Welcoming another new shop & business to Dunstable
on Ashton Square
Dunstable
'The Gentleways'
With Sonia and Harry
Monday, 30 January 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012
David from the 'Four Kings Bar & Cafe would like to say ~ "Hello everyone!"
"Just a brief reminder that our next Dunstable Business Networking Meeting
will be at The Four Kings Bar, 59 High St South next Tuesday morning,
Jan 31st.
Breakfast will be served as usual from 8am and our topic is "Small
Business Websites - How to get the best from them" with speakers David
Givens (Web Designer) and Stephen Rhodes (Web Video Specialist) all
fired up to get a healthy discussion going.
Bring a colleague or two from other local businesses to swell our numbers.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday
Best regards
David King
Managing Director
The Four Kings Bar & Cafe
07836 214221
www.fouringsbar.co.uk
Great Nights Out for Older Teenagers"
will be at The Four Kings Bar, 59 High St South next Tuesday morning,
Jan 31st.
Breakfast will be served as usual from 8am and our topic is "Small
Business Websites - How to get the best from them" with speakers David
Givens (Web Designer) and Stephen Rhodes (Web Video Specialist) all
fired up to get a healthy discussion going.
Bring a colleague or two from other local businesses to swell our numbers.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday
Best regards
David King
Managing Director
The Four Kings Bar & Cafe
07836 214221
www.fouringsbar.co.uk
Great Nights Out for Older Teenagers"
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Register your demand for Super Fast Broadband
Central Bedfordshire Council are running a Broadband Survey : They would like as many people to take part as possible at:
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/broadband
www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/broadband
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
PEDALWORKS ~ Opening Saturday 27th January 2012
PEDALWORKS
Offering a great range of bikes and a specialist workshop. Great news as Dunstable welcomes another new shop!
PEDALWORKS
West Street
Dunstable
The new shop PEDALWORKS is undergoing a total
transformation in West Street so that it is ready for it's
opening Saturday 27th January.
Please do not be put of by the scaffolding surrounding the building as the shops in this area are open for business as usual.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Get regular updates from Central Bedfordshire Council
Trial service
Central Bedfordshire Council are piloting this service until 31st March 2012. They are keen to get as many people using it as possible to be able to evaluate whether it is something that is helpful. Everyone that registers will be invited to give their feedback to help us decide how effective this service is.
https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCBCC/subscriber/new
Central Bedfordshire Council are piloting this service until 31st March 2012. They are keen to get as many people using it as possible to be able to evaluate whether it is something that is helpful. Everyone that registers will be invited to give their feedback to help us decide how effective this service is.
https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCBCC/subscriber/new
Monday, 23 January 2012
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Ashton Middle School ~ Dunstable
Ashton Church of England Middle School
Photograph taken 21st January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
The Queen's reign the Diamond Jubilee
Let's get ready to party in the streets to celebrate The Queen's reign the Diamond Jubilee
To mark 60 years of The Queen's reign the Diamond Jubilee in June will see communities across the country celebrating in great British tradition by hanging out the bunting and holding a street party.
The celebrations will centre around an extended weekend on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June, and those party organisers are advised to get their traffic road closure orders in early.
To make the process of organising a street party as easy as possible, Central Bedfordshire Council has made a traffic order to cover the whole district meaning that charges usually paid by organisers will instead be covered by the council.
Cllr Brian Spurr, Executive Member for Sustainable Communities Services at Central Bedfordshire Council, said: "We are asking people who organise a street party to get in contact with us and tell us what roads they would like to close, and how long they will be closed for. There are some circumstances where an application would need to be made, but the sooner people get in touch, the quicker we can get the ball rolling.
“We want to make sure all residents can enjoy the celebrations and one way of ensuring this and making organisers jobs a lot easier is to cut the amount of 'red tape' that can surround such events.”
Organisers should complete an application form which is available from www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/streetpartyguide, and send it back to the council by 1 May. If you need further advice about road closures then you can call 0300 300 8308.
For this and more information please go to our page 'Information for the local community' Thank you.
To mark 60 years of The Queen's reign the Diamond Jubilee in June will see communities across the country celebrating in great British tradition by hanging out the bunting and holding a street party.
The celebrations will centre around an extended weekend on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June, and those party organisers are advised to get their traffic road closure orders in early.
To make the process of organising a street party as easy as possible, Central Bedfordshire Council has made a traffic order to cover the whole district meaning that charges usually paid by organisers will instead be covered by the council.
