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Local shops at the heart of county plans

Ongoing budget pressures have not stopped Surrey CC from providing grants to support village shopping sites and boosting the local economy. David Hodge explains.

By David Hodge | 11 May 2016

We have all run out of milk, needed new batteries or found ourselves without some other essentials for daily life.

And generally when that happens we take a trip to the nearest parade of shops or head to the village centre. That is because everyone values local shops and their convenience.

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