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Dave Hodgson and Paul Wells of Wells and Youngs at Eagle IPA Relaunch

Latest 'Meet the Buyer' event - campaign to support local business continues

The latest 'Meet the Buyer' event, held at Bedford College and funded by the Council, saw local firms gain direct access to major businesses to build up contacts and to find out more about how they can win contracts and do business with major purchasers from the public and private sector. Buyers from companies including Wells & Young, Lockheed Martin, Autoglass, Bedford Hospital, Bourns, Bedford College, and Bedford Borough Council itself were in attendance. Meet the Buyer events are an important aspect of our ongoing drive to support the local economy, helping local firms to continue to provide employment opportunities for residents. Other key features of our efforts to help the local economy are our efforts to boost local infrastructure, including through the delivery of the final link of the western bypass, and a forthcoming campaign to encourage people to buy locally from Bedford Borough businesses.

1 Nov 2010

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Dave Hodgson at the Clapham end of the planned final section of the Bedford Western Bypass

Delighted to be re-selected - determined to continue our crucial, ongoing work

You may have read in the local press that I was re-selected as the Liberal Democrat Candidate for Mayor of Bedford Borough at a meeting of local party members last week, and I am obviously delighted to be selected. It has been a tremendous honour to serve as Mayor of Bedford Borough over the past year. During what are extraordinarily difficult economic times we have begun the fight back against years of chronic underinvestment in road and pavement maintenance, cut Council waste and have protected front line services while keeping Council tax down. Each of these vital tasks is ongoing, and I want to carry on the job of working to make sure the Council is working for all local residents across Bedford Borough.

31 Oct 2010

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Cable announces £1.3bn funding package for Post Office

"The package averages out at over £330m a year - more than double the subsidy paid to the Post Office for the past two years. A large proportion of the last Government's funding was spent on closing post offices. Our strategy is completely different - it addresses the underlying economics of the network, while maintaining its size and reach."

30 Oct 2010

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Planning applications in Guildown Avenue

The last few years have seen much controversy over back garden developments proposed by owners of houses on the north side of Guildown Avenue. Three applications to extend outline permission were on the agenda for the meeting of Guildford Borough Council's planning committee on 19 October. Councillor Caroline Reeves had brought the applications to committee because she and her ward councillors, David Goodwin and Anne Meredith, had been inundated with comments from residents who are concerned about development along Green Lane, a quiet lane with ancient hedgerows on either side which extends from the end of The Mount to Henley Wood.

30 Oct 2010

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Kate and Tom McNeice with Nepali performers

Mayoress of Folkestone Charity Fundraiser: Nepalese Afternoon

Hosting an event is so totally different from being a guest. It is difficult to greet the visitors, engage them in the plan for the afternoon and answer all the questions that need answering from the people helping and supporting. Having said all that, the afternoon at St George's Church in Audley Road, Morehall was a great success.

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by Folkestone Mayor Tom McNeice

30 Oct 2010

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Labour Cabinet Member Fined

One of Leicester's Labour Cabinet members, who in the past has supported a litter crackdown in the City centre has ironically been fined himself .... for littering!

29 Oct 2010

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