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As part of its commitment to protecting local wildlife, Barratt Homes North Thames is planting a range of bee friendly plants at developments in Letchworth Gardens City and Hemel Hempstead in an attempt to help support our threatened pollinators.
LED street lights on the way for St Albans
Hertfordshire County Council is upgrading full night street lighting on St Albans' B, C and unclassified (residential) roads and footpaths to energy-efficient LED lights.
Leading parking operators CitiPark have almost completed a much-needed upgrade to three of Watford's main car parks, serving its large commuting and shopping communities.
St Albans and Harpenden schools top £13,000 for local charities in Dragons’ Apprentice Challenge
Teams of Year 12 students from schools across St Albans and Harpenden succeeded in raising more than £13,000 for local charities in this year's Dragons' Apprentice Challenge.
At last night's final pitch event hosted by the University of Hertfordshire Social Enterprise Unit, Team Cohesion from St Albans Girls School were crowned overall winners and presented £1,683 to The Abbeyfield Society, which provides care and support for older people.
Mercer & Hole Chartered Accountants are delighted to announce our dragon, General Practice Partner, Ross Lane and his team from St Albans Girls School, have been announced as finalists in the St Albans and Harpenden Dragons' Apprentice Challenge 2016.
Teams of young entrepreneurs will present their business profits to local charity and community groups at the finals and awards event for the 2015/16 Dragons' Apprentice Challenge on 21 March. The winning team will visit the House of Commons with St Albans MP Anne Main.
Council tax set to rise for first time in seven years
Hertsmere Borough Council is proposing to increase its share of council tax bills by 1.95 per cent for the coming year, representing the first increase in seven years.
Museum moves ahead
Planning permission and listed building consent for the new £7.75 million St Albans Museum and Gallery project has been granted by St Albans City & District Council.
Muscle Help Foundation CEO featured in 2016 Power 100 publication recognising Britain’s most influential people with a disability
To mark UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, leading figures from across business, sport, politics, education, media, public and third sectors were yesterday named in this year's Power 100 list, launched in London at the headquarters of Lloyds Banking Group.
