12th April 2023
INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES are bringing a renewed vibrancy to Bedford town centre, says a local commercial property agent. The town has bade farewell to major national retailers including Debenhams and...
25th September 2022
The celebrations are under way among Bedfordshire’s small and medium-sized businesses after the winners were announced in this year’s SME Bedfordshire Business Awards. They received their...
26th April 2022
COMMERCIAL and residential developer Gallagher Developments is the newest sponsor of this year’s Bedford River Festival. The firm has been behind many sites of significant scale in and...
12th April 2022
COMMERCIAL and residential developer Gallagher Developments is the newest sponsor of this year’s Bedford River Festival. The firm has been behind many sites of significant scale in and around...
22nd July 2021
'A golden opportunity for businesses across the Arc to make the case for a highly innovative and environmentally sustainable future' NOW is the time for business to have its say on the future of...
12th July 2021
THIS is the new group head office of Carlton Packaging, a leading packaging provider to online retailers. The company has signed for a new-build 172,000 sq ft facility on the Bedford Link...
7th July 2021
INDEPENDENCE Day falls on July 4. But Bedford has been celebrating its own ‘Independents Month’ in a campaign led by the town’s Business Improvement District. The town is home to hundreds of...
5th May 2021
'They agree with the underlying principles and believe the Arc will add real value' GOVERNMENT ministers have reiterated their backing for the growth potential of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and have...
18th March 2021
THE GOVERNMENT has cancelled the planned Oxford-Cambridge Expressway after analysis confirmed the proposed project was not cost-effective. Highways England had been developing potential...
18th February 2021
THE GOVERNMENT has published an ambitious plan to unleash the economic and cultural potential of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, to transform it into one of the world’s premier growth corridors and a...
17th February 2021
HIGH STREETS could become about ‘city living’ with key businesses serving very local customers, says a property lettings company in Bedford. On the doorstep cafe society, convenience stores,...
15th February 2021
WORK is under way on a new development of prime distribution and logistics space on the outskirts of Bedford. Developer Goodman has broken ground on 250,000 sq ft of land at Bedford Commercial...
8th February 2021
PLANS for a green energy park on a former landfill site near Bedford have moved a step forward. Bedford Borough Council has received £1,867,500 from the South East Midlands Local Enterprise...
3rd February 2021
WORK is due to start this month on a high-quality regeneration makeover of Bedford’s High Street. Through the Transporting Bedford project, the road will become one lane only for traffic...
26th November 2020
LUTON will be designated a tier 2 (HIGH alert) category by central government when the current national lockdown ends on Wednesday (December 2). All of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes...
