HertsAndEssexObserver | Business

Saffron reflects on year of growth

Saffron Building Society's shareholders got a chance to probe the mutual's top brass at its annual general meeting.

Nockolds up for awards hat trick

Nockolds managing partner Darren Hayward is pictured, far left

BISHOP'S Stortford law firm Nockolds is celebrating double awards success - with a possible third in the pipeline.

Gary celebrates 25 years in post

The managing director of Daniel Robinson & Sons is celebrating 25 years in the post.

Scaffolding is a wonder to behold

Bishop's Stortford's Connect Scaffolding has been helping celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin give a modern twist to one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Rate increase 'short-sighted'

A BISHOP'S Stortford businessman has hit out at short-sighted policies which lead to a 16 per cent hike in his business rates. Owner of RCA Structures, Ian Devonshire, who is also a Ware town

Prisk flags up awards for local manufacturers

BUSINESS minister and Bishop's Stortford MP Mark Prisk is calling on companies in his constituency to take part in an awards programme to find the country's top manufacturer.

Nearly there with office 'skeleton'

THE finishing touches are finally being applied to the Marriott Court office complex in Bishop's Stortford, which was left derelict for years after the original developer went bust.

Hotel staff training for cycle challenge

STAFF at Stansted Airport's Radisson Blu Hotel are gearing up for a mammoth bike ride for charity.

UK is back in recession

The UK is back in recession after a surprise 0.2 per cent contraction in the economy in the first quarter of the year, official figures revealed today.