Business News
09:19 - 08 February 2010
SHADOW business secretary Ken Clarke MP will be the special guest of the St Albans District Chamber of Commerce at their next business lunch. Mr Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be speaking and taking questions on the...
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09:07 - 08 February 2010
AFTER a year spent searching the European market for a dedicated tool room truck with the flexibility to lift and handle a wide range of tooling sizes, leading injection moulding manufacturer McKechnie Plastic Components turned to Harpenden s Stanley Hand...
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15:12 - 05 February 2010
THERE is likely to be no rise in the district council s share of council tax this year. At its meeting on Tuesday, St Albans council s cabinet proposed decreasing council tax by 0.4 per cent to ensure everyone in the district has a freeze or reduction in...
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08:37 - 04 February 2010
FIRST Capital Connect (FCC) has denied claims from commuters that it is skewing its punctuality performance results on the Thameslink line. Disgruntled commuters signed up to Facebook group I hate First Capital Connect have accused the train operator of...
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19:01 - 02 February 2010
A GLITTERING farewell marked the departure of a loyal hand sewer who has retired from a St Albans tailor. Carolyn McKay worked on military uniforms and formal garments for a female member of the royal family at GD Goldings in Hatfield Road. She retired wi...
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14:44 - 02 February 2010
AN ASIAN restaurant in St Albans has been fined thousands of pounds for failing to follow food hygiene advice. Asia restaurant on Beaconsfield Road was sentenced at Watford Magistrates Court and ordered to pay fines totalling approximately £10,000 on Mond...
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12:06 - 15 October 2009
GREASE star and X Factor runner-up Ray Quinn has got on his bike to travel to the West End from his new home in St Albans. The Dancing on Ice champion, who currently stars as Danny Zuko in Grease, recently splashed out on his first set of wheels - a Yama...
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14:43 - 21 July 2009
MORE than 100 boxes of items for children are going out to Romania next month as a result of a successful charity campaign Orchid Group, which has more than 200 pubs nationwide, has been collecting educational and arts and crafts materials to take to orph...
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14:42 - 21 July 2009
CREDIT crunched St Albans residents have a new website to turn to for help thanks to the district council. The council s Recession Response Board, which is currently working on a number of projects, has built the website for people who have been made redu...
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14:15 - 02 July 2009
SELECTA, one of Europe s foremost suppliers of vending solutions, has added to its fleet of Sprinter powered stairclimbers from Harpenden-based Stanley Handling. Employed on some of Selecta s UK contracts, they are used predominantly for the replenishment...
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10:21 - 02 July 2009
A FOOD factory in St Albans has joined forces with the district council in an attempt to revamp a local day care centre. Premier Foods, the UK s largest food producer, will provide resources for the painting and decorating of part of the Jubilee Centre i...
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