Business news June 19, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 24 – 2018Here are the Springboard footfall figures for the Quay in Dartmouth for week 24. Remember we don’t create the numbers we just publish them! It has been suggested these are a sign of retail decline, (Read more)June 16, 2018Extraordinary General Meeting of the Dartmouth and District Chamber of Trade and BusinessesWe have just received this announcement from the committee of the Dartmouth and District Chamber of Trade. This will be your opportunity to decide if the Dartmouth Chamber of Trade will continue to operate in (Read more)June 12, 2018Dartmouth Chamber of Trade – Survey resultsOur survey of local businesses has had a modest response of 25 but it shows that there is still strong support for the Chamber to continue representing the Businesses of Dartmouth. It appears we do (Read more)June 12, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 23 – 2018Here are the footfall results for week 23, 2018:June 8, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 22 – 2018Here are the footfall figures for Dartmouth Quay during week 22: For the benefit of Cllr Bastone who criticised my obsession with footfall at the last Town Council meeting. In my absence I was unable (Read more)May 31, 2018Survey – Do you want the Dartmouth Chamber of Trade to continue?You will have read the Chronicle article about the resignation of the Directors of Dartmouth Chamber of Trade, an extract is also included in a previous post on this blog. I have now meet with (Read more)May 29, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 21 – 2018Here are the footfall figures for last week Wk 21 based on the Springboard footfall camera measurements: I have often been asked how the Springboard footfall measurement cameras work so I am including in this (Read more)May 28, 2018Dartmouth Chamber of Trade – Company closed by the DirectorsSome of you may have read the front page article in the Dartmouth Chronicle last Friday which is reprinted in its entirety below: We believe this change is unacceptable and probably illegal because it was (Read more)May 23, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 20 – 2018Here are the footfall numbers for week 20. This is the week after the Music Festival so the WoW numbers are well down. However despite the improved weather seeing the West Country YoY figures increase (Read more)May 15, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 19 – 2018Here are the footfall figures for week 19 – 2018; As this is Music festival week we can see a big jump on the previous weeks figures, however compared to last year we are showing (Read more)May 9, 2018Its time for the Dart Music Festival 2018 – Hoooooooray!!!In a statement on the fantastic Dart Music Festival website the committee gave the following message. “In 2018, we continue our ‘ FREE Music for All’ policy, all generously sponsored by fans and businesses. Over 100 performances, spanning (Read more)May 9, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 18 – 2018Here are the Springboard footfall results for Dartmouth Quay during week 18 2018: The figures show a drop of 21% in comparison to last year, and coincides with an overall increase in footfall by 4.53% (Read more)May 2, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 17 – 2018Here is the footfall report for week 17 2018 as recorded by Springboard in the Quay, Dartmouth: The stats still show a consistent drop of about 30% in footfall compared to last year. South West (Read more)April 24, 2018Response on High Street decline from Jake Berry MP, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI have now received a response to my open letter to Dr Sarah Wollaston MP from the minister responsible for UK High Street performance. I will publish the response in its entirety below. There are (Read more)April 24, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 16 2018Here are the Dartmouth Quay footfall figures for week 16: Once again we see the footfall for the Quay showing a drop of more than 30 at a time when both the UK and South (Read more)April 17, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 15 2018Here are the Springboard footfall figures for Dartmouth for week 15 2018, the second week of the Easter break::April 13, 2018Transfer of Assets – Public opinion to be gathered at a later stage?At Mondays town council meeting the Town Council voted to proceed with the transfer of Assets from South Hams District Council without further consultation with the community. Our earlier report was based on the December (Read more)April 12, 2018Public Meeting on Health and Wellbeing in DartmouthThe following article has been published online by the Dartmouth Chronicle : Public meeting set to discuss the greatly desired health and wellbeing centre Thursday, 12 April 2018 – Health by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle @charleyad21 charley.adams@dartmouth-today.co.uk (Read more)April 12, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 14 2018Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 14 2018:April 5, 2018Town Council to vote on “Transfer of Assets”For those of you interested in the proposed transfer of assets from South Hams District Council to Dartmouth Town Council a vote will be taken at the next town council meeting on the 9th. The (Read more)April 5, 2018Dartmouth Footfall – week 13 2018Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 13 2018. bear in mind that these figures are for the Easter week compared to week 13 last year. Easter