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Last orders for Mikael as Bluebell manager leaves for Lyon to pour Bedford brews

Bluebell head chef Mikael is leaving Bedford after four years, reflecting on the community he’s built and what he’ll miss as he returns to France for a new role in Lyon. Mikael Caille, head chef...

Business rates changes welcomed by pubs and music venues but more reform needed

At the end of January, the government announced a new support package for pubs and live music venues, including a 15% cut in business rates from April 2026. The U-turn followed...

Competition: Win a Brewpoint tour and beer tasting to celebrate Josephine Wells’ 175th anniversary

Bedford-based brewery, Wells & Co has launched a new beer to celebrate the birthday of one of the family’s most influential women. In honour of what would have been Josephine Wells’...

Cheers, Josephine – new beer celebrates Bedford brewery’s great-great-grandmother

Local brewer and pub co, Wells & Co has launched a new beer to celebrate the 175th birthday of Josephine Wells, the wife of their founder Charles. While much has been made of Charles Wells...

Brewpoint brewery is looking for a beer selling star

First opened in 2020, Brewpoint is the third Bedford-based brewery from local brewing and pub company Wells and Co, which has remained independently family-owned since it was founded by Charles Wells...

Monthly column: New funding will help increase River Great Ouse water quality tests

The local charity that tests for water quality along the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire, the Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET) has been successful...

Grab a bargain and raise money for charity at Brewpoint’s first Thriftathon

Bedford-based brewery, Brewpoint, is turning its Garden Bar into a pop-up thrift shop this month, to raise money for a children's cancer charity. On Saturday, 18 May, the brewery's first-ever Thriftathon will take...

Monthly column: Standing room only as Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign launched

It was standing room only this week as 100 Bedfordians packed a University of Bedfordshire lecture theatre to witness the launch of Don't Lose the Ouse, which could be the most important...

Wells & Co and Bedford Independent team up with water quality campaigners

A dedicated band of citizen science volunteers have been joined by family brewer Wells & Co and the Bedford Independent to support and highlight BedsGovet, a new environmental charity dedicated...

Wells & Co continues ‘love letter’ to “remarkable woman” on her 174th birthday

Bedford's family brewer Wells & Co will be celebrating this Sunday (22 October), with what would have been the 174th birthday of one of their first-generation founders. Josephine Wells was...

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