In this issue
Would your business survive an attack?
Gatwick Diamond Business Awards
Response to Gatwick Route 4 flight path
Bravo Networking Event
Rail timetable consultation
Building the brand
Redhill & Reigate Business Forum
Employee Health - Free NHS Health Checks
Is your workplace a healthy one?
What's on
What's on
4 Nov 8-10.30, International Trade Round Table (Latin America) Farnham Castle GU9 0AG. Find out more 

9 Nov 16.30-19.00, Reigate and Redhill Business Forum, Russ McKenzie from ntrust, see main article, Town Hall, Reigate 

10 Nov 11-13.00, Bravo Networking Event, Black Horse Pub, Reigate, book your space

15 Nov 9.30-12.30, Project Argus
, would your company survive and attack? Town Hall, Reigate. Find out more 

16 Nov 12-14.00 Learning Lunch, see main article, Town Hall, Reigate

17 and 24 Nov, 09.30-16.30Let's Start a Business, Town Hall, Reigate. Find out more

22 Nov 09.30-12.30, Proactions are running a Marketing for Growth seminar, including an introduction to social media for business,  Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.  Find out more

23 Nov 17.00-19.00, Meet the Thameslink Manager, to discuss the rail timetable consultation, Reigate Station.

24 Nov 17.30-19.30, Morrisons R&R connects event, sponsored by Kingston Smith, Old Reigation RFC, RH2 8JX.  Book your space now

25 Nov 9.45 Mayors end of the Somme Tour and Lunch, for more details please contact Beverly Barry



Business Support Grants
From Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Do you have a business based in the Borough, with fewer than four employees? Are you looking to start, develop or grow?
Apply for our business support grant of up to £1,000. Just fill in a simple application form and submit it, along with your business plan.
Find out more.
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What's on
4 Nov 8-10.30, International Trade Round Table (Latin America) Farnham Castle GU9 0AG. Find out more 

9 Nov 16.30-19.00, Reigate and Redhill Business Forum, Russ McKenzie from ntrust, see main article, Town Hall, Reigate 

10 Nov 11-13.00, Bravo Networking Event, Black Horse Pub, Reigate, book your space

15 Nov 9.30-12.30, Project Argus
, would your company survive and attack? Town Hall, Reigate. Find out more 

16 Nov 12-14.00 Learning Lunch, see main article, Town Hall, Reigate

17 and 24 Nov, 09.30-16.30Let's Start a Business, Town Hall, Reigate. Find out more

22 Nov 09.30-12.30, Proactions are running a Marketing for Growth seminar, including an introduction to social media for business,  Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.  Find out more

23 Nov 17.00-19.00, Meet the Thameslink Manager, to discuss the rail timetable consultation, Reigate Station.

24 Nov 17.30-19.30, Morrisons R&R connects event, sponsored by Kingston Smith, Old Reigation RFC, RH2 8JX.  Book your space now

25 Nov 9.45 Mayors end of the Somme Tour and Lunch, for more details please contact Beverly Barry




Business Support Grants
From Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Do you have a business based in the Borough, with fewer than four employees? Are you looking to start, develop or grow?
Apply for our business support grant of up to £1,000. Just fill in a simple application form and submit it, along with your business plan.
Find out more.


Events
Would your business survive an attack?
Tuesday 15 Nov 9.30-12.30, Town Hall, Reigate
 

Make sure your business is prepared - come along to Project ARGUS, an initiative developed by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) and delivered by Counter Terrorism Security Advisers (CTSAs) throughout the UK.

This 2.5 hour multimedia terrorist simulation poses questions and dilemmas for participants working in syndicates and aims to raise awareness of the threat from terrorism, providing practical advice on preventing, handling and recovering from an attack.

Project ARGUS is ideal for managers in areas such as facilities, security, reception and those responsible for creating and maintaining response plans. However we welcome all staff, as in the event of a major incident, anyone within the organisation could be in a position where they need to exercise those response plans. Book your space now 



Gatwick Diamond Business Awards
 
Enter your business in the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards
  • entry is free
  • any business can enter
  • there is no limit to the number of categories you can enter
  • closing date for entries is 18th November 2016


Response to Gatwick Route 4 flight path

The Borough Council has sent comments to Gatwick Airport expressing concerns about recent modifications to the Route 4 flight path. See our response here. There is still time for local residents and businesses to submit their views by e mail.



