This week Crispin Blunt has raised local aviation and rail issues with Transport Ministers as concerns mount about the highly concentrated Gatwick westerly departure Route 4 and the ongoing rail service delivery problems. On Monday Crispin met Lord Ahmad, the Minister responsible for Aviation, to seek a solution for Route 4 which would put departures […]
Come and see World War artefacts from Surrey Infantry Museum, dig out your own family heirlooms to find out more from museum experts or get help to start researching your family history at the Harlequin Theatre on Saturday 15 October from 2-4pm. ‘Discover World War I with Reigate & Banstead’ is a fascinating, free, interactive […]
Fifty seven hard working volunteers from across the borough have been recognised for their dedication to the community by the Mayor of Reigate & Banstead at a special awards ceremony. Thirty volunteers and volunteer teams received Mayor’s Volunteer Awards at the event at the Town Hall on Friday 23 September 2016. These included 17 awards for […]
Horley Leisure Centre has won a prestigious Green Apple Award for its positive contribution to the built environment. The Green Apple Awards for Built Environment & Architectural Heritage recognise and reward projects that demonstrate environmental endeavour. Whether the project has won a Gold, Silver or Bronze award will be announced at an awards ceremony in […]
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As we are now part way into the local election campaign, we thought it would be useful to publish an article covering a few issues. As councillors who are part of the majority group on both the County and Borough Councils, we have grown used to being the focus of negative campaigning at election time from […]
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The Council’s award winning Young Workers’ Scheme has been featured once again on the national stage, this time in Green Places, a monthly magazine dedicated to planning, designing and maintaining green spaces, which this month features an interview with three members of the scheme - you can view the article here: Young Workers Article Past article […]
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As part of the Bowls Development Alliance recruitment initiative Redhill Bowling Club is hosting “Bowls at the Belfry” at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday 20th April and Saturday 21st April. The Belfry Management is kindly allowing us to set up a bowls carpet in the ground floor walkway next to Marks & Spencer’s […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has been awarded £100,000 by the government to help bring empty high street properties back into use. The borough is one of a hundred in the country to share the £10 million High Street Innovation Fund, which was unveiled by Housing and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps. The fund was […]
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The Council has won a prestigious Gatwick Diamond Business Award for its youth employment scheme, the third phase of which was launched this January. Reigate & Banstead scooped the Corporate Responsibility award for its Young Workers Scheme, which in less than a year has benefitted nearly 50 local 18-24 years olds by equipping them with […]
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The Council is committed to preventing, detecting and investigating instances of fraud, and ensuring that appropriate action is taken against those committing fraud. Our Corporate Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Team (CAFACT) is made up of qualified and accredited investigators whose remit includes uncovering and investigating fraud against the Council, including: housing and council tax benefit fraud […]
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Cllr Rois Amiah has 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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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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