Hereford

What a lovely day it was. We had arranged to go with our friends, for a walk and a cream tea at Symonds Yat East. None of us were feeling very energetic so the thought of a long, level walk along the river bank sounded just the thing. We arrived a

Today marks the start of voting in The Best of Hereford Exceptional Customer Service Award. The Nominated Businesses are ABC Print, Beds and Mattresses, Bill Child, Clearly the Cleanest, Hat Trick, Magenta Technology, PIP Printin

CONGRATULATIONS! The Voting has now closed in our latest monthly awards and I am pleased to announce that Taste for Adventure Centre has been voted The Most Dedicated Community Business by the residents of Hereford. A by-product of the award nom

Iyengar Yoga - 12 week course - Yoga Classes taking place all over Hereford Weekly Yoga Classes in Herefordshire Term starts Monday 8th September - Thursday 4th December (12 weeks) (No yoga classes week beginning 27th October) Course fee £

The Hereford Health & Wellbeing Event takes place on Saturday 13th September in Hereford City Centre. Spread across three central venues - High Town, Maylord Shopping Centre and The Shire Hall, the event promotes Health and Wellbeing for all. Well worth

I popped into The Spread Eagle in King Street, Hereford today and had a chat with Jane, the owner, and her daughter Sarah. They have some fantastic music events lined up over the next few weeks - here are the details… Visit the Events page on The Bes

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at the opening of The Palace Art-Fest last night, an exhibition in support of The Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival and Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust. The rain poured down but it did not dampen everyone's

Are you in business in Herefordshire? Want to meet more local business people? Tuesday 9th September at 6:30pm Cotswold Hereford BMW & MINI Showroom, Roman Road, Hereford, HR1 1LN For environmental reasons, no paper invitations will be s

The RocknRoots Festival has finally been called off. Thanks to the last minute cancellation of the licence by Herefordshire Council, and the number of ticket refunds requested as a result of all the bad publicity, the organisers have had to call it a day..

Having just checked the RocknRoots Festival website www.rocknroots.co.uk I see that the festival has found a new venue at Chepstow Racecourse. While this is great news for the festival-goers, the artists and the organisers, what a great shame that He

I was horrified to read in yesterdays paper that the RocknRoots Festival had been cancelled because Herefordshire Council had decided that the promoters had supposedly "failed to advertise the event sufficiently in order to obtain the necessary licence"

You may already know that The Best of Hereford has teamed up with Cotswold Hereford - our local BMW and Mini dealership. You will see Cotswold Hereford promoted in The Best of Hereford media and we now have our newly liveried blue Mini Clubman on the

There are two great events coming up to raise money for St Michael's Hospice. It would be great to support this worthy charity. Horse V Man is a race and fun run which has been organised to raise money for St Michael's Hospice, Hereford, in conjunction

Last week we heard about an interesting event in aid of The Royal National College for the Blind which is happening this coming weekend. The College is to benefit from an open gardens event next Sunday, August 10, at the Lower Hope Estate near Ulling

While we were on our little trip down the River Wye at the weekend we stopped off at Orles Barn in Wilton to present Richard and Kelly with their engraved trophy and certificate to commemorate their Best Travel and Tourism Award - as voted for by The Be

We went for a drive down the River Wye at the weekend - what a glorious day it was. Summer has arrived at last and Ross on Wye was buzzing with activity. Lots of people had turned out to picnic or wander by the river and the Jamstand music festival was

We are delighted to welcome Colin Fullelove, Action COACH to The Best of Hereford. Colin will soon be offering a regular "Ask The Expert" slot on this Blog - look out for details coming soon! Business coaching helps your business thrive rather than j

We are delighted to welcome CSS & A Vaughan IT Services to The Best of Hereford "First class service - great to deal with" AJP (Hereford) Hydraulics Services "Wonderful setup, Highly recommended" Owen Pell (Hereford) Building and Civil E

I had a meeting yesterday at Las Domus, the fabulous new venue for 4Networking in Hereford. What a nice place it is - and I'm told the breakfast is really good. Can't wait to find out for myself next Tuesday. If you are in business in or around Heref

Last night at Hergest Croft Gardens in Kington an enthusiastic audience was treated to a memorable performance of Don Pasquale by The Garden Opera Company. We enjoyed a picnic in the gardens before the performance and then settled down to enjoy the perf

