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...Mayoral elections are also taking place in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield and Middlesbrough....
...The uptick in demand since the market reopened in May 2020 has led to a shortage of properties, says Ben Marchbank of Bedfords estate agents....
...in love with the classical world,” he tells me, gesturing at the cast of Canova’s famed sculpture of the “Three Graces”, a version of which, now in the V&A, was commissioned by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford...
...His artist’s eye transformed the surroundings of Woburn Abbey, the great square house of the Duke of Bedford, by replacing a straight avenue with a curving approach through the woods....
...Among those he furnished with paintings by Canaletto were the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Carlisle and Sir Robert Hervey....
...Buying agent Rachel Thompson, a partner at The Buying Solution, lives locally with her family and was part of that wave. “A lot of my friends migrated from Notting Hill to Chiswick,” she says....
...Matthew Wilson is managing director of Clifton Nurseries, London Photographs: Sven Torfinn; Steve Forrest; Rachel Warne; Dieter Telemans...
...According to Nigel Bedford of Largemortgageloans.com, the pool of lenders that are happy to lend on new-build as an investment property is small....
...The Bloomsbury Estate was acquired in 1669 when the fifth earl of Bedford married Lady Rachel Vaughan....
...Rachel Tufft, head of specialist masters at Manchester Business School, says financial services in the emerging markets are still recruiting, particularly eastern Europe and India....
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