There are some fantastic roles based locally.  We want to understand more about where people work and why. Would you be able to spend 5 mins filling in a quick survey? 

JUNE

6 June Reigate & Banstead Business Awards Ceremony, Reigate Manor - a great opportunity to network with other local businesses Book your ticket

EVVENT FULL 12 June 11.00-14.00 Learning Lunch + 'Women Just Getting On With It'.  Hear from a great panel of women.  Book your space now

12 June Surrey Business Expo, Surrey Sports Park, Guildford.  Find out more

18 June Surrey Chambers, Doing Business in China, Business Clinic, Woking. Find out more 

19 June 09.30-15.00 Sustainable Transport eVent,  including free business energy and emissions audit, Crawley Town Football Club, Find out more

19 June 15.00-17.00 Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor, Book your space now

20 June 09.00-14.00  Gatwick Diamond Economic Summit, Book your space and find out more

JULY

10 July 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch - Fitness and your business, Town Hall, Reigate Frank Sinclair - Fit with Frank.  Book your space now

10 July 16.30-19.00 Redhill & Reigate Business Forum, Workplace wellbeing: How to attract, retain and reward your staff Town Hall, Reigate. Email now to book your space

12 July 09.30-15.30 Surrey's Rural Economy Conference, Cranleigh School, GU6 8QQ. Find out more and book your space.

17 July 15.00-17.00 Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor, Book your space now

AUGUST

21 August 15.00-17.00 Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor, Book your space now

SEPTEMBER

11 September 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch, How Artificial Intelligence in Finance can support your business – Esther Guy & Natasha Baker, A4C Group. Book your space now.

18 September 15.00-17.00 Complimentary WordPress & Digital Marketing Clinic, Reigate Manor, Book your space now

OCTOBER

2 October 16.30-19.00 Redhill & Reigate Business Forum Panel Discussion, Town Hall, Reigate Book your space now

16 October 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch, Getting the most from LinkedIn with the ever-popular Emma Turner, My Social Secretary.  Book your space now

NOVEMBER

13 November  11.00-14.00 Learning Lunch+ Google Digital Garage Comes to Reigate & Banstead - Book your space now

DECEMBER

11 December 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch, Feather Duster to Stick - how to deal with late payers.  Andrew Athineos, Athena Collections.  Book your space now.

Join your local Business Guild

Business Guilds are a great way to be part of your local business community. 

Banstead - fully committed to helping Banstead become the most vibrant village in Surrey in which to live and work. We are a group of local businesses that recognise our responsibility to the greater community.

Redhill - enhancing Redhill as a place to live, work and do business.

Reigate - a local united voluntary voice from the business community, promoting commerce, events, activities and opportunities for the benefit of Reigate.

Horley Association of Traders - HATs is an open group that all traders and members of the public can join. We continue to drive awareness of Horley as a town and to promote local business growth.

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are the lifeblood of the UK economy and Enterprise Nation is committed to ensuring you have a big voice, and wants to hear from you!

Take part in a research survey which focuses on small business growth aspirations, confidence, barriers and support needs, as well as founder wellbeing.

The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete.  As a thank you, Enterprise Nation will provide a month of free membership (if you're not yet a member) and everyone has the chance to win two tickets to any Enterprise Nation event in 2019 and £300 of Amazon vouchers.

• New Chief Executive announced at Reigate-headquartered esure. David McMillan is currently group chief operating officer of QBE, one of the world's top 20 insurance and reinsurance companies, and is expected to join esure in August 2019, subject to regulatory approval. David McMillan said: "esure has great potential and can be at the forefront of the digital disruption of the UK insurance market. These are exciting times and I am looking forward to working alongside the dedicated and ambitious team at esure to create a world class business." Read More
  
• Bellway Homes opens a new office in Regents House, Queensway, Redhill. Read more

Congratulation to Award Winners

• Doodlemoo, who was Theo Paphitis SBS winner and also featured in Stylist magazine
• Mini Melton, Reigate, who won the Muddy Stilettos 2019 Best childrens product
• Miwk Bookshop, Reigate, who won the Muddy Stilettos 2019 best bookshop

#livelocalworklocal

Reigate & Banstead’s own debt recovery team has successfully been recovering outstanding debts for private organisations, both locally and further afield. It is working on a project to recover £1m of former tenant arrears for several housing providers, and is looking to extend its client base by helping local companies with any outstanding debts they need to collect. If this is of interest to anyone, please contact Simon Rosser, the Head of Service on 07807 824642 

You can read more about the services on the website.

Applications for the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2020 have opened. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of:

• innovation
• international trade
• sustainable development
• promoting opportunity through social mobility

If you win you’ll be:

• invited to a Royal reception
• presented with the award at your company by one of The Queen’s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant
• able to fly The Queen’s Awards flag at your main office, and use the emblem on your marketing materials (for example, on your packaging, advertisements, stationery and website)
• given a Grant of Appointment (an official certificate) and a commemorative crystal trophy

The awards are valid for 5 years.

Winners have reported benefiting from worldwide recognition, increased commercial value, greater press coverage and a boost to staff morale. Find out more

Reigate & Banstead Business Support Grant Do you have a business based in the borough with less than four employees? Are you looking to grow?  Why not apply for our Business Support Grant of up to £1,000? 

Successful business grant applicants will also receive one year's membership to Enterprise Nation. 

Do you need start-up funding for your business?  Struggling to get funding from a mainstream provider? Have a look at responsible finance provider Fredericks Foundation, who may be able to help.