"Liberty Business in Stortford" has been planned to take place on Wednesday 12 June 2013 at Baroosh, Bishop's Stortford between 11am&3pm.  All the stands were booked within three days.

It is a non-profit event.  Donations will go towards Herts Air Ambulance and our local police.

The event is to showcase small local businesses whilst providing them with an opportunity to advertise and market as well as network.  A number of the stands will provide demonstrations throughout the day.

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Last week I saw another amazing local club in action.  BOXFIT has been open in Bishops Stortford for just over a decade and provides opportunities for both men and women (juniors and seniors).

BOXFIT  has invited me along to a session but unlike 'Back 2 Hockey' it appears I'll be watching not participating.  I am somewhat relieved as 90mins of hockey resulted in a 'beetroot face'.  I am however intrigued as to how well I'd box...

One of the amazing edges that BOXFIT has is that it cares...

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With the stop bar down, we were taken in a 4x4 along the runway at Stansted Airport.  The runway was covered in black rubber which is regularly cleared with specialist machinery.  This was an amazing experience a plane had landed in front of us and there were planes in the distance approaching the runway.  We didn’t spot any FOD (foreign objects or debris) on our check.

Amongst the Ryanair planes we saw the new BAA cargo planes Boeing 747-8F.  With a 30% reduction in noise and 16% lowe...

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In September 2012 I spent 10hrs with the Bishop’s Stortford Police on their late shift.  I was able to observe how the Bishop’s Stortford and Hertford intervention Teams responded to a sample of incidents throughout that shift.

During that time I experienced some nonsense and nastiness the public displayed towards our police.  The police team were outstanding at dealing with what appears to be a regular aspect of the job.  Personally, I was exceptionally well looked after and felt part...

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Mrs Christine Bonner, Mother of Cpl Darren Bonner who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2007, visited Bishops Stortford as part of her sponsored walk in aid of The Royal Anglian Regiment. I was very impressed with her resilience and willingness to seek some good out of such great misfortune. Christine was clearly delighted to meet her family at the end of the ninth day of her project, at The Bishop's Stortford Town Council offices. I greeted Christine and soldiers of The Royal Anglian...
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