Cllr Brian Spurr, Executive Member for Sustainable Communities Services at Central Bedfordshire Council, said: "We are asking people who organise a street party to get in contact with us and tell us what roads they would like to close, and how long they will be closed for. There are some circumstances where an application would need to be made, but the sooner people get in touch, the quicker we can get the ball rolling.
“We want to make sure all residents can enjoy the celebrations and one way of ensuring this and making organisers jobs a lot easier is to cut the amount of 'red tape' that can surround such events.”
Organisers should complete an application form which is available from www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/streetpartyguide, and send it back to the council by 1 May. If you need further advice about road closures then you can call 0300 300 8308.
For this and more information please go to our page 'Information for the local community' Thank you.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
HM Government e-petition ~ "Do not merge Dunstable with Luton North Constituency
If the new Boundary Commission plan goes ahead then residents in Dunstable, whilst remaining within the boundaries of Central Bedfordshire, will have to elect an MP whose main constituency will be in Luton North. Dunstable is a market town and has affiliations with many of its surrounding villages - Luton is a large urban area with aspirations to become a city and as such does not fit well with a market town. Please support this petition to allow Dunstable to remain in the South West Bedfordshire Constituency. Central Bedfordshire Council have laid out the reasoning in their submission which Dunstable Town Council also fully supports. This can be found on Central Bedfordshire website under the full Council Meeting dated 24th November 2011 - item number 51.
If you support the petition "Do not merge Dunstable with Luton North Constituency" Please click on the link below ~ sign it and share the link to get as many signatures as possible ~ Thank you.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/26873
If you support the petition "Do not merge Dunstable with Luton North Constituency" Please click on the link below ~ sign it and share the link to get as many signatures as possible ~ Thank you.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/26873
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Brown & Wenman ~ Makeover!
Brown & Wenman gets a makeover!
Now all the optical facilities are on the
ground floor, making easy access for all.
18 Albion Street
Dunstable
LU6 1SA
01582 663770
Monday, 16 January 2012
Houghton Regis ~ Dunstable ~ Luton Busway
Stakeholder Briefing Session
16th January 2012
Having been invited to the above event today it very interesting to hear from the many people involved in the above mentioned busway.
Although this busway has proved to be a bone of contention for many, it is here, it will stay and after hearing from all parties involved today it will hopefully prove to be a real asset to the people of our town for many reasons.
While the busway is under construction it has lead to thirteen new businesses along its route, around one and half million pounds have been invested in these. New businesses lead to an increase in employment and with immediate access to the busway hopefully employment for local people here in Dunstable.
Some investment has come from a large development of about seven thousand houses to the north of Houghton Regis which will house approximately seventeen and a half thousand people. With this comes funding for the Woodside Link Road, which in turn means more businesses will want to establish themselves in the Dunstable Industrial unit. More businesses more employment.
Since the busway has begun to be established there has been an increase to 86% occupancy of shops in Dunstable not withstanding the problems with occupancy in the Quadrant Shopping Centre.
More interest in the town is shown in the re development of the Dukeminster Estate. This area has been falling in to decline for some years. A developer is now interested and is seeking planning permission for housing, care home facilities, business and small retail unit.
There is talk, which has even been in the news today of increasing the capacity of Luton Airport and for every one million travellers they need to employ seven hundred and fifty thousand people. You could live in Dunstable and travel to the Airport to work without taking your car.
This will be the fourth longest busway in the world and with the busway being not only on budget but showing at the moment to be making possible savings of four million pounds, it is also slightly in front for completion. I believe we all to a certain degree will remain scepitcal until we see how this new busway works and not in a selfish way but as a resident of Dunstable to Dunstable's advantage we shall wait with anticipation to it's opening Easter of 2013 or possibly earlier to see how it develops. Hopefully we can all look forward positively to the busway as it continues to attract many new investors to our town of Dunstable.
While I took notes to relay this information to you, it is correct to the best of my knowledge ~ I hope you see it as positive news about the Houghton Regis ~ Dunstable ~ Luton Busway. For more detailed information please contact Central Bedfordshire Council in the first instance who will be able to guide you to the correct areas for specific queries.
16th January 2012
Having been invited to the above event today it very interesting to hear from the many people involved in the above mentioned busway.
Although this busway has proved to be a bone of contention for many, it is here, it will stay and after hearing from all parties involved today it will hopefully prove to be a real asset to the people of our town for many reasons.
While the busway is under construction it has lead to thirteen new businesses along its route, around one and half million pounds have been invested in these. New businesses lead to an increase in employment and with immediate access to the busway hopefully employment for local people here in Dunstable.
