Editing East of England (section)

===Bedfordshire===
[[File:Samuel whitbread 1720-1796 by joshua reynolds.jpg|thumb|right|[[Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)|Samuel Whitbread]] began his brewery in Bedfordshire in 1742]]
[[Moto Hospitality]] has its headquarters at [[Toddington, Bedfordshire|Toddington]] in Bedfordshire (at the [[Toddington services]]).

Luton is home to [[EasyJet]],(based at [[Luton Airport|the airport]]), [[Hain Celestial Group]] (which makes [[Linda McCartney Foods]] and is based on the B579 in [[Biscot]]), [[Eurolines]] (UK office), [[Thomson Travel Group|Thomson Holidays]] (based at [[Wigmore, Luton|Wigmore]] on the eastern edge of the town) and [[Chevrolet]] (at Griffin House, the Vauxhall head office). At the 85-acre [[Capability Green]] off the [[A1081 road|A1081]] and junction 10a of the M1, is the [[Stonegate Pub Company]] (owner of [[Scream Pubs]], [[Yates's]], [[Slug and Lettuce (pub chain)|Slug and Lettuce]] and [[Hogshead (pub chain)|Hogshead]]), [[InBev]] UK (which bought most of Whitbread's beer brands), Chargemaster ([[electric vehicle network]] under the POLAR brand), [[AstraZeneca]]'s UK Marketing Company division and [[Alexon Group]] (ladies clothing). [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] produced its last [[Opel Vectra|Vauxhall Vectra]] in March 2002 at the plant near the A6/A505 roundabout, and now makes vans ([[Opel Vivaro B|Vivaro]]/[[Renault Trafic]]) at the former [[Bedford Vehicles]] plant, based in the north of the town at the [[IBC Vehicles|GM Manufacturing Luton]] plant.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Archer |first=Ian W |date=2019-06-12 |title=Almshouses in Early Modern England: Charitable Housing in the Mixed Economy of Welfare, 1550–1725, by Angela Nicholls |url=https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/134/567/458/5384485 |journal=The English Historical Review |language=en |volume=134 |issue=567 |pages=458–459 |doi=10.1093/ehr/cez023 |issn=0013-8266}}</ref>