My Local Life

Pete Heppelthwaite Peter Heppelthwaite is one of the founding members of Limitless Academy of Performing Arts, who have recently set up drama studios in Royston. Peter has a very experienced background in the West End, TV and Film. We asked him some questions to find out more about him: Your favourite Local Shop? Lordsman Barbers. The […]

My Local Life- Antony Vaughan Antony Vaughan, Owner of AV Home Improvements & Handyman Services first started the business with his wife Deb, as he have never enjoyed the 9-5 office life. After transforming his first flat many years ago, then tackling a complete refurbishment of a three bedroom house, he discovered he had a

Trademark Kitchens  Dave Tavner, Managing Director of Trademark Kitchens, first opened a showroom in Royston in 2007. The business has flourished year on year with 75% of all new projects coming from recommendations from satisfied Trademark customers. Dave’s 38 years in the industry enable him to design beautiful functional kitchens and ensure projects are managed

Meet the owners of New Dawn. Steve and Mary Griffiths are skilled manufacturers of quality bespoke curtains and blinds. They have been making curtains for a well-known partnership and local people for almost 20 years. They are also experts in soft furnishing design. Where do you live? Kneesworth – Originally we hailed from Worcester and

100 Years: British Window & General Cleaning Company Established after the Great War in 1918 our company gave much needed employment to exservicemen and was in those days called The British Legion Window Cleaning Company. The founder Henry Charles Gilley himself a Boer War and 1st World War veteran who died in 1943 left a

Nigel and Tracy Reader own and run Borders and Bows, whose showroom in Green Drift is full of beautiful fabrics, wallpapers and lighting. They are both heavily involved in the local community – Tracy sings in the Church Choir along with their daughter Zoe and helps with theatre productions by CADS and Nigel is a member

James Rivers is a the owner of Gymbo’s fitness facilities in Meldreth and Sawston. This month he has agreed to be our ‘local life’ and share a little about the person behind the business! Where do you live? Royston. We moved there back in 2014 from Melbourn. What’s your favourite local place to eat? My

Give someone 20 minutes to talk about their life and you never know what you might discover! This month, local businessman Ben Chapman. Ben grew up in Ashwell, moved to London after University and has spent over 25 years in the licensing trade running some flagship restaurants and bars in the Westend and City before