Were you aware of Sutton & East Surrey Water’s “Water Support Scheme”, which entitles customers who qualify to a 50% reduction to their water charges? It is a very successful scheme with over 3500 customers signed up since the pilot year in 2014. SESW are looking to promote the scheme as much as possible to make their customers […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council launches its residents’ survey today, Monday 11 November. The survey, which will be conducted online for the first time, will run for three weeks and will ask residents for their views on their local area. Leader of the Council, Councillor Mrs Joan Spiers, urges everyone to take part: “What residents […]
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The new recycling service was introduced last Monday (23rd July) for homes in Horley, and over the course of the next 8 weeks it will be introduced in stages across the rest of the Borough. Homes in Redhill, which have collections on Thursdays and Fridays, will start on the new service on 6th September (Thursday […]
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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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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and Guildford Borough Council have joined forces to get the best financial deal for the paper and card collected from local people for recycling. The two Councils are the biggest in Surrey, with over 250,000 residents between them. The deal, which started in July with UPM, means that the extra […]
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Surrey has achieved a 50% recycling rate for household waste almost a decade ahead of schedule. A Government target requires councils to recycle at least half their household waste by 2020, which means Surrey is nine years ahead of time. The green milestone was reached thanks to the willingness of residents and councils to recycle […]
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Surrey County Council has driven a hard bargain to save taxpayers £200,000 a year on a deal to paint road markings. At a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, 30 March, members agreed to award Wilson and Scott the £1.5 million-a-year contract that will begin on 28 April. The firm will be responsible for painting […]
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Initiatives by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council to reduce its carbon emissions have led to savings of £80,000 over the last financial year (2009-10). The savings are result of improved energy management and reduced energy bills across the Council’s buildings and services between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. The biggest savings came from […]
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As part of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s commitment to reduce energy consumption, new low emission energy saving lights are being installed at Clarendon Road car park this week. Contractors will replace the old fluorescent lighting tubes with new energy saving, efficient lights, which will also give out a whiter, brighter light than the old […]
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