Financial Adviser, Ed Evans, has been awarded the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning Prize for the 2022 academic year by The Insurance Institute of London, also known as the London Institute of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS). Ed was awarded this prize for obtaining the highest average mark in […]
What do you do with your Christmas tree after the festivities have finished? For those who choose a synthetic tree, it will be back in the box until next year. But for many others who have bought a farm-grown tree, it’s a tricky decision – a choice of leaving the tree outside or squeezing it […]
Pendley Day Nursery has been rated GOOD by Ofsted following an inspection in November 2023. The inspection found: ‘Children form close bonds with staff and feel safe and secure at nursery. Babies show that they feel safe as they climb onto a staff member’s lap for a cuddle.’ Older children ‘arrive happily to find interesting […]
South West Hertfordshire MP, Gagan Mohindra, has spent time shadowing staff at a local charity shop to understand more about the role they play in funding hospice care in the area. Mr Mohindra visited the Rennie Grove Peace charity shop on High Street in Berkhamsted which is one of the charity’s successful ReLoved Boutiques stocking […]
Rail passengers in Network Rail’s North West and Central region will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2024 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year. The essential upgrades on the West Coast main line, Chiltern main line and routes in the West Midlands, North West and Cumbria, […]
Dacorum Borough Council has been awarded a total of £122,231 from the first phase of central Government’s £20 million Swimming Pool Support Fund. The money awarded will cover part of its energy costs towards Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted swimming pools, which is run by Everyone Active on behalf of Dacorum Borough Council. Individually, each leisure […]
Superdrug has opened its doors to a brand-new store in Berkhamsted, creating 10 new jobs in the new 3800 sq. ft store, with a large proportion of the job roles filled by ex-Wilko staff, including the store manager and assistant manager, following the closure of the Aylesbury Wilko store in November. The store offers customers […]
A new on-demand bus service, HertsLynx, launched in Dacorum on Monday 11 December. It forms part of Hertfordshire County Council’s plans to improve transport across the county and is supported in part from the £29.7m Bus Service Improvement Plan funding. Dacorum residents will now have a flexible, ‘uber-like’ way to travel around the borough. Unlike […]
A reminder that engaging theatre doesn’t always need lots of bells and whistles to impress. Naomi MacKay watched A Christmas Carol at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre’s Norman Bragg Studio, on until Sunday 17 December. Charles Dickens’ tale of A Christmas Carol is familiar to most of us, whether we’ve seen the classic film starring Alec Guinness, […]
Dacorum Borough Council has launched a consultation on its proposed budget for 2024/25. The Council is facing significant financial pressures, including reduced government funding and rising costs, and needs to make difficult decisions about how to allocate its limited resources. The Council must make saving of £4.4m over the next four years and is asking […]
Join Pace for their inaugural, fun-filled ‘Winter Waggle’ sponsored dog walk on 16 February in the grounds of the stunning Waddesdon Manor Estate. Cast off those February blues, breathe in some fresh air with your furry best friend, and clear your mind ready for spring. With a choice of 3k and 5k routes around Waddesdon […]
Naomi MacKay watched Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, on until 3 January 2024. Regular panto-goers to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre may be wondering whether it will be quite the same without La Voix as the Dame, after she held the spotlight in the role for the past six years, but they […]