excellent work in attracting teams to train in Surrey for their London 2012 preparations. … Continue reading
Culture Secretary says Surrey “ahead of the game” on superfast broadband Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has described Surrey County Council as being “ahead of the game” nationally with its superfast broadband plans. Surrey aims to ensure a 100% high-quality broadband service across the county by 2013. The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport … Continue reading
Details: Dominican Olympic hopefuls trained in Surrey this week as part of their preparations for the 2012 Games and they were delighted the weather has been “just like it is” on the Caribbean island. High jumper Brendan Williams and 400m runner Erison Hurtault spent the week at Spectrum in Guildford and spoke highly of the … Continue reading
Apprentice campaign gets off to flying start A campaign spearheaded by Surrey County Council to fill 200 apprentice places in 100 days has got off to a flying start. Businesses at the launch event* promised to create 24 apprenticeships on the very first day of the drive to boost the job prospects of young people … Continue reading
Plans for community libraries agreed Surrey County Council’s Cabinet today agreed plans to allow communities to take over the running of their local libraries. The initiative is part of the county council’s aim to keep all 52 of its libraries open despite the fact other local authorities are closing branches across the country due to … Continue reading
World champion Mark Cavendish’s excitement at Box Hill Olympic challenge Newly crowned world champion Mark Cavendish described the Box Hill loop of next year’s Olympic road cycling event in Surrey as a “perfect little circuit for a race”. The Olympic gold medal hopeful was speaking alongside Denise Saliagopoulos, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community … Continue reading
Surrey County Council majority Conservative group elects new leader David Hodge has today (Friday 23 September) been elected as the new leader of the Conservative group at Surrey County Council, following Andrew Povey’s resignation as group leader. Mr Hodge was overwhelmingly endorsed during a meeting of Conservative councillors at County Hall in Kingston. He replaces … Continue reading
Jobs fair for Surrey’s young people Around 1,000 young people are expected to attend a jobs fair organised by Surrey County Council. The Surrey Youth Festival on 27 September is aimed at unemployed young people and those seeking new opportunities as part of the council’s goals of ensuring all 16 to 19-year-olds in Surrey are … Continue reading
Surveys launched to help Surrey’s push for 100% superfast broadband coverage Residents and businesses are being asked to support a drive to ensure 100% superfast broadband coverage in Surrey by 2013. They are being invited to complete separate online surveys* that aim to find out the areas in Surrey that receive a poor broadband service. … Continue reading
Dr Andrew Povey, Leader of Surrey County Council, has issued the following statement: “It is my intention to stand down as Leader of Surrey County Council at the next Full Council meeting (Oct 11) so I can develop my business interests. I will remain leader until that meeting. “I am proud of what the council … Continue reading
Following Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that £3 million from the national Olympic budget will be used to boost domestic tourism in 2012 and beyond, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Services and the 2012 Games Denise Saliagopoulos said: “I welcome Jeremy Hunt’s announcement the Government will be investing £3 million to boost tourism … Continue reading
Detail: Surrey’s e-book revolution has seen almost 30,000 titles borrowed online for free over the past two years. More than 4,700 people have checked out 18,450 e-books and 11,500 e-audio books since they became available from the county council’s online library in the summer of 2010. There are almost 2,000 e-books to borrow, the most … Continue reading
The illegal sale of tickets for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has sparked a warning from Surrey County Council Trading Standards after sports fans were left out of pocket. A host of unofficial websites are offering tickets for sale online despite the fact that under the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 … Continue reading
New technology has proved a success in helping to make rushing for a bus in Surrey a thing of the past. More than 1,000 passengers a month are using Surrey County Council’s mobile phone web service to check bus times.* Latest figures for this year show the service has been used an average of 1,038 … Continue reading
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