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13 January 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall Reigate How to produce video and use it to drive traffic to your website with Jovan Maric from Square Daisy
19 January 8-9.30am Surrey Chambers of Commerce Reigate Breakfast with Steve Backley OBE 'Sucess is a decision not a gift' £20+VAT Find out more
19 January 9-10am Redhill Micropreneurs Co-working Day, Max's Kitchen, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate. Find out more
27 January 5.30-7.00pm Redhill & Reigate Business Forum, Town Hall, Reigate A unique experience to hear high profile speakers on both sides of the argument give their opinions on the pros and cons related to opting ‘in’ or ‘out’ of the European Union. Book your space
27 January 8-10.30am Business Navigator - Signposting Business Clinic, Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate. To book your space or find out more, please e mail Claire
28 January 5.30-7.30pm Redhill & Reigate Connects, Old Reigations RFC find out more and book your space
17 February 2016 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall ReigateBusiness Resilience (IT) with Simon Maddox from Maddox Technical Solutions
16 March 2016 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall, Reigate Marketing Strategy/Business Award Applications with Nicola McDonald from Attractive Marketing
18 May 2016 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall, Reigate Trade Marks and Patents with David Gill from WP Thompson Intellectual Property
15 June 2016 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall, Reigate Provisionally Social Media with James Dempster from Cobb Digital
13 July 2016 12-2pm Learning Lunch, Town Hall, Reigate Innovation in Business with John Bottomley from Int-Elect
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Business ratepayers, budget consultation
Your views matter - have your say
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There is a statutory responsibility to consult with Business Ratepayers and to meet this responsibility the Council would like to hear your views on the key messages from the 2016/17 budget.
Local Government Financial Settlement The Government announced in December 2015 that our grant funding for 2016/17 will be £0.5m and for 2017/18 it will be zero. This end of grant funding is faster than anticipated in the Medium Term Financial Plan and so the revenue budget headroom established in 2012 will be applied to the shortfall to ensure a balanced budget. Of the £1.05m set aside, £700,000 will be required in 2016/17, with the remainder likely to be needed in 2017/18.
Savings and growth In November the Executive received - and approved for consultation - proposals which identified net savings of £0.6m. It is now recommended that these savings be accepted.
Council Tax In order to manage the reductions in government funding whilst maintaining quality services the Council has adopted a new commercial approach to funding. Nevertheless, the Medium Term Financial Plan forecasts that modest Council Tax increases will still be required.
In addition, central government has proposed no freeze grant for 2016/17.
For these reasons the budget is based on a recommended 1.9% increase in 2016/17. This would increase the Council's element of a Band D charge from £205.45 to £209.44 - an increase of £3.99 per year (or less than 8 pence per week) for Borough Council services.
The Council continues to deliver service to a high standard, with all key service targets being met. The savings for 2016/17 have been proposed whilst maintaining all of our services.
Budget
The net budget for 2016/17 will be £14.880m. This will be funded from: £m General Government Grant 0.500 Retained NNDR (business rates) 2.180 Council Tax 12.200 Total 14.880
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