We received a huge boost today with news that we have been allocated a RASP grant of £20,000. This is amazing news, we only applied for £18,700 but they liked our project so much, they have offered us more. The only stipulation is that the shop is up and running by March 31st, so we [...]
We are nearly there now!!! Last week we had a visit from the Coop Bank which gave us, after some stiff questioning (well done Helen and Chloe!) the green light for the £20,000 loan. This also then triggers the £20,000 grant, so hopefully, within the next couple of weeks we should have our coffers tripled [...]
GODSTONE Farm has taken the blame for one of the UK’s largest ever E.coli outbreaks, in which 27 children were hospitalised. The owners will now have to pay damages to the youngsters’ families, who launched a group legal action against the children’s farm in Tiburstow Hill Road last June. The farm closed its gates on [...]
TWO men were taken to hospital, one with serious head injuries, after an accident on a busy main road. The crash on the A217 Reigate Road, Hookwood, occurred at about 6.15am on Tuesday near the junction with Mill Lane by the Black Horse pub, when a Royal Mail van was involved in a collision with [...]
A DEAL has been agreed that could see a new Morrisons superstore open in Dorking. District councillors approved a “conditional sale agreement” on Tuesday night, meaning Morrisons will buy the Station Road/Curtis Road depot site if they get planning permission for a store. But a public consultation starts next month and three other supermarket options [...]
