Updated Wednesday, 28th April 2021, 9:36 am Bedford Council’s planning committee on Monday heard how Fujifilm, which employs half of its 300-strong UK workforce in town, had been looking at other areas, including neighbouring Milton Keynes, for its new ‘landmark’ building. Council officers see Fujifilm, which describes itself as the world’s largest photographic and imaging company, as vital to the town’s future as a magnet to attract other big name companies to the borough. Planning officer Alastair Wren’s report to the committee said: “The company have been based in Bedford since 1983 and have been located in their current UK headquarters building on St Martins Way to the rear of this site since 2007.”