THE GOVERNMENT has backed plans to develop hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft with a £9 million grant to a project led by researchers at Cranfield.

HOSPITALITY group Accor has opened a new-look hotel in Bedford under the Mercure brand. 

TECHNOLOGY company Redway Networks is offering a UK school, college or university the chance to win a fully designed and installed Wi-Fi 6 solution worth over £20,000 as part of its Win Big 2019 competition. 

FORMER jewellery business boss Gerald Ratner will reflect on his rise, fall and rise again when he speaks at the Christmas lunch event hosted by the Institute of Directors Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire branch.

A PROPERTY developer has been fined a total of £600,000  after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome through working with power tools.

GROWING the supply chain in the UK’s automotive sector is key to the industry’s continued success, a meeting of vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and business leaders has heard.

THE CASE for investment in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Arc has been reinforced with the inclusion of all three urban areas among the ten fastest-growing UK cities in a new report.

THE OWNERS of the historic Woodland Manor hotel near Bedford are planning to transform the 18^th-century building after securing a six-figure funding package.

THE UNIVERSITY of Bedfordshire’s vice-chancellor Bill Rammell is to leave his post at the end of the year.

HRH the Princess Royal is pictured in conversation with June Sadler, apprenticeships manager at Newport Pagnell-based nursery operator Childbase Partnerships as the company receives an award for its bespoke Teach to Reach training programme.