From inception and growth to risk management, strategic investments, and exit planning, expert, independent advice can help to steer a business towards financial success. Martin Cotter, Managing Director of Lumin Wealth, explains more. Typically small business owners consider four stages in the life cycle of a business: building wealth, extracting wealth,...
A new exhibition in the North Transept of St Albans Cathedral featuring the artwork of 19th century artist Holmes Winter presents a unique and valuable record of our city at the start of a period of great change. Winter (1851-1935) trained at the Norwich School of Art and came to St...
Makers of the St Albans edition of Monopoly initially feared that our affluent city may be “too posh” to have an Old Kent Road equivalent in its version of the world’s most popular board game. But one ancient landmark has come to the rescue! The historic Roman Theatre has now been...
Local Greenpeace volunteers stickered beauty company Dove’s plastic bottles on sale in the St Albans branch of Morrisons with the message ‘Stop Dove’s plastic pollution’. They also added shelf inserts asking customers to pledge to ‘Ditch Dove’ and if they knew that Dove’s owner Unilever is one of the world’s biggest...
18:24 hours on 1.8.24 was a special moment for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution as lifeboat crews and fund raisers around the country were photographed to mark the 200th anniversary of the creation of the lifesaving charity in 1824. Members of the St Albans branch joined in the “One Moment One...
The Harpenden Society has issued a damning indictment of the district council's consultation into free on-street parking in the town. As originally revealed in the St Albans Times, SADC wants to change the long-standing one hour and two hour arrangements in Harpenden town centre in order to recoup revenue and balance...
Deborah Heath encounters OVO's new interpretation of the Bard's classic at the Roman Theatre Festival. This is the first time I have seen 'The Merchant of Venice' live, probably because as director Kelly Ann Stewart attests, it is “labelled as a problem play”. The broad set up is as follows – a...
It’s hot, very hot, in the upstairs bar at The Hub on Verulam Road, although probably nowhere near the same level as some of the infernal kitchens celebrity chef Tom Kerridge will have worked. The man behind the two Michelin-starred Hand & Flowers, as well as various other acclaimed eateries, is...
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is set to host its second all-day free festival this weekend. Co-owners Martin Robinson, Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker will be turning the pub into a mini-Glastonbury for The Fighting Cocks Fest on August 3 with 10 live bands performing. Bands perfoming include Kaspar and the Swamp Dogs,...
When a group of neighbours decided to transform a disused piece of council land into a space for the whole community to enjoy, they thought they were doing something positive. But jobsworths at SADC disagreed, and have ordered them to return the site - behind properties 36-41 at De Tany Court...
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