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St Albans businesses are once again reeling in the wake of further government restrictions prompted by the spread of the Omicron variant.

Cancellation crisis hits St Albans businesses as Omicron variant forces introduction of Plan B restrictions.

The Chancellor is under pressure to introduce more support for hospitality amid warnings that the shadow lockdown will see "dozens of thousands of pubs going under".

A historic Hatfield pub with links to Charles Dickens and Dick Turpin is set for an exciting £230,000 upgrade.

Nick Farr, of Farr Brew based in Wheathampstead, looks at the impact of hospitality trade shortages and what we can all do to help.

What's on this August Bank Holiday weekend? Camel racing returns to the Hertfordshire countryside at Northaw on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30, 2021.

St Albans pubs and restaurants are desperately trying to recruit workers in the wake of Brexit and coronavirus

The marquee in the garden of the Elephant and Castle. - Credit: The Elephant and Castle Although the big pub chains were able to react robustly to the government guidelines when it came to al fresco dining, the smaller independents had more of a battle on their hands. Farr Brew is an award-winning local micro-brewery which also now runs four pubs across Hertfordshire, including the very popular Elephant & Castle in Amwell - the grounds of which they completely transformed during the first loc...

Sean said: "Being without pubs for most of the past year I’m sure that we can all agree that we have missed our community spaces and we will continue to protect our local pubs.   "For almost five years the government has promised reforms to business rates and failed to deliver on these promises. This has cost hundreds of businesses to go under and pushed the price of a pint up, especially for independent pubs who cannot spread the cost over several sites, like larger pubs such as Wetherspoon...

Andrei Lussmann and Becky Alexander judging the Young Chef competitions. - Credit: Becky Alexander 300! What’s that? The number of coffee shops we have? No! This is my 300th food column for The Herts Advertiser, so this week is a little different from usual. I am going to look back at the 10 years it has taken to write those columns and see what has changed, and what it has been like!   “St Albans is a city of food lovers. We have fantastic markets, restaurants, cafes and food shops, ...