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Responding to the announcement of three fresh Santander bank branch closures in Hertfordshire, area leader for the Federation of Small Business (FSB) in Hertfordshire, Pam Charman,said: "When a community loses a bank branch, that can have a number of impacts on local small firms: lost access to vital cash deposit and withdrawal facilities, reduced access to finance and a drop in shopper footfall.
Grant Thornton St Albans Response To Last Night's Brexit Vote
Following the Brexit vote in the Commons last night, Fiona Baldwin, practice leader at Financial and Business Advisers Grant Thornton St Albans, said:
Watford High Street Transformation Project Shortlisted For Award
The High Street improvement works, led by Watford Borough Council in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council and Watford BID, has been shortlisted in the London Transport Awards 2019 under the 'Excellence in Cycling and Walking' category.
Cambridge And The East Economy To Weaken As Economic Forecast Predicts Slow Growth Across The UK
The East of England saw a significant slowdown in its economic growth activity in 2018, with 1.1% Gross Value Added (GVA) growth compared with 2.2% in 2017. However, the region is expected to recapture some ground with its growth rate improving to 1.6% until 2021, although this is still lower than the UK average of 1.7%.
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Local Hertfordshire Pub Owner Nominated For Four National Awards
Independent pub group, Oakman Inns, the owners of five popular family-friendly pubs in Hertfordshire (Kings Arms, Berkhamsted, Banyers House, Royston, Beech House, St Albans, Red Lion, Water End and The Akeman, Tring) has been nominated for four awards at the prestigious Publican Awards, the largest celebration of the UK pub industry's work. The ceremony will take place in March 2019 at Battersea Evolution in London.
Twenty Companies In The Southeast Win Places On League Table Of Britain’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Published this weekend, the 22nd annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain's private companies with the fastest-growing sales.
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Appointed as New Chair of Rothamsted Centre For Research And Enterprise Board
Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise, RoCRE, part of the historic, world-renowned Rothamsted Research campus in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, has announced the formal appointment of a new Chairperson, The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch. Baroness Jones will assume her position in December 2018 and will be responsible for leading RoCRE and its' Board in developing the strategy and vision, providing clear strategic direction, and ensuring that RoCRE delivers for all of its' shareholders.
The UK's leading contract furniture firm Furniture Fusion has unveiled the results of its contract to supply furniture, much of it bespoke, to the acclaimed new Hotel Indigo in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