Some investment has come from a large development of about seven thousand houses to the north of Houghton Regis which will house approximately seventeen and a half thousand people. With this comes funding for the Woodside Link Road, which in turn means more businesses will want to establish themselves in the Dunstable Industrial unit. More businesses more employment.
Since the busway has begun to be established there has been an increase to 86% occupancy of shops in Dunstable not withstanding the problems with occupancy in the Quadrant Shopping Centre.
More interest in the town is shown in the re development of the Dukeminster Estate. This area has been falling in to decline for some years. A developer is now interested and is seeking planning permission for housing, care home facilities, business and small retail unit.
There is talk, which has even been in the news today of increasing the capacity of Luton Airport and for every one million travellers they need to employ seven hundred and fifty thousand people. You could live in Dunstable and travel to the Airport to work without taking your car.
This will be the fourth longest busway in the world and with the busway being not only on budget but showing at the moment to be making possible savings of four million pounds, it is also slightly in front for completion. I believe we all to a certain degree will remain scepitcal until we see how this new busway works and not in a selfish way but as a resident of Dunstable to Dunstable's advantage we shall wait with anticipation to it's opening Easter of 2013 or possibly earlier to see how it develops. Hopefully we can all look forward positively to the busway as it continues to attract many new investors to our town of Dunstable.
While I took notes to relay this information to you, it is correct to the best of my knowledge ~ I hope you see it as positive news about the Houghton Regis ~ Dunstable ~ Luton Busway. For more detailed information please contact Central Bedfordshire Council in the first instance who will be able to guide you to the correct areas for specific queries.
Friday, 13 January 2012
SINGLE NON-EMERGENCY 101 POLICE NUMBER NOW UK WIDE
More information on our 'Information for the local community page'.
A sunny day in Dunstable
Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground
Play equipment and Tennis Courts
Dunstable
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Pudding Night at Priory House ~ Dunstable
Don't forget Thursday night is Pudding Night at Priory House ~ High Street South ~ Dunstable
Go on treat yourself and have a great time out this evening with family and friends.
Serving a wide range of puddings from 6-30pm to 9-30pm last orders taken at 9-00pm
PC Help Centre Limited ~ Dunstable
Finalists in Local Business Accelerators Competition 2011
We send our congratulations to Annette and her family and the PC team in Dunstable.
Parents who have children starting their education in the next school year have just a few days left to make their choices known.
Mums, dads and carers have till 15 January 2012 to tell the admissions service at Central Bedfordshire Council which school they would like their son or daughter to attend.
Applications can be made online or by sending a paper copy of the application form to School Admissions Service, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP.
Applicants will be notified on the school their youngster has been allocated on Friday 27 April 2012.
For more information, visit www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/onlineadmissions
Telephone General Enquiries Line on 01234 276034 or Email: admissions@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Applications can be made online or by sending a paper copy of the application form to School Admissions Service, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP.
Applicants will be notified on the school their youngster has been allocated on Friday 27 April 2012.
For more information, visit www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/onlineadmissions
Telephone General Enquiries Line on 01234 276034 or Email: admissions@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Queensbury Upper School ~ Boot Stall ~ This Sunday
Car Boot sale is on at Queensbury Upper School on Sunday 15th January 2012
For more information please go to:
For more information please go to:
'Information for the local community page' ~ Thank you
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
Thursday, 5 January 2012
January Film Season at The Grove Theatre ~ Dunstable
2 FREE FILM TICKETS!
Do you live in an LU Postcode?
Haven't attended one of the Grove Theatre's Film Screenings yet?
Call the box office on 01582 602080
For more details.
Films for January:
HAPPY FEET 2
Alvin & The Chipmunks Chipwrecked
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
New Year's Eve
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Iron Lady
War Horse
For the full detail's on the 2 FREE tickets and much more call the Grove Theatre Box Office now on 01582 602080
Keeping Entertainment Local!
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Black Forest Hot Chocolate Drink in Dunstable ~ Costa Coffee ~ Yummy!
Shop local and then enjoy a wonderful treat at one of Dunstable's amazing coffee, tea or public houses.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Today 'About Dunstable' welcomes Dunstable Town Council in to this big new Social Media World and believes that it will help spread an even bigger wave of positivity across our much loved Historical town
Dunstable Town Council has today launched it's new Facebook page with Twitter accounts from the following areas ~ Priory House ~ Events ~ Town Centre and Businesses ~ Creasey Park Community Football Centre.
Social networking brings with it a number of positive outcomes, it reaches new audiences (often those who do not usually engage with the Council), it can help disperse the perception of poor communication and encourage positive two way communications.
Social networking is also effective at promoting events, undertaking researchm sharing information as there is already a massive audience potential.