Consumer

BID joint-manager Karen Burton attempts to bust the myth that Bishop’s Stortford town centre is ‘just coffee shops and hairdressers’

Help for hard-up householders with energy debt as multi-million-pound scheme is extended.

East Herts Council’s executive agreed a raft of rises from April, with all tariffs at Bell Street car park going up, apart from all day parking.

Thorn Grove head Peter Luck said: “Castle Water has now demanded full payment… showing a complete lack of concern for the impact on our school.”

Kate Birbeck, who lives in a village near Bishop’s Stortford, writes about the problems she and her husband had with BT when hoping to change contract

Work to boost speed, performance and coverage may cause intermittent sound, blocky or pixelated images or loss of signal for households.

Cllr Eric Buckmaster criticised planned changes in Sawbridgeworth, which would see the fee for up to two hours rise 50p (55%) from 90p to £1.40.

One resident said his internet provider told him there was “rodent damage in the exchange” and another said it was a problem at the Harlow exchange.

Opening of the supermarket in Stansted Road, on the former site of Ford motor dealer Gates of Stortford, will create around 40 jobs.

Douglas Young was told delayed driver had to take his meal break, meaning 511 service in Stortford had to be “curtailed” short of its destination.

Bishop’s Stortford BID joint-manager Karen Burton explains what the organisation is and some of the things it is doing to improve the town centre

East Herts Council is considering 22 measures to transform parking in the district, including charging vehicles according to their size or emissions.

The district council, which needs to make £1.75 million a year from motorists, has overhauled fees as part of a wider review of parking.

Kate Peacock took a tour of the town to find out the hopes and fears of some of Stortford’s independent business owners as they look ahead to 2025

German discount grocery chain will build supermarket at Foxtons Yard, Stortford Road, after Uttlesford District Council gave planning permission.

The German discount supermarket chain has applied to install the panels at its London Road store as part of a wider programme across its estate.

Sweet Shake Spot Ltd has made the premises licence application for the rebranded Stortford Convenience Store in Newtown Road.

Hertfordshire’s largest independent bike and e-bike specialist opened in the former Paperchase premises in August 2023.

Bishop’s Stortford BID (Business Improvement District) joint-manager Karen Burton on how the community can rally round to help high street thrive

Kate Peacock, who is doing work experience at the Indie, scoured Bishop’s Stortford’s charity shops for her best Christmas finds for under £20.