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Bike Mad Guildford? Nearly A Quarter Of Us Cycle At Least Once a Month

By Maria Rayner If you think Guildford’s bike racks are fuller than usual, you could be right. 23% of residents ride their bike at least once a month, compared with…

Borough Council To Invite Bids For Traffic Study

Guildford Borough Council (GBC) is about to publish the Invitation to Tender for the Guildford Town and Approaches Movement Study (G-TAMS). It will be published tomorrow on Wednesday, May 22…

Opposition Councillors Want To Try Some Tablets Too

Opposition councillors at Guildford Borough Council are miffed that they have not been included in a trial of ‘tablet’ computers for their council work. The trial has been been under…

Royal Surrey Eye Specialist Nominated for National Award

An eye specialist based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital has been nominated for a national award after outstanding praise from patients. Simon Taylor, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, and his eye…

Join Travel SMART’s Westborough Community Panel

Travel SMART in Westborough and Park Barn is an initiative designed to provide local people with more travel choices and help them cut carbon, calories and cost. It aims to…

Now’s Time To Enter Guildford Design Awards

The search for the best new designed buildings, developments, conservation projects and spaces is under way.  The Guildford Design Awards recognise projects that have improved the architecture, heritage or sustainability…

The Guildford Bike Project – A Year of Success

The Guildford Bike Project celebrated its first birthday on Thursday (16 May).  In its first twelve months it has received more than 1,000 donated bikes and sold more than 350…

Cyclist Representative Calls For Action At Guildford Gyratory Exhibition

A steady flow of citizens were visiting the council exhibition at Holy Trinity Church this afternoon and one, a former councillor, called for some action on behalf of cyclists in…

UKIP Pleased To Be The Only Political Party Exhibiting at Business Show

By Maria Rayner The UK Independence Party’s stand at the Guildford Means Business show attracted much interest this year. All the main political parties were invited to take part by…

Stephen Mansbridge Survives – Tory Group Condemns His Crime

Cllr Stephen Mansbridge remains leader of Guildford Borough Council, following a meeting of the Conservative group yesterday evening (May 16). The meeting to decide the leader’s fate was held in…