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VE Day 75th Anniversary

Save the date – Friday 8 May and Saturday 9 May 2020 Have you noticed that the early Bank Holiday in May has moved to a Friday in 2020; Friday 8 May? The reason is that the Government have moved the holiday to allow us to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe day on […]

Living Magazines Private rented housing

Grant funding helps drive improvements in private rented housing sector

Dacorum Borough Council has received grant funding of £69,017 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to gain further information about private rented housing in Dacorum. Dacorum Borough Council was one of only two local authorities in Hertfordshire that was successful in its bid for funding through the MHCLG’s Innovation and Enforcement […]

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Berkhamsted salons reopen after luxury refurbishment

A popular pair of Berkhamsted hair and beauty salons are celebrating reopening their doors to the public after a stylish expansion and extensive renovation. Neighbouring sites Alchemy & I and Cecily Day Spa, based on the High Street, will both officially reopen to the public on Friday 7 February after several weeks of refurbishment. Both sites […]

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2020 Additional Garden Waste Subscription Service

Residents who regularly create more garden waste than they can fit in their green bin can now sign up for Dacorum Borough Council’s 2020 Additional Garden Waste Subscription Service. The service offers residents the opportunity to buy additional 240-litre green-lidded bins for £25 each and have them collected on the normal garden waste collection day […]

Living Magazines The Open Door

Photographic exhibition

Open Door love Berkhamsted and would like to invite you to take part in their photographic exhibition, ‘Your Berkhamsted’ Past & Present. The February Exhibition will run from 17 February into March and will feature your work and that of local photographers, plus archive photos of old Berkhamsted. With help from the Dacorum Heritage Trust […]

Living Magazines Food hygiene conviction

Tesco Fined After 91-Year-Old Breaks Hip in Hemel Store

Supermarket giant Tesco Stores Limited was fined £733,333:33 on 24 January 2020 for breaching health and safety law after a rigorous investigation by Dacorum Borough Council’s Environmental Health Officers. Tesco had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to breaches of its duties under Section 2 and Section 3 of The Health & Safety at Work […]

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Win! Country Living Spring Fair 2020

Tring Living and Berkhamsted Living Magazines have teamed up with The Country Living Spring Fair to give you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the show, worth up to £50. Taking place at Alexandra Palace from 23-26 April 2020, the Fair will welcome an exciting new offering of the very best of […]

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Inspiring Herts Awards Entries Now Open

Entries for the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards 2020 are now open! You can now download the entry forms from the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce website under the relevant category. Be sure to follow the rules listed at the start and end of the form, and submit your entry to awards@hertschamber.com by 3pm on 6 March. If […]

Living Magazines Earth Day 2020

Countdown to 50th Earth Day

Wednesday 22 January saw the three-month countdown to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day begin. On 22 April 1970, 20 million individuals demanded greater protections for our planet. This became the world’s first Earth Day as millions took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and call for action. […]

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Sir Mike Penning MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment

Last week Sir Mike Penning MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today. This year we are […]

Living Magazines Business Barometer

November Business Barometer Figures Released

Performance in the tourism sector can change as quickly as the weather, so good, timely information is needed to support tourism businesses and the wider industry in strategic and operational decision-making processes. Visit Herts’ monthly business barometer provides feedback from tourism businesses and generates a simple ‘snapshot’ of our county’s tourism industry performance. The November […]

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Tring business joins fight to Reverse Rett with £25k fundraising target for 2020

Employees at Tring-based hr inspire, specialists in outsourced HR consultancy and support, are joining Reverse Rett in the charity’s fight to cure the post-natal neurological disorder Rett Syndrome, with an ambitious £25,000 fundraising target for its 2020 charity of the year. After hr inspire Director Sandra McLellan met Hertfordshire-based Rita Ross, Reverse Rett Trustee and […]