Consumer

As well as a Shop Safe Shop Local campaign, the money will pay for new planters, barriers, signs and sanitisers in East and North Herts.

HardSoft Computers, based at The Square, has provided free laptops to a Harlow secondary school and now are offering their vans for charities to use.

Click It Local; Shoppers can buy from local independents and have items delivered the same day.

Citizens Advice has found that 45% of adults in the South East have had an issue with parcel delivery since the country first went into lockdown.

Stortford's JD Wetherspoon pub the Port Jackson repeats its 2019 achievement in 2020 Loo of the Year Awards.

During the pandemic, the organisation has helped over 5,000 people and chief executive Laura Hyde says further changes are on the way

Gareth Davies has been named a Hero of Hertfordshire for his service to the community during the coronavirus crisis.

Stortford BID, which is dedicated to supporting the high street, is offering Covid-secure assessments by a health and safety expert.

Open chocolate factory created by 28-year-old Los Angeles-born former Choccywoccydoodah employee Jade Alterman.

Kloe Fowler, 28, is passionate about making the world a better place and has started by making ethical candles.

Award-winning Essex florist cultivating second branch in former Florence Walk premises of Guy & Joe's deli.

The Bell Street branch is one of 164 to be closed, with around 900 “roles removed”, with the vast majority anticipated to be voluntary redundancies.

Two weekly services to the largest of the Channel Islands will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays for four months in summer 2021.

The Stortford precinct's Bridge St entrance will be shut as part of a transformation which involves adding five new retail and restaurant units.

As part of the plans, due to be submitted this month, five new retail and restaurant units will also be incorporated into Jackson Square.

Savills says 456 agreed house sales in the district were recorded in the four weeks to mid-August – more than double the 2019 figure.

A slump in passenger flights, which carry goods in their hold, has also fuelled demand for dedicated services for cargo.

The garage, in London Road, Sawbridgeworth, was closed at the beginning of 2019 for refurbishment, with plans for a Little Waitrose on the site.

Husband and wife business consultants looking to spend less time on computers have opened Hellenic Bakeries Herts.

Town Mayor Cllr Annelise Furnace attended the opening of Pizza Squisita and she was keen to highlight a new era of positivity.