Hertfordshire business leaders have named The Astley Cooper School top for Education in Employment in the County. The school’s Pre-Apprenticeship Programme that teaches Year 12 students all they need to know to be great employees received the honour at the Chamber of Commerce annual awards ceremony held in St Albans Cathedral on Thursday 13 June. […]
Passengers are being advised to check before they travel this August Bank Holiday weekend with improvement work planned on the railway in the Greater Manchester and Milton Keynes areas. More than £19m is being invested between Saturday 24 to Monday 26 August to make the railway safe and reliable for passengers and freight in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]