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And every day in Surrey we throw away two shed loads of bananas. These alarming statistics form part of Surrey County Council’s Love Food Surrey campaign which encourages people to think about how much food they are throwing away. Through shopping smarter and using leftovers, it’s estimated the average family could save up to £50 … Continue reading
Skateboarders are perfecting their tricks at a new park built with the help of a Surrey County Council grant as time runs out for groups to bid for a share of the £1 million fund. The skate park in Puttenham won £22,000 from the Community Improvements Fund created by Surrey leader David Hodge. Its ramps … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has saved local taxpayers nearly £13,000 every hour for a year by driving harder bargains. Tough negotiating with the likes of IT businesses, building firms and energy suppliers helped the council save £27 million in the last financial year. The sum, which beat the £25m target, equates to almost £12,980 an hour … Continue reading
The Prince of Wales played baseball in Ashley Park in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 1749, it has emerged. That is six years before William Bray described playing the game near Guildford in Surrey in a handwritten diary entry that has been verified as the earliest known manuscript reference to the game in the world. The latest discovery … Continue reading
Golden girl Laura Trott has spoken of the “lasting legacy” of the Olympic cycling races as Surrey gears up for a festival of pedal power. The Prudential RideLondon series takes place in August and includes events going through London and Surrey. A 100-mile ride for amateurs and a professional men’s race will be staged in … Continue reading
Consumer champions have stopped rogue traders ripping off unsuspecting victims to the tune of almost £40,000 in a year. Surrey County Council Trading Standards’ rapid action team prevented victims – many of them vulnerable – being conned out of £38,000 in the last financial year. It took the total the team has stopped people handing … Continue reading
Driving harder bargains on cleaning contracts will save Surrey schools almost £3 million – enough to buy 150 new minibuses. Negotiating by Surrey County Council has resulted in five-year deals being hammered out that represent a £2.9m saving on the previous contracts. That sum would be enough to pay for 150 new 17-seater minibuses to … Continue reading
Surrey has won more than £2.8 million of government funding to tackle congestion and boost economic growth. Last year the county council and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council submitted a joint bid for a series of road improvements in Redhill town centre. It included plans to promote walking by improving pedestrian safety, encourage cycling and … Continue reading
Kate Winslet and Sir Laurence Olivier are among the famous people whose ancestors can be traced online after Surrey County Council launched a digital archive of centuries of records. The authority has teamed up with family history website Ancestry.co.uk to publish more than 2.5 million historic Surrey records detailing baptisms, marriages and burials from 1538 … Continue reading
An artist’s impressions of the planned new Cranmere School buildings Plans have been set out to create 210 new places for Epsom pupils as part of the biggest school investment programme in Surrey’s history. Surrey County Council has revealed proposals to boost capacity at St Martin’s Infant School by 90 places and add another 120 … Continue reading
Senior minister Chris Grayling backed Surrey County Council’s apprenticeship drive as the authority kicked off a series of events to encourage more businesses to hire young people. The Justice Secretary applauded Surrey for “embracing the need for that real focus on apprenticeships” after the council pledged to boost the job prospects of 500 teenagers by … Continue reading
Businesses are being invited to attend an event to promote a new initiative that has already helped firms win more than £400,000 of public sector work. Surrey County Council has organised the Woking event to encourage companies to register on BuildSurrey as part of its pledge to ensure 60% of its spending on goods and … Continue reading
Cyclists participating in the Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100 can start preparing for the ups and downs they will face after the route profile was revealed today. The event will see thousands of club and amateur cyclists tackle the 100-mile course that includes Box Hill and Leith Hill as part of a two-day festival of cycling in London and Surrey … Continue reading
In a shining example of localism in action, community groups are set to be given the opportunity to join local councils in helping to improve Surrey’s roads. A scheme giving borough, district and parish councils a bigger role in running services by freeing them up to manage highway verge grass cutting, hedge trimming and repairs … Continue reading
Surrey County Council Cabinet Member for Community Services Helyn Clack has been interviewed by BBC Surrey about the £44 million boost to Surrey’s economy from last summer’s Games a year after the Olympic torch relay started. Audio courtesy of BBC Surrey
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