Name and Business: Steve Edwards of Stort Blinds.

Where do you live? Bishops Stortford.

What’s your favourite local shop? The Mayfield Bakery. I love this shop, the smell of the warm breads in intoxicating. The staff are always friendly and helpful.

Name and Business: Catherine Middlemas of St Edmund’s Montessori Pre-School, Matching Green.

Where do you live? Housham Tye, near Matching Tye.

What’s your favourite local shop? Fuller’s Butchers in Sheering and Rose Opticians in the Harvey Centre Harlow.

Name and Business: Michael Phillips of Phillips & Co. Chartered Accountants.

Where do you live? More local than I used to be, now living in Watford so quite often tackling the morning traffic coming into Harlow from various routes!

What’s your favourite local shop? Well the most frequented shop has to be Tesco in Church Langley!

Name and Business: Nicky Lewis working for Graham School of Dance.

Where do you live? Church Langley.

What’s your favourite local shop? Costa Coffee - I need to relax!

Name and Business: Theresa Crumb - Stress Consultant and Relaxation Therapist

Where do you live? Not too far away in Takeley

What’s your favourite local shop? ‘Sisley’ but it closed down at Christmas - so now it’s ‘East’

Name and Business: Martin Stedman, I’m the local Oven Clean specialist.

Where do you live? Right here in Rushton Grove, Church Langley. So I am truly a "CM17" local business person!

What’s your favourite local shop? Go Outdoors for its variety of outdoor gear and Harlow Garden Centre for its plants (their Café is pretty good too!).