Bedford Borough Council is pleased to announce that it has received £69,509.50 from the Department for Transport to support socially necessary bus services in the area.
Following plans announced by the government last year, business rates in Bedford Town Centre are set to fall overall for Retail and Hospitality premises from 1 April 2023.
Bedford Borough Council's Sports Development Team, in partnership with Be Active, are announcing the launch of a new physical activity programme called "Active Wellbeing".
Bedford Borough Council is holding a vigil on Friday 24 February 2023 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event will take place from 6pm in Harpur Square and is open to all residents of Bedford Borough.
For the February half term break, Bedford Borough Council will continue to provide supermarket vouchers to thousands of families who are entitled to income related free school meals.
Resurfacing works are planned for Paula Radcliffe Way in summer 2023. Signs will soon be put in place to give advance warning of the dates of the roadworks. The works will see the dual carriageway resurfaced between Great Ouse Way and Bedford Road, Clapham.
The Bedford Town Deal Board has announced that four further business cases, which were submitted in 2022, have been approved by Central Government, giving the green light to start delivering the projects.
Bedford Borough Council’s annual Foster Carer Awards returned last week, following a two-year break, to celebrate the borough’s fosters carers and say ‘Thank You’ for all that they do to support the children and young people in their care.