last year was later in week 15 (Read more)March 27, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 12 2018Here are the Springboard footfall results for week 12 2018:March 25, 2018Further responses to my letter to Dr Sarah Wollaston MPHere are two more letters following up on my previous questions to our MP Dr Sarah Wollaston: The first letter introduces a response from South Hams District Council. I have now asked Sarah to follow (Read more)March 25, 2018Dartmouth Patients Participation GroupThere has been some criticism of the Patients Participation Group over the last weeks since the demise of both the Cottage Hospital and the River View Care Home. In fact this blog suggested that they (Read more)March 25, 2018Town Council solves Dartmouth parking problem!Good news for Dartmouth, The Town Council has solved the parking problem! Actually sorry! I am afraid that is fake news. They have actually solved their own parking problem by allocating vital parking spaces to (Read more)March 20, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 11 – 2018 and how do we fix it?Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 11 2018 in the area of the Quay: These figures continue to show a significant drop in footfall compared to last year. While the numbers will be (Read more)March 17, 2018Support for views of DB News on our local economyWe were interested to read that our views on the decline of our local high streets, expressed in our open letter to Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, received some interesting support in last weeks Dartmouth Chronicle. (Read more)March 13, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 10 2018Here are the springboard footfall figures for the Quay in Dartmouth for week 10 of 2018. We must always remember that we are not just dealing with retail footfall with these numbers they also reflect (Read more)March 8, 2018Response from Dr Sarah Wollaston MPHere is the reply I received to my open letter to our MP Dr Sarah Wollaston; My response to Sara’s reply is printed below: March 6, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 9 2018Not surprisingly the footfall figures for week 9 were severely impacted by the snow. The town was virtually cut off from the outside world so the numbers both nationally and locally are unusual to say (Read more)March 5, 2018An open letter to Dr Sarah Wollaston MP – Dartmouth’s retail economyI am publishing here an open letter I have just sent to Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, our representative in Parliament. It expresses my concern over the accelerating decline in footfall in Dartmouth. The last half (Read more)March 2, 2018Round 5 of Coastal Community Fund is launchedRound 5 of the Governments Coastal Community Fund was launched in February 2018. Dartmouth is a Coastal Community that needs this sort of financial support to allow for regeneration of the town and the creation (Read more)February 27, 2018Health provision for Dartmouth – Installation of defibrillatorsOver the last few days Brenda and I have had an experience that has lead to an idea for Dartmouth While visiting my daughter, Caroline, in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk we agreed to meet (Read more)February 27, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 8 2018Here are the Dartmouth Springboard footfall figures for week 7 2018:February 26, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 7 2018Here are the footfall figures for week 7. Sorry they are late but I have been on a short break.February 19, 2018Mayflower 400 – Business workshopsIf you want to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020 than there will be two workshops in the Guildhall over the next few weeks which will help to (Read more)February 13, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 6 2018 Here is the footfall chart for week 6 2018. This chart compares figures for UK with the West Country and Dartmouth:February 8, 2018Latest tourism quarterly data for 2017 in the South WestThe latest quarterly data from the International Passenger Survey is available below. This shows the overall volume and value of visits to the UK by overseas residents, and I have filtered the data to show specific South West (Read more)February 7, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 5 2018Here are the Dartmouth footfall results for week 5 2018: We are seeing a significant drop in footfall even during the low season which suggests that local shoppers are simply not coming to the lower (Read more)February 2, 2018Dart Music Festival needs your supportWith Dartmouth Regatta showing signs of reduced footfall last year and with their finances stretched to the limit, we are looking to the next festival, Dart Music Festival, to revive Dartmouth’s economy and bring some (Read more)February 2, 2018Is the Town Council fit for purpose?Dartmouth community faces some difficult problems which need to be addressed. They include: The loss of our banks, The loss of our cottage Hospital, The rapidly declining high street footfall significant losses of £56,000 over (Read more)January 31, 2018Dartmouth footfall – week 4 2018Here are the footfall figures for Dartmouth during week 4 2018: See other posts for the ongoing debate. Just to remind readers this covers three survey areas, Dartmouth BID – is the area around (Read more)January 30, 2018West Country Tourism Conference at Westpoint ExeterLets hope we send a representative from the Dartmouth Visitor Center to help them learn how to launch a more digital based marketing strategