Supporting Surrey through the economic downturn

Supporting Surrey through the economic downturn. Surrey County Council has launched a new online resource, Supporting Surrey, to help the county through the economic downturn.Aimed at residents and local businesses this new feature of the council’s website has been designed to help families, individuals and businesses and can be found at www.surreycc.gov.uk/supportingsurrey.The new web pages include information on housing issues, budgeting, accessing benefits, redundancy, how you can help support your local community and much more. This information will be updated frequently over the coming weeks and the council will also be asking local people what information they would like to see on the site.Nick Skellett, Leader of the Council, said, “The impact of the credit crunch is being felt throughout our community and we are taking action to help support those affected. “This online one-stop-shop provides an important resource for individuals and businesses and will be further developed in response to feedback from our residents. “In these difficult times we can all support Surrey’s businesses by using local companies and tradesmen where possible. There is information on the site about our Buy With Confidence scheme which supports the local economy and lists companies that have been vetted and approved by Surrey Trading Standards.”