Restaurants, cafes, pubs, shops and services opening, closing or changing hands.
The Perch, a cocktail bar with a second venue in Berkhamsted, has registered as a food business at 5 Station Road, Harpenden. A late licence on that stretch would matter more than the paperwork.
The restaurant at 2 Grove Road, which we reported registering in September, was given the top food hygiene score on 5 October.
Harpenden spent years without a single bank counter of its own. What it has now is a shared one at 35 High Street, open weekdays with a different bank on duty each day — modest, and a good deal better than nothing.
Kalimera is registered at 14B Leyton Road and awaiting its first hygiene inspection, the usual sign that a food business is about to open.
Sarakh has registered as a restaurant at 2 Grove Road, near Harpenden station, and is awaiting its first hygiene inspection.
The Borough Market bakery and baking school takes over the old Jacksons Plumbing unit on Harpenden High Street on 12 October, bringing all-day dining downstairs and a classroom above.
The pub on the green at Hatching Green has a new food business registration with St Albans council and no rating until inspectors visit.