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More than 100 bids have been made for a share of nearly £360,000 earmarked for community projects. Surrey County Council received 112 applications for cash from the fund launched by leader David Hodge to help residents improve local areas. A community garden for people with learning disabilities, a young people’s BMX and skate park and … Continue reading
The Financial Times today published a letter from Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Change and Efficiency Denise Le Gal about savings made by the authority through driving harder bargains on contracts. Her letter is below. Sir, Andrew Hooke may like to know that specialist outsourcing professionals were not called in to help Surrey county … Continue reading
A Surrey councillor will act as a direct link between Government and fire and rescue services nationally, following a key appointment. Kay Hammond, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety, has been appointed Chairman of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) fire services management committee. The role puts her at the heart of national decision … Continue reading
Nearly £800,000 will be slashed from the phone bill after Surrey County Council drove a harder bargain with its mobile supplier. Tough negotiating has resulted in a two-year deal being awarded to Orange that represents a £795,000 saving on the previous contract. The £1 million contract allows minutes, text and internet time to be shared, meaning … Continue reading
Smoking costs the nation nearly £14 billion every year, according to research. The figure for England includes the cost of treating smokers on the NHS (£2.7bn), the loss in productivity from smoking breaks (£2.9bn) and increased absenteeism (£2.5bn). It also covers cleaning up cigarette butts (£342 million), fires in homes (£507m) and passive smoking (£713m). … Continue reading
School children attempting to break the world record for running a marathon finished just nine seconds off the pace. Youngsters from six schools in Surrey joined children across the globe in taking part in the World Marathon Challenge, to raise awareness of the charity Save the Children. The team relay event saw the school children … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Change and Efficiency Denise Le Gal has participated in a national debate organised by the Guardian about private sector involvement in delivering public services. To find out her views, click here.
People have been asked to help draw up a road repair hit list as part of a blitz on Surrey’s worst roads. The county council will use residents’ suggestions to help create a list of streets most in need of repair. These will then be overhauled as part of a five-year blitz on tackling the … Continue reading
Hundreds of young people are expected to attend a jobs fair organised by Surrey County Council. The Surrey Opportunities Fair is aimed at school-leavers, unemployed young people and those seeking new opportunities as part of the authority’s drive to combat the number of young people not in education, employment or training. It will give them … Continue reading
People can now step into a virtual world anywhere, anytime, to wander around a library. Surrey County Council has digitised Dorking library, allowing people to experience being in the branch from the comfort of their own home, the train to work, or anywhere else with an internet connection. Both members and non-library members can enter … Continue reading
A plan to regenerate Woking town centre that will create nearly 1,000 jobs and feature a new state-of-the-art fire station has been backed by Surrey County Council. The authority has agreed to join forces with Woking Borough Council and private company Moyallen to transform the Bandstand Square area of the town. A new Marks & … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Paul Brocklehurst spoke alongside the man in charge of IT for the 2012 Games at a national event looking at technology in business. Surrey’s head of information management and technology joined LOCOG’s chief information officer for the London Olympics Gerry Pennell at the CIO Summit. Others speakers at the event in London … Continue reading
An innovative approach to young people’s services has helped Surrey County Council scoop an awards double. The drive to transform young people’s services saw community groups take over running youth centres and savings of £1.8m a year for taxpayers. It won the council the Best Public Procurement Project category in the Chartered Institute of Purchasing … Continue reading
Surrey County Council Cabinet Member Tony Samuels has taken part in a national debate about economic regeneration. During the discussion organised by the Guardian the Cabinet Member for Assets and Regeneration Programmes highlighted schemes in Merstham and Woking. To find out his views,follow this link.
Surrey County Council Chairman Lavinia Sealy greeted Princess Alexandra when she visited County Hall to attend a citizenship ceremony. The royal guest saw the new citizens swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen. Her visit was arranged as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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