Business
Find out what can affect you and your business.
Bedfordshire has a strong entrepreneurial culture and in recent years business growth in the area has been dynamic. Central Bedfordshire Council works closely with partners to ensure relevant support and advice is available for existing businesses and those wishing to start-up and develop a business, so that we can continue to build on our strong performance.
Further information
On the left hand side of the page you will see a number of links to take you to more information on each topic.
Building control
Building control checks that buildings are constructed and altered to ensure the health, safety and welfare of people using them.
Business rates
Businesses and other organisations that occupy non-domestic premises pay non-domestic rates, called business rates.
Parking
We take care to ensure that the people of Central Bedfordshire respect our parking policy at all times – so we can keep our roads safe and our traffic flowing along nicely.
Planning
Planning is a complex part of the work we do here at Central Bedfordshire Council, whenever anything is built, demolished or altered in any way.
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