Useful Contacts
ADER (Agricultural Development in the Eastern Region)
ADER County Office Bedfordshire
Shuttleworth College
Old Warden
Biggleswade
SG18 9EA
01767 627596
A non profit making organisation aimed at helping farmers and others involved in the rural economy develop their businesses by providing a co-ordinated range of high quality business support.
Business Link East
4 Bishops Square Business Park
Hatfield
Herts AL10 9NE
Tel: 0845 717 1615
Advice, guidance and help for your business including Business start ups.
Bedfordshire County Council
County Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
MK42 9AP
Tel: 01234 363222
Fax: 01234 228619
East of England Development Agency
The Business Centre
Station Road
Histon
Cambridge
CB4 9LQ
Tel: 01223 713900
Fax: 01223 713940
Invest East of England (changed)
2 Quayside
Cambridge
CB5 8AB
Tel: 01223 450450
Fax: 01223 448600
Charged with helping foreign owned firms move to and flourish in the East of England
Princes Youth Business Trust
The Business Centre
Kimpton Road
Luton
LU2 0LB
Tel: 01582 410011
Fax: 01582 522403
Advice, guidance, mentoring and funding for young people starting their own business
BLEDP (The Bedfordshire & Luton Economic Development Partnership)
Wrest Park
Silsoe
Bedfordshire. MK45 4HS
Tel: 01525 862999
http://www.locateinbedfordshire.co.uk/
Regional DTi
DTi East
Building A
Westbrook Research Centre
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 1YG Fax: 01223 461941
Inland Revenue
Chailey House
Cardington Road
Bedford
MK42 0YS
Learning & Skills Council
2 Railton Road
Woburn Road Industrial Estate
Kempston
Bedford MK42 7PN
Tel: 0845 019 4160
Fax: 01234 843211
Bedford Borough Council
Town Hall
St Paul's Square
Bedford
MK40 1SJ
Tel: 01234 267422
South Beds Borough Council
The District Offices
High Street North
Dunstable
LU6 1LF
Tel: 01582 472222
Fax: 01582 474009
Luton Borough Council
Town Hall
Luton
LU1 2BQ
Tel: 01582 546000
WiRE - Women in Rural Enterprise
Tel: 07760 224120
www.wireuk.org
A regional directory of expertise
STEP (Shell Technology Enterprise Programme)
Places undergraduates in project-based work placements lasting approximately eight weeks during the summer.
The programme is designed for small to medium enterprises and community projects, targeted to solve business problems.
Likely costs to businesses are around £175 per week.
The Knowledge Network is a community of business professionals organised and supported by the University of Luton. The network supports the development of business skills and exchange of best practice, by providing on-going training through
Masterclasses and workshops delivered by experts.
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