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Four hours free parking trial to begin in Bedford town centre

Bedford Borough Council has unveiled its latest initiative to encourage shoppers and visitors into Bedford town centre with a four-hour free parking trial in one of the multi-storey car parks...

Celebrate Bedford’s brilliant independent shops with the return of Fiver Fest

Fiver Fest, the national celebration of independent businesses, returns to Bedford for the fourth time this October, with over 80 participants and counting. From 10 - 24 October, dozens...

Buy local or bye local: let’s get behind Bedford businesses

Thousands of businesses in Bedford acing an uncertain future as the coronavirus crisis continues. We've pulled together a list of all the businesses that are remaining open within government guidelines...

Celebrate Small Business Saturday in Bedford this weekend

Small Business Saturday is being celebrated this weekend throughout the UK, reminding shoppers to show some love to the independent shops and businesses...

Independent shops: saviours of the high street…

The number of independent businesses in Bedford town centre is well above the national average (57% versus 35.9%), we have more indies that Cambridge...

Bedford BID accused of attempting to take credit for volunteer led event

Bedford BID have been accused of attempting to take credit for next week's #FiverFest by not making it clear who the organisers are on their social media posts...

Fiver Fest comes to town, celebrating the best of Bedford’s independent businesses

From Saturday 8 June, shops and businesses in Bedford town centre will be taking part in a week of activity to celebrate Totally Locally's Fiver Fest. The event is a national...

We Are Bedford reaches 17,000 members

The We Are Bedford facebook group has reached a significant milestone today, welcoming its 17,000 member. Created as part of the We Are Bedford event in 2010, that helped...

Debenhams say their Bedford store won’t be closing early next year

Debenhams have released a list of 22 stores that will close on 22 January and Bedford's town centre store is not on the list. The news will come as relief to many who had...

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