Bedfordia History

Key dates in the development of the Bedfordia Group:

1928	CV Ibbett built first two houses
1934	CV Ibbett employs staff to start building houses and formed Besbuilt
1939	First farm purchased – Village Farm, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire
1942	Pedigree pig herd registered with the breed name ‘Bedfordia’
1958	Bedfordia Farms Ltd incorporated
1959	Bedfordia Industrial Credit (now known as Bedfordia Group) incorporated
1962	The property companies, Ringroad Investments and Dyton Developments formed which later became known as Bedfordia Properties and Bedfordia Developments
1965	Bedfordia Plant Hire commenced (later to become the biggest supplier of hired plant to the building industry in the South East of England)
1972	Acquired John Deere tractor franchise in Oakley
1982	Acquired Daihatsu franchise in Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire
1983	Bedfordia Motor Holdings incorporated - now know as Bedfordia Motor Holdings
1987	Bedfordia Group Plc formed by changing the name of Bedfordia Industrial Credit
1989	24,000 tonne state-of-the-art grain store completed at Milton House Farm, (remains the largest farm store in the UK)
1990	Acquired BMW franchise in Bedford
1995	The first UK farm to be accredited to UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service ) laboratory quality standards (the highest standard achievable in the UK)
2003	Acquired BMW franchise in Cambridge
2006	Biogas plant became operational (pioneering UK production of renewable energy from Bedfordia Farms' pig slurry and food chain waste) and BIOGEN (UK) Ltd formed
2006	Acquired BMW franchise in Bishop’s Stortford (Elms Stansted)

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