Woking business news

Food hygiene Woking Food Hygiene: Chertsey Road Restaurant Rated 1 The Royal Masala on Chertsey Road was rated 1 in August. It is one of 16 August ratings below a 5 that only reached the register after our last roundup. 24 September 2026 · 6 min read Business New Woking Companies: 71 Registered Since 1 September Two barbers, a Knaphill pizza takeaway and a dog daycare are among 71 companies set up in Woking borough postcodes this month. Five firms are in insolvency notices. 24 September 2026 · 5 min read Business Woking Street Trading: £1,240 a Year, £50 for Charities Woking's proposed Street Trading Policy sets fees at £1,240 for a new year-long consent, £135 for a day and £50 for charity events. Comments close 15 November. 23 September 2026 · 8 min read Business McLaren £500m Investment: 1,000 UK Jobs by 2032 1,000 new McLaren jobs by 2032, but the £500m names South Yorkshire and a plant with no announced location. Woking's share of the jobs is not stated. 18 September 2026 · 5 min read Jobs Woking Claimant Count: Under-25s Hit 345, Highest Since 2021 Woking's under-25 claimant count reached 345 in August, the highest since May 2021 and more than double the 2022 low. The borough total held at 1,810. 16 September 2026 · 8 min read Food hygiene Woking Food Hygiene Ratings: No Zeros Left in Borough No Woking food business now holds a 0 rating, after the last one was re-scored in July. But 27 venues sit on a 1, and every single one failed on the same thing. 2 September 2026 · 6 min read Woking Woking Firm's £10,000 Buys 380 Hours of Hospice Care Fernox in Sheerwater has given £10,000 to Woking Hospice: about 380 hours of care at a charity that outspent its income by £1.1m last year. 2 September 2026 · 3 min read Woking Woking Haulier Atlas Bulk Carriers Sold After 37 Years The Smart's Heath Lane grab hire firm entered administration on 27 July and sold the same day for £314,256. Creditors face a £732,000 shortfall. 28 August 2026 · 5 min read Business P J Construction (Surrey): Send Contractor in Liquidation The Send civil engineering firm went into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 14 August, nine months after its directors signed off £750,268 of net assets. 23 August 2026 · 4 min read Business Sweet Passion Cakes: West Byfleet patisserie in liquidation The West Byfleet patisserie shut on 5 July after 12 years and is now in creditors' voluntary liquidation. What the record shows and what creditors do next. 12 August 2026 · 3 min read Jobs Woking claimant count flat at 1,795 in June, below UK rate 1,795 people in Woking borough claimed unemployment benefits in June, level with a year earlier; the 2.7% rate undercuts the South East (3.1%) and UK (3.9%). 7 August 2026 · 2 min read Food hygiene Woking Food Hygiene Ratings July 2026: 16 Fives, 13 Lower Woking's 16 July 2026 fives were published first. Thirteen lower July ratings, including three 1s, reached the register later. Corrected 24 September 2026. 7 August 2026 · 4 min read