Bedford Business Update

Bedford Borough residents and local businesses are being encouraged to find out more about a scheme which could help them lower their energy bills and reduce their carbon emissions.

Solar Together Bedfordshire is a group-buying scheme which helps households get a reduced price on the installation of solar panels. It’s free to register, and there is no obligation to accept the personal recommendation. The more people that register, the better bargaining power Solar Together has to get you a more competitive price.

Find out more about the scheme, as well as how to register, via the webpage: bedford.gov.uk/solar

Bedford based company Mologic is a leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, products and services.  They work with companies, researchers and clinicians to help them deliver fast, reliable and accurate diagnosis at the point-of-care and they have recently partnered with US based company Alamar Biosciences, a platform company focused on transforming the field of proteomics to enable the early detection of cancer and other diseases. Their collaboration means Mologic can utilise Alamar’s novel antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid protein for Mologic’s future COVID-19 RDTs.

Mologic has already launched a COVID-19 antigen test (“COVIOS”) based on its lateral flow assay technology, utilising high affinity, paired antibodies specific for the SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein antigen. Second generation tests with an even greater sensitivity are now in development leveraging the latest generation of engineered antibodies with ultra-high affinity, discovered through Alamar’s proprietary Attobody platform, together with Mologic’s novel electronic lateral flow immunoassay (eLFIA) technology.  This partnership will also help facilitate more rapid responses to future pandemics.

Find out more at mologic.co.uk

Bedford Borough Council is looking in detail at the availability of childcare in the borough and how this affects employers, working patterns and are keen on getting feedback from Bedford’s key employers.

A company called Premier Advisory Group (PAG), who has significant experience of undertaking Childcare Sufficiency Assessments and providing business support in the Early Years sector, has been commissioned by the Council to undertake consultation with a number of stakeholders. This questionnaire has been designed to gather your views on childcare to help us ensure we are meeting your needs as employers regarding local childcare provision and how this affects your employees and your policies, in order to improve the support the Council provides.

We would appreciate you taking the time to fill in the quick survey (link below) or pass onto the relevant people in your businesses to complete.

surveymonkey.co.uk

The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and is still open past the deadline date on the website.

Do you create waste in your business? Do you know if you are meeting the current regulations, let alone what’s coming up?

The government has just published a raft of new laws on waste, recycling and packaging. Do you know how that will affect your business and long-term planning?

Have you got the time to go through it all and find out?

The Good News is that you don’t have to.  Dr Waleed Montasser, GBN Trustee and expert in waste management, has gone through it all for you.

In this free on-line seminar, he will give you the lowdown on how these affect you and identify the action you need to take now and into the future to keep on the right side of the law and win the war on waste in your business.

Once you have that knowledge, you will be ready for Part Two Taking Action.  Come and join with other like-minded business leaders on the 8th June to test out how you can make a positive impact on your business’s contribution to the War on Waste.

Online on 25th May at 2-3pm

Book your place now for the FREE on-line session at GBN/event/war on waste Part 1 and 

Tell me more about Part Two : GBN/event/war on waste part 2