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Surrey cyclists hoping to join next year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event are being urged to sign up before the ballot closes. Following the success of the inaugural race through London and Surrey on 4 August, around 50,000 people have already signed up to the 2014 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 since the ballot opened on Monday (12 … Continue reading
Budding young computer programmers this week took up the challenge to create websites as Surrey County Council took part in the Festival of Code, a nationwide project to inspire young people to come up with innovative ways to solve everyday problems. gh
Contracts worth £1.5 million have been clinched by firms from a new online initiative spearheaded by Surrey County Council. Local businesses have won 31 contracts totalling almost £1.57m just six months after the BuildSurrey website’s launch. Surrey created the site to help firms secure work as part of a pledge to ensure 60% of its … Continue reading
Picture caption: Leader David Hodge was among the first to try out a newly opened outdoor gym near Stoneleigh after the Friends of Shadbolt Park were awarded £18,000 from Surrey County Council’s Community Improvements Fund. Quote: Surrey County Council leader David Hodge said: “This gym will encourage people of all ages, abilities and fitness levels … Continue reading
Access to websites offering payday loans has been blocked from Surrey County Council computers. The sites of 80 firms offering ‘quick fix’ short-term loans at high rates of interest have been barred from all staff screens. It coincides with Citizens Advice research revealing that more than three-quarters of its clients struggling with payday loans had … Continue reading
Boris Johnson has praised Surrey County Council for the success of yesterday’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey events. Writing in the Daily Telegraph today, the Mayor of London said the events were “a triumph of organisation”. He also highlighted the “astonishing beauty” of Surrey’s countryside. Surrey and London hosted the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 that saw around 16,000 amateurs before 150 … Continue reading
Following the success of the RideLondon-Surrey cycle races Surrey County Council’s Leader David Hodge said: “From Big Ben to Box Hill, this was an extraordinary spectacle. It was wonderful to see cyclists both young and old conquering climbs and winding their way through Surrey’s beautiful countryside while being urged on by many thousands of people … Continue reading
Surrey County Council leader David Hodge will start the Prudential RideLondon race for the world’s best cyclists on Sunday. He will set the riders, including Tour de France star Peter Sagan, on their way from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at 12.45pm before they head through east London and race towards the hills of Surrey. For … Continue reading
Next year’s Prudential RideLondon festival of cycling will take place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August. The exact routes and timings for the 2014 events will be confirmed later this year after a review of this year’s action. A press release is on the Prudential RideLondon website. The BBC will broadcast extensive coverage of … Continue reading
Mayor of London Boris Johnson talks through his training sessions on Surrey’s roads in preparation for Sunday’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 cycling event, which forms part of a two-day celebration of pedal power. The event starts and finishes in the capital and also heads through parts of Surrey, taking in the climbs of Box Hill and … Continue reading
Surrey County Council Cabinet Member for Community Services Helyn Clack has been interviewed by BBC Surrey about the success of the 2012 Games one year on from the Olympic cycle races on the county’s roads. During the interview she talks about the economic benefits the Games brought and looks ahead to this weekend’s Prudential RideLondon … Continue reading
Surrey County Council Trading Standards will feature on ITV’s Hunting the Doorstep Connmen programme tomorrow night (30 July). The programme, which airs on ITV1 between 9pm and 10pm, follows Raith Bennett as he goes about his work. In June, Surrey’s consumer champions revealed they had prevented unsuspecting victims being conned out of almost £40,000 in … Continue reading
A joint roadworks permit scheme between Surrey and East Sussex county councils which will ease the frustration of motorists and save millions of pounds by cutting traffic jams has been approved by the Transport Secretary. Patrick McLoughlin has given Surrey and East Sussex control over when utility companies and other businesses dig up the roads, … Continue reading
Surrey and London’s roads could be the springboard to launch the next Laura Trott – according to the golden girl of last summer’s Olympics cycling. In an interview with Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member Helyn Clack, Laura Trott spoke of her hope that the Prudential RideLondon event will unearth a cyclist with the potential to … Continue reading
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