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Category: Tourism
The Carbon Action Programme is expected to launch in early Spring 2024 East Devon District Council’s Cabinet have approved a £207,000 package of decarbonisation support for local businesses and community groups. Organisations will be able to benefit from free training, carbon surveys and carbon…
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Latest statistics for January to March 2023 show Brits have spent on average 12% more per trip on their domestic holidays in England compared to the first three months of 2022. British residents spent on average £263 per trip in England from January to March 2023 with average trips in England…
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EDDC Recycling team has developed useful guides for holiday accommodation on how to make properties and guest stays more sustainable. Useful tips and advice on how to help your guests be more environmentally friendly is available on our website. You can download the following guides: Holiday Lets…
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Last month saw more than 80 East Devon businesses attending the launch event of our East Devon Tourism Network. Based on the shared values of sustainability, accessibility, quality and collaboration, the network brings tourism businesses together to share best practice and gain insight into topical…
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Barclays Eagle Labs has been awarded a new 'Digital Growth Grant' by the UK Government that will allow them to offer support to boost small and scaling tech businesses. Applications for businesses to access this support launched today and it will help drive growth in the UK tech sector over a…
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The 2023/24 Tourism Awards are now open and tourism and hospitality businesses from the South West are invited to enter. The awards are free to enter and offer businesses the chance to win not only regionally but – for matching categories – to progress to the national VisitEngland awards. The…
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Following a rigorous procurement process, Acorn T-Stats has been formally appointed to deliver a Feasibility Study for the creation of a sustainable Tourism Data Hub for the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise area of Devon and Somerset. The project is funded by the Heart of the South West LEP…
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Regardless of your business size, it is a legal requirement to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment if you provide tourist accommodation in England. You can find the latest safety and download the risk assessment here…
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The Euan’s Guide Access Survey is the longest running and largest survey of its kind in the UK and has been published for the past 8 years. This year’s results have just been revealed and show that 72% of people found the accessibility information on a venue’s website to be misleading, confusing or…
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Guest post from PKF Francis Clark The rollercoaster of businesses ups and downs over the last three years appears to be steadying and comparisons of hotel occupancies and profit levels can now be made with pre-pandemic levels. As with the economy in general, the hospitality sector is in a sustained…
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