We've been out pounding the streets locally as part of the 'Phase One' pre-launch of The Harpenden Guide to local businesses.   We 150% committed to making this local resource a great tool for local businesses to promote themselves to local people and that started in earnest this weekend.

If you're local, you may well have seen us out in the town visiting every shop in the town centre to leave further details with them so they can take advantage of this Community App to help them promote their business.

And on Sunday we were out and about in Southdown with a similar message for the shops and local businesses there too.

The initial feedback on this initiative has been great and we've been really buoyed by the general sense from all that The Harpenden Guide will be a great local resource for all.

Our goal is to make it a complete 'one stop shop' whereby local businesses can promote their wares and local people can get really useful information about out town and local area.

Don't forget that if you're a local business you can grab a completely free listing for your business for the next 12 months so take advantage of this unique opportunity now.  And if you're part of a local community organisation or charity then you can get a 'Free for Life' listing too!

We'll be out and about again in the run up to Xmas so if you see us please do stop us and grab a leaflet of simply say 'hi' as we'd love to hear your thoughts on The Harpenden Guide.