This summer Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury has been taken over by an invasion of robots, cyborgs and androids as it plays host to the spectacular ROBOT exhibition. Now the exhibition is in its last week – the final day is 31 August. Thousands of enthusiastic audiences have visited ROBOT wherever it appears, experiencing a […]
Happy birthday to the wonderful theatre and singing group, Gobstoppers, who turned 25 this year! Gobstoppers was set up in 1994 by Chris and Victoria Williams. Today, it runs several courses each week, including children’s theatre groups and holiday clubs, it is a registered centre for LAMDA, GCSE and A Level Drama, plus it runs […]
Hemel Hempstead Leisure Centre and Berkhamsted Leisure Centre have achieved the seal of approval from Quest, the UK Quality Scheme for Sport & Leisure. Both leisure centres were awarded high scores from Quest, and are now set to add ‘Excellent’ and ‘Very Good’ accolades to their list of achievements. The news comes after Everyone Active […]
Whether you’re a novice or knowledgeable, mad for Merlot or puzzled by Pinot, the world of wine is one that’s ripe for discovery. Having awarded over 400,000 wine lovers one of its qualifications in the UK alone since it was founded in 1969, the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, the largest global provider of wine […]
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 […]