Borough Council reveals wide recycling mix for new recycling service

Local Ward Councillors have welcomed the significant extension of local recycling which was announced last Thursday at the Council’s Executive meeting. The new service is due to start this summer, and up until now all that was known was that the kerbside collection would be extended from the current paper, card and cans, to cover [...]

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£5.4 million returned to Council by Icelandic bank

Responding to the announcement that the administrators of failed Icelandic bank Glitnir have transferred £180 million to local authority bank accounts, Council Leader, Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers, said: “We are absolutely delighted that a further £5.4 million of our investment in Icelandic banks has just been returned to us. This is great news for our [...]

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Tickets on sale for Mayor’s charity concert at the Harlequin Theatre

A concert by the Band of The Surrey Yeomanry, will raise vital funds for the Mayor’s chosen charity, the Surrey Air Ambulance. Entitled Music in the Air, the concert takes place at the Harlequin Theatre on Sunday 25 March at 3pm. Band of the Surrey Yeomanry The Band of the Surrey Yeomanry is a 45 [...]

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Information on local events to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

June 2012 marks the historic achievement of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We want to encourage local residents to come together and celebrate over the extended bank holiday weekend of 2 to 5 June. Organise your street party with our help We hope that the celebrations will bring out a real sense of local [...]

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Council’s Customer Services retain Customer Excellence award

 After a Review on the 4th January, the Borough Council’s Customer Services team has retained the Customer Excellence award for a further 3 years.  The team was congratulated on demonstrating on-going Customer Service Excellence. Specific highlights included: Staff are professional in their approach and have excellent people skills, they are smart and confident and it [...]

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