
Bedford Borough celebrates Love Parks Week
Last Friday was the first day of Keep Britain Tidy's Love Parks Week.
Last Friday was the first day of Keep Britain Tidy's Love Parks Week.
We are facing the worst fall in living standards in a generation due to spiralling costs of energy and food and declining real terms wages.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has signed a joint letter to the Director General of the BBC with other Leaders of other Councils, public sector and private organisationscalling on the BBC to reverse their decision to merge the two branches of Look East.
In May 2022, Bedford Borough Council announced Solar Together Bedfordshire, a group-buying scheme for solar panels and battery storage, which helps residents come together as a community and invest in renewable energy.
The Mayor of Bedford, Dave Hodgson, has formally opened the all-new premises of EVIOS, a British start-up business based in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, that manufactures innovative domestic charge points for electric vehicles. The opening coincides with confirmation of EVIOS's plan to appoint up to 60 people in the local area over the next 12 months for a wide variety of roles, including app developers, production managers, electrical engineering, installations, sales, and customer support.
Bedford Borough was one of the first council areas to join the national Trees for Streets scheme in 2021.