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There's still time to have your say

14-Aug-2017

Our draft Local Plan consultation is open until August 29 (5pm)

You can read and make comments (or representations) on:

the full Draft Local Plan

supporting technical documents

the site assessments

We will consider all of the comments we receive and publish the next iteration of the Local Plan (pre-submission plan) for comment in spring 2018.

£200 million boost for rural England

07-Aug-2017 Grants expected to generate more than 6,000 new jobs overall and support growth of rural businesses and broadband projects.

Calling all businesses to complete the 'Scale Up Survey'

07-Aug-2017 A short survey has been launched the Scale-Up Institute. By completing the survey, you will help the Scale-Up Institute ensure that the UK is the best placed to scale up a company in the world.

By Royal Appointment - Peli BioThermal Invited to Monarch’s Reception for Queen’s Award for Innovation

31-Jul-2017

Leadership Team Attend Royal Reception at Buckingham Palace

Leaders from Peli BioThermal, the global name in cold chain packaging, were officially invited to a royal reception, hosted by Her Majesty The Queen.

Peli BioThermal CEO Lyndon Faulkner and President David Williams, attended the prestigious reception, hosted by the Monarch, as the company has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation for its pioneering product Chronos™ Advance.

Have your say on Flitwick regeneration plans

31-Jul-2017

Central Bedfordshire Council is to consult on the early concept plans to regenerate the area around Flitwick railway station and to ask for residents’ views on a number of market town improvement projects. Both schemes are aimed at encouraging local people and visitors to make more use of town centre retail, rail and bus services and community facilities.

New A5-M1 link road in Bedfordshire hailed by business and civic leaders

14-Jul-2017 The A5-M1 link road has created a new northern bypass for Dunstable, taking long distance traffic away from the town centre, and opened up opportunities for thousands of new homes and jobs. It connects the existing A5 to the M1 at a newly created junction – junction 11A.

New £65 million centre to spearhead UK research in digital aviation technology

11-Jul-2017

It has been announced today that a new £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) will be built at Cranfield University to spearhead the UK’s research into digital aviation technology. Once constructed, DARTeC will provide research facilities unprecedented in Europe.

World’s 1st commercial space & deep-sea R&D centre at heart of RAF Henlow site regeneration

10-Jul-2017 Blue Abyss, the world’s first commercial deep sea to space research, training and test centre, is at the centre of a multi-million-pound regeneration vision to develop a science, innovation and technology park on part of a soon-to-close RAF base site in Bedfordshire.