Local Business Roundtable with FSB

By in Community, Economy

On Friday, I attended a valuable roundtable with local businesses from different sectors in Esher and Walton, including Creative Nature, a health food company, and Plus4Group, who develop software. It was a great initiative organised by the brilliant local branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). We had an interesting and varied discussion on, […]

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Visit to Three Rivers Academy

By in Community, Education, Youth

Today, I visited Three Rivers Academy to congratulate the school on their new Ofsted rating of Good. This is really well-deserved, and down to the leadership of headteacher, Anne-Louise Payne, and the hard work of all the teachers, support-staff and pupils to raise the standard. With their new ranking and new investment, the school is […]

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Cobham Free School – Building Starts

By in Community, Education

On Friday, I visited Cobham Free School (CFS) to look at their developing plans for their permanent secondary school site at Munro House, Portsmouth Road, in Cobham. The School have the necessary funding from the Department of Education to relocate the upper junior and senior departments to Munro House. The school plans to move the […]

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Local Assurances on Heathrow

By in Community, Transport

This week, I have written to Heathrow Airport to nail down local assurances that residents will be protected from increased levels of noise, traffic and air pollution from two proposed changes to how planes fly over our constituency. These are some of the most common and serious issues residents raise with me, and it is […]

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Visit to Shooting Stars Hospice

By in Charity, Community, Health

Last Friday, I visited Shooting Stars Children’s Hospice in Hampton, an inspirational organisation that provides palliative and respite care to children and their families across Surrey and London, including families here in Elmbridge. I was briefed by Nigel Harding, Shooting Stars’ CEO, on some of the challenges they face as a charity, and on their […]

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