Paul Barker of Paul Barker Estate Agents gives us the local lowdown on the interest rate rise and mortgages, and we talk about making sure a property you are thinking of buying isn’t going to cost a f…
Self styled ‘little old lady’, Ro Jackson, talks about how the St Albans Sustainability Festival gave her the inspiration and the information she needed to take some big steps to make her home fossil…
Local foodie and author, Becky Alexander, talks about her new book The Green Lunch Box and explains why she thinks lunchtime is the time to help ourselves and the planet to a better 2022. Plus Cllr Er…
When someone knocks on your door and tells you he can fix that loose tile, beware. It’s odds on he’s a scammer aiming to rip you off. HCC Trading Standards Officer Darren Ward tells Local Life some…
We’re all doing our best to help in the fight against climate change, so it’s no surprise that scammers have decided that is where we’re most vulnerable. Trading Standards Officer Darren Ward explain…
Well actually, it isn’t. And if you ‘click on one’ as invited, you could soon be handing over access to all your banking details. Darren Ward of HCC Trading Standards explains how the scammers use a…
Anyone who owns a phone, a computer, a letter box or even a front doorbell is a target for the scammers (which means all of us). On Local Life, HCC Trading Standards Officer Darren Wood explains the…
The High Street Life podcast is presented by Roma Bhowmick and Leona Fensome and is a six-part series looking at life as an independent retailer on the St Albans High Street. The series is sponsored b…
Do you know anyone over the age of 60 who could do with a helping hand? Kate Newton explains how the Trust she manages is already helping hundreds of local residents with a new fridge or boiler or w…
Founder and CEO of Eve & Adam Beauty Clinic (formerly Spa), Sally-Anne Shepherd talks with Roma Bhowmick about her early days business as a graphic designer, setting up her beauty clinic in St Alb…
Founder of Cositas, Emma Bustamante talks with Leona Fensome about her early days business, which led her to set up a home interiors store in St Albans and what life has been like in lockdown as an in…
June Chapman, CEO of Citizens Advice St Albans, offers some timely guidance on ways to keep energy costs as low as possible.
On Thursday 26th November Kate Newton the manager of St Albans Old People’s Trust will be talking to Clair Graham about the charitable organisation and how it can help the older members of our communi…
Jason McKenna interviews historian of ideas and “rational positivist” Johan Norberg.
With the government’s furlough scheme due to close at the end of October, many will be anxious about the possibility of redundancy. There is no easy solution, but it’s best to know your rights in adv…
