Local Firms Secure Work in Sussex and Surrey

Annual figures reveal that 4,300 local companies secured £363m worth of contracts from the council- the equivalent of just under £1m daily.

That means that local spending on goods and services has surged to 52% as the council pushes towards its target of 60%. Three years ago, the council spent just over a third of its money locally.

This comes after a number of initiatives such as Build surrey, which were designed to make it easier for firms to do business with the council