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TBCN Zoom – 20th April
The next open meeting of the TBCN will take place on Tuesday 20th April from 4pm. This is a live panel event with representatives from the three Torbay Chambers and the Torbay Business Forum. This meeting is open to all. It features discussion of local business...
Welcome back to Brixham
Our new Welcome Boards are here and we are letting the images do all the talking. These boards will be going up around Torbay in high foot fall area's and coupled with our large map boards and 10,000 paper maps we are ready to welcome everyone to #beautifulbrixham. A...
AGM Report and Accounts – 2021
Well, what a year that was! We have lived, and still are living, thorough historic times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have all had to deal with situations and problems that none of us have faced in our life time and I hope will never have to face again. I would...
English Riviera BID 2
Later this spring the English Riviera BID will be up for renewal, for a further 5 years. The BID will provide funding of over £3m over the next 5 years to be spend on Destination Marketing, promoting the English Riviera around the country (and abroad) as a perfect...
Virtual AGM via Zoom – 30th March
Our usual Chamber activities have been heavily disrupted by the pandemic, and we are all looking forward to the chance to get together in person again. We are aiming to resume networking opportunities with our first face-to-face Chamber meeting in the late summer. In...
March 2021 – Chamber Update
by Alex Foley, Vice- Chair I hope you have made it through the winter months ok and that the roadmap out of lockdown is giving you hope for a successful 2021. With the end of the tunnel in sight and with our AGM approaching it feels like a good time to contact you...
Virtual High Street Guide
Torbay Council are pleased to reveal a new virtual High Street Guide that provides live connectivity from local businesses, as part of the Reopening High Streets Safely project. The High Street Guide enables shoppers to see businesses near them and view their social...
TBCN Zoom – 16 March
The next open meeting of the TBCN will take place on Tuesday 16th March from 4pm. This is a live panel event with representatives from the three Torbay Chambers and the Torbay Business Forum. This meeting is open to all. It features discussion of local business...
NCTA – Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Businesses
The NCTA have been surveying businesses around the coast to help assess and understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on coastal tourism businesses in England. The survey will be repeated in different waves throughout 2021, the results of which will be published...
‘Our voice has to be heard’
Celebrity chefs and other leading players in tourism and hospitality are calling for a bigger voice in Parliament for their battered industry. A ‘Seat at the Table' campaign has been launched in a bid to see a Minister specifically...
Star rating for Brixham toilet saved by people power
A Brixham toilet that was saved from closure by people power has been given a coveted loo award. The public toilet at Fishcombe Cove was threatened with closure last summer as Torbay Council ran out of funds to keep it going. But the public rallied round and backed a...
How mussels could help soaring food demand and the environment
Feeding the world's ever-increasing population is a growing challenge, pushing the limits of what the planet can sustain. By 2050, the demand for food is expected to be 70 to 100 percent higher than today. How to face such a challenge in a sustainable way? The...