HEREFORDSHIRE ROCKnROOTS FESTIVAL GOERS TO GET A £20 REDUCTION ON BANK HOLIDAY TICKETS Yes all the local Herefordshire residents to get a reduced ticket for this Bank Holiday festival special. Festival organiser Mike Stephens together with the loc

We are delighted to announce that The Best of Hereford has teamed up with Cotswold Hereford - our local BMW and Mini dealership. You will see Cotswold Hereford promoted in The Best of Hereford media and soon you will see a newly liveried blue Mini Clubm

The Best of Hereford is proud to fly the flag for Orles Barn, our latest award winner in the Travel, Tourism and Leisure category and The Old Vicarage in Old Clehonger which is Highly Commended. At Orles Barn, Kelly and Richard want you to feel as if

The renowned Garden Opera Company returns to Herefordshire when they perform Donizetti's Don Pasquale in the magical setting of the gardens of Hergest Croft, Kington on Saturday 12 July. The gardens at Hergest Croft will be open from 6 pm and the perform

Steve came highly recommended to The Best of Hereford as being a very professional photographer with a unique style and having very friendly service. If you are arranging your wedding at the moment Steve would love to hear from you. Take a look at his w

We have just this week been notified that The Herefordshire Business Expo due to take place on Friday 4th July in Hereford Shirehall, Union Street, Hereford, has been cancelled.

Thank you to all who attended our Evening with The Best of Hereford held at the Taste for Adventure Centre and for making it a fantastic success. I am sure all who attended were truly inspired by what Brummie and Lynn Stokes do at the Centre. The wea

This week we met Sarah Dean who has two businesses that she wanted to feature on The Best of Hereford - Ddu Designs and Pontbren Ddu Rural Holiday Cottage Ddu Designs is personalised wedding stationery and greetings cards. So if you have a wedding com

This week we met Sarah Dean who has two businesses that she wanted to feature on The Best of Hereford - Pontbren Dhu Rural Holiday Cottage and Ddu Designs . Sarah overwhelmed us with the testimonials that she had acquired from previous visitors to he

Today was Ladies Day at Hereford Racecourse and it was a great day of racing. The sun was shining and despite a stiff breeze most of the ladies managed to keep their hats on! If you haven't been to Hereford Racecourse - you really must pay a visit. I

Jack Childs of the Hereford Longboard Association emailed me to say that 21st June is International GO Skateboarding Day and that he is trying to organise an Event for every single skater in the Hereford area - times and locations still to be confirmed but

I received an email this week telling me about a new Music Festival which is being organised this August Bank Holiday weekend in Herefordshire. The RocknRoots Festival is being held at Much Marcle and is the first of what is planned to be a regular annual

Are you interested in meeting other Hereford business people in a relaxed, social setting with no sales pressures, no formal business presentations and absolutely no obligations? Then why not join us at our next Evening with The Best of Hereford. But don't

Thanks to everyone who voted in last month's Business Awards for Best New Business.Many of you will be aware that, on a regular monthly basis, here at The Best of Hereford we nominate several of our business Members for Business Awards.In May the Award Cat

One of our newest Business Members - Orles Barn at Wilton near Ross on Wye was reviewed by restaurant and hotel critic Paddy Burt in the Saturday Telegraph on 31st May.New owners Richard and Kelly Bailey tell me that the phone has been going mad ever since

Well, as you can see we have launched our blog which means that things are getting back to normal after a short break. We had intended to be on holiday during the last two weeks in May, but unfortunately our holiday plans took a massive U-turn when my back

Award Winning Hereford RestaurantMany of you will be aware that, on a regular monthly basis, here at The Best of Hereford we nominate several of our business Members for Business Awards.In April the Award Category was Best Family Owned Business and we are

Herefordshire Business Expo- Latest News Expo has been cancelledThe Herefordshire Business Expo due to take place on Friday 4th July in Hereford Shirehall, Union Street, Hereford, has now been cancelled.

Had a great bit of praise for The Best of Hereford yesterday - Sarah D sent us an email saying:"Just wanted to say what a great site this is. I found you via google and subsequently found Jay Watson of All Seeing Eye Images - who has done the most amazing

About 40 Hereford business people attended the last Evening with The Best of Hereford held atArctic Spas (Hereford) Ltdand a great time was had by all in an informal, social atmosphere. Here are just some of the comments we have received:"I feel the Best o

Hello and welcome to The Best of Hereford blog - yes this is going to be without doubt the best blog in Hereford!We are Brian and Brenda - the owners of The Best of Hereford and from time to time we will be posting news and views about Hereford, local busi