Bedford Borough Council, the Trading Standards Institute and the Citizens Advice Bureau are steering people in Bedford in the right direction, this November, when it comes to buying a used car.
Recently I popped along to the Embankment to have a look at the historic balustrades, which we are repairing and renewing as part of a £50,000 investment to preserve this landmark feature of Bedford Town Centre.
The topic of my latest monthly article for the Times and Citizen newspaper was the Free Parking Deal, our initiative to follow our three successive years of shoppers' car park freezes with two hours' free parking in Bedford town centre on Saturdays from November 23rd. In it, I suggested that while Bedford has been quietly bucking the trend with our frozen charges for shoppers, rising footfall and falling shop vacancy rate, perhaps it's time to be a bit noisier in promoting our town and all it has to offer. If you didn't see the article, here it is in full:
Bedford Borough Council has been 'highly commended' for its work to improve rural bus services at the National Transport Awards.
With the weather starting to become colder, Bedford Borough Council will be providing help and guidance to residents on how to keep warm, and lower their energy bills.
