Business News
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Business Rates good news
30 October 2018
Bedford businesses will benefit from changes announced by the Chancellor. A number of the smaller businesses will no longer have to pay Business Rates.
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Business Breakfast EXCLUSIVE
25 September 2018
BID zone businesses get to hear what’s happening in town first – thanks to the “all for one” influence of the organisation.
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Bedford i-Kan 10th anniversary
14 September 2018
Bedford i-Kan in Mill Street is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The centre was a pioneering project by Bedford Borough Council to provide flexible and affordable office accommodation for business start-ups and small businesses.
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Lotto £300k to YMCA
13 September 2018
A charity with premises in Bedford has been awarded nearly £300,000 towards activities which combat the causes of homelessness in local young people.
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1st of 300
04 September 2018
The 300th Business Improvement District has been opened in the UK. They are all following in the footsteps of Bedford which was among the first 12 pilots of the project in 2005.
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BID actions on BBC TV
31 August 2018
Activities arranged for businesses by the BedfordBID were shown on a BBC report into “Battle for the High Street”.
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Boost to evening visits with more free parking
04 August 2018
From Monday 6th August, the Bus Station/Allhallows Multi-Storey Car Park is opening 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Help us make YOU £Millions!
14 June 2018
BedfordBID’s Love Bedford gift vouchers scheme has passed the £1 Million mark.
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Keeping the town moving upwards / BID Breakfast Update
13 June 2018
How to keep people coming back to the town centre was behind every topic covered in the BedfordBID Business Breakfast at The Park Inn.
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Give a Hand Up, Not a Hand Out
10 May 2018
From this week, posters about alternative ways of giving will be going up across Bedford town centre.
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Business Magazine 2018 out now!
09 May 2018
View our magazine and enter the competition to win £100 Love Bedford gift vouchers!
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Homeless - how BID is helping
04 May 2018
BedfordBID has updated its leaflets for businesses pointing them to the many official and managed resources designed to give the homeless a “hand up not hand out”
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Exclusive retail opportunities available in trendy area of Bedford
23 April 2018
Retailers are being sought for a former car showroom in a trendy area of Bedford, which is being converted into a retail arcade, commercial property agency Kirkby Diamond has announced.
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Increased Fines for Littering
11 April 2018
From 1st April 2018 the fine issued to those caught littering in Bedford Borough has increased by £25, in the Council’s latest move to crackdown on this offence.
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Harpur Centre Works Underway
11 April 2018
Today the Harpur Centre shared the first images of their vision for a new and exciting atrium, lift and stairway for the heart of the centre
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Access to 1,000s of college staff and students
16 March 2018
Did you know that The Bedford College Group has 12,000 local students and 1,200 members of staff who all access their new intranet information pages?
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