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Elmbridge Women in Business How to Find Clients Wed 14 October 6.30pm
Growing a business is hard work in any economic climate, but especially in a recession. So how do you find new clients and grow existing ones? Amanda says “It can cost seven to 12 times more to win a new client than it does to sell to an existing
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The Jig-Gig concert in aid of Jigsaw4u on Saturday 24 October 7.30pm
The Jig Gig aims to raise much-needed funds for Jigsaw4u whose aim is to support children, young people and their families who have experienced, grief, loss and trauma. It has offices in Mitcham and Epsom, Surrey; East Grinstead, West Sussex and St Helens
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A £100 car and a 4,000 mile trip for Croydon brothers
Two brothers are planning a gruelling trip to Timbuktu in a £100 car. Sean Fuell, 42 from Croydon, and his brother Kevin will travel all the way to Mali to raise money for St Christopher’s Hospice. The hospice supported Kevin when his
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Mirror, Signal, Questionnaire
In these modern times, we’re all used to the now commonplace surveys performed by the police and government. They merely fuel our urge to complain constantly to co-workers and friends; however these constant surveys must surely be costing our economy
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1,000 people petition for for Chessington health clinic
Patients of a “cramped” GP surgery in Hook have handed in a 1,000-strong petition to health chiefs after plans to buy the building and redevelop it stalled. GPs in the Gosbury Hill Health Centre were given first refusal by NHS Kingston in June
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Energy Prices Rise As British Households Feel The Heat
By Community Correspondent: Jamie MacEwan The recession in Britain has lasted 5 quarters now. Hundreds of thousands more people are without jobs and many others have taken pay cuts to stay in work. At a time when the value of our economy
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A perfect marriage at TwickFolk
After 20 years in the music business Canadian Stephen Fearing has stopped worrying about how his music is categorised and now he is celebrating the release of his first ‘best of’ record, The Man Who Married Music. His UK tour stops off at TwickFolk next
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Climate change expert rallies Merton UN
A speaker from the Campaign Against Climate Change was the guest speaker at Merton’s United Nation’s Association (UNA) annual general meeting last week. Nick Hutton spoke about the environment emergency we face with just 10 weeks to go before
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Tribute paid to Sid Fairhead, 'kicker of Elmbridge Council's backside'
The family of local campaigner Sidney Fairhead, who died last month, have paid tribute to a man described as the “kicker of Elmbridge Council’s backside”. Sid, as he was known to friends and family, lived in Douglas Road, Esher, and was
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Roman Mysteries author comes to Polka
After a decade and 17 books, Caroline Lawrence finally brought her Roman Mysteries series to an end this year, but is already beginning to work on a spin-off. The American, who lives in Battersea, will be talking to children about the art of writing
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Sutton Council chopping trees down faster than planting them
Sutton Council is chopping down trees faster than they are being planted, new figures have revealed. Statistics from Sutton Council show in the financial year 2004-06 the council replanted 19.5 per cent, or 160, of the 861 trees it felled.
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New Victoria Medical Foundation team climb Kilimanjaro
A team of 13, including an ocean rower and polar racer, are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the New Victoria Medical Foundation. Before they stepped on the plane, they had already raised more than £99,000 for the foundation, which
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Army families tell of their torment over soldiers' fate
Since the Croydon Guardian launched its campaign two weeks ago to honour the borough’s forgotten soldiers, we have been overwhelmed by letters from our readers whose family members suffered the same fate. The Croydon Guardian is campaigning
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Lessons al fresco for Epsom students
While most children were cooped up in their classrooms a group of youngsters enjoyed a picnic in the fresh air in glorious sun without being accused of truanting. The children and their parents are members of the Epsom and Sutton Home Education
