Lisa Bates

There are some great new businesses opening in St Albans, with lots of retail units filling up around the town.

Wow! The St Albans Chamber of Commerce Community Business Awards were blooming marvellous!

This month, Chamber director and STANTA (St Albans Enterprise Agency) executive director Mel Hilbrown (pictured) celebrated 10 years of service, providing sound advice to our business community.

It’s been a busy few months at the Chamber with visits from the Deputy Prime Minister, awards deadlines and lots of summer corporate events going on alongside the biggest sporting events of the year!

Think your way to success! We all know that a positive mental attitude can work wonders, but there’s so much more to it than that.

A sea of red crosses washed over Sopwell House on Friday as the Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual St George’s Day lunch – probably the biggest event in the district’s business calendar.

Dreams really do come true at the St Albans-based dance academy Living the Dream.

The Inaugural Albans Business Barometer was launched at our AGM last week and we were delighted to be working with Grant Thornton UK who reviewed the top 100 businesses based within the city of St Albans. Financial and business advisors Grant Thornton chose St Albans as the first city to review in the UK as part of a Business Barometer series.

The chief executive of the district council told local business leaders he wants to lead a council where the customer is at the forefront of what they do and help businesses by being responsive and focused on solutions.

Limited Liability Partnerships are receiving a lot of attention from the Government at present, and new tax legislation will be introduced to limit some of the tax advantages of operating as an LLP.