Bravo Networking Event
Black Horse, Reigate 10 November 11-1pm
 

Bravo Networking run monthly free networking events that include a bacon roll and coffee.  The next networking event is taking place on Thursday 10th November at The Black Horse in Reigate from 11am - 1pm.  If you are free and wish to join to meet many other local businesses, please register via this link



Rail timetable consultation
Online consultation open until 8 December
A comprehensive timetable review has been proposed and Thameslink Govia are seeking feedback on these proposals.  

You can find out more about what is proposed and feedback your views online or visit their  'Meet the Managers' event:

Reigate Station Wednesday 23 November 17.00-19.00


Feature story
Building the brand
Learning lunch 12-14.00 Wed 16 November, Town Hall, Reigate
 

Come and hear John Berry from Timeless time talk about building your brand.

The Galaxy Note 7 is dead. The Samsung brand is mortally injured. How did it happen, and how can Samsung save its reputation?

Brand is complex. It’s not just about the company logo, website and social media messages, It’s the way the company looks and feels to customers. Come and learn how to build your brand and protect it too.

Click on the heading to find out more and book your space.


Come and hear John Berry from Timeless time talk about building your brand.

The Galaxy Note 7 is dead. The Samsung brand is mortally injured. How did it happen, and how can Samsung save its reputation?

Brand is complex. It’s not just about the company logo, website and social media messages, It’s the way the company looks and feels to customers. Come and learn how to build your brand and protect it too.

Brand is like an orange: there’s the skin – the outside. That’s the bit that entices us to the firm or organisation. Then there’s the flesh, the inside. That’s the bit of the firm or organisation we experience after we’ve bought. That’s the bit that can be authentic and in line with what first enticed us. Or it can be a big let-down when the outer promises an emotion that is not there when we take a bite.

Changing the outside, the marketing artefacts, is simple. But brand depends on the competencies, behaviours, values and attitudes of managers and staff.

Come along and learn at the Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Learning Lunch and hear John Berry’s presentation. He’ll teach how to build brand starting from inside the firm or organisation. He’ll teach how firms (including Samsung) should act to secure their brands, protect their brands and react to calamities when brands are damaged.

Book your space now



Redhill & Reigate Business Forum
Cyber Security, Protecting Business from Cyber Attack 9 November 4.30-7pm, Town Hall Reigate
 
Cyber security threats continue to evolve and are becoming more disruptive and costly, targeting sensitive information and reducing productivity. And it is not just big businesses that are impacted. Last year, attacks against small businesses increased threefold.

Russ McKenzie, Managing Director of Redhill-based IT support company, nTrust Systems, will lead the discussion alongside representatives from the insurance industry and colleagues from the world of IT.

An interactive Q&A session will help you address your concerns. The threat from cyber attack is real-join us and separate the fact from the fiction.

Book your space now


Other news
Employee Health - Free NHS Health Checks
 

The NHS Health Check is a free midlife MOT for adults in England aged 40-74 without a pre-existing condition; it checks an individual’s circulatory and vascular health and what the risk is of getting a disabling vascular disease.

Promote wellbeing encoraging your employees to have a health check, make employees feel valued and encourage positive lifestyle changes which make for a healthier workforce.

The Public Health Team at Surrey County Council can arrange on-site NHS Health Checks for employees in certain circumstances.  

Please email Jackie Marsh 



Is your workplace a healthy one?
 
Active Surrey offer easy ways to get your staff more active and healthy which can help reduce absenteeism and boost production. They are looking for companies with 50+ employees to help them with a short survey. Those responding will be entered into a draw to receive a free bespoke online company challenge .  Please contact Charlotte Long 01483 518944 to find out more.

Consultations
SME business awards
Congratulations to the following businesses who have been short-listed for the SME Surrey Business Awards:

Best new Business 
  • e-foldi

Green Award 
  • 3F EV Ltd

Service Excellence 
  • Avocado Audio Visual

Not for Profit 
  • Stripey Stork

Business Innovation
  • Laraba Catering

Business of the year
  • 3F EV Limited
  • Accounting4Contactors
  • Langton London Insurance Brokers
  • Laraba Catering
  • Reigate Manor


Passion for Business
Local business woman Sharon McLean has recored some podcasts to help support new businesses.
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