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Living Magazines Start-up or fledgling business

Start-up or Fledgling Business Offer

You may have read either in our magazines or online that in September, we’ll be commencing a monthly e-Newsletter purposely to bring our readers more of what they love in between our quarterly issues. As a result, we are offering local companies the chance to win sponsorship of our first e-Newsletter! One lucky winner will […]

Living Magazines National relaxation day at Breakspear Park

Hemel Hempstead Business Park Acts on National Relaxation Day

A Hemel Hempstead business park has raised awareness on National Relaxation Day by offering all employees a neck, shoulder and back massage to ease away unnecessary tension and restore balance. Breakspear Park commissioned a local beauty therapist, specialising in massage, to visit the offices on 15 August and give all employees the opportunity of a […]

Living Magazines e-Newsletter

Living Magazines New e-Newsletter

Once a quarter is not enough for many of our readers, so they have subscribed to receive our monthly e-Newsletters, starting this September! The e-Newsletters will deliver local news and events directly to our readers’ inboxes in between our quarterly magazines. As a local company, you might find that regular updates suit the nature of […]

Living Magazines Luton Airport

Latest Update on London Luton Airport’s Planning Application

The Chiltern Countryside Group has provided us with a quick but important update on LLA’s Planning Application, 19/00428/EIA, to Luton Borough Council, also owners of the airfield, to vary Planning Condition 10 of Planning Permission 15/00950.VARCON. This application seeks to increase the noise contour levels for both day and night operations and would permit greater noise […]

LivingMagazines Town Farm Art Show

Town Farm Art Show in Cheddington

The Town Farm Art Show will be returning to Cheddington this year, from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 November, perfectly timed for that special Christmas gift! Ten artists and makers will be showing an exciting mix of hand-crafted, high quality artwork. There will be paintings, illustration, printmaking, ceramics, woodturning, embroidery and jewellery, plus willow weaving and […]

Living Magazines Sara and Keet_Oligra Events

Event Planning Made Easy with Oligra Events

Earlier this summer, Oligra Events joined the growing list of local businesses. Founded by best friends Keet and Sara, Oligra offers a full range of event planning services for all types of celebration – weddings, birthdays, corporate events, charity events – you name it! As every client and every event is unique, Oligra’s tailored packages […]

Living Magazines Derek and Janet Townsend Diamond anniversary

Derek and Janet are Tring’s Diamonds

Recently Derek and Janet Townsend celebrated their 60th (diamond) wedding anniversary with their daughters Katherine and Susan, grandchildren, family and friends. They celebrated this momentous occasion with a meal at Shendish Manor in Apsley and also received an acknowledgement from the Queen (see photo). The couple have lived in Tring for the past 56 years […]

Living Magazines The Mansion, visitors - Image by Andy Stagg, courtesy of Bletchley Park Trust

Lonely Planet Name Bletchley Park One of UK’s Top Travel Experiences

On Tuesday 13 August Bletchley Park, a former top-secret centre for British intelligence, was named as one of the UK’s top travel experiences, in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist. The World War Two museum and heritage attraction was ranked 145th out of the 500 most memorable, beautiful, surprising and compelling experiences to be had […]

Living Magazines Whitewebbs Enfield fire, attended by Hertfordshire firefighters

Hertfordshire Fire Service Failing Due to Cuts, say Firefighters

The patience of local firefighters is fast running out as they watch Hertfordshire’s Fire & Rescue Service going into meltdown in the face of continued cuts inflicted by politicians. An emergency Fire Brigades Union (FBU) meeting has been called for later this week, where Herts firefighters will discuss the action they will take in a […]

What Happens to your Recycling?

Have you ever wondered what happens to your recycling once it’s been collected? Herts County Council have answered this question and many more you might have about waste collection in Hertfordshire. Where does my recycling go once you collect it from the kerbside? In general, the recycling is taken to a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) […]

Living Magazines Beechwood Fine Foods 2019 GTA winners

Beechwood Fine Foods of Tring is among the Great Taste Winners of 2019

Great Taste, the world’s most coveted food and drink awards, has announced its stars of 2019. Out of 12,772 products sent in from over 100 different countries, Beechwood Fine Foods, located in Frogmore Street, Tring was awarded a 1-star Great Taste award for both Poachers Pickle and Dark and Chunky Marmalade, which means judges considered […]

Living Magazines Patrick Burke Multiple Sclerosis sufferer from Berkhamsted

Long-Term Multiple Sclerosis Sufferer Inspired to Develop New Skills by New Employment Charity Astriid

Patrick Burke, an ex-computer programmer from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire was inspired by employment charity Astriid to focus on identifying and developing the new skills he has found within himself since his diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis. Patrick was an international contract computer programmer when he was diagnosed at age 40 in 1995. Eventually Patrick was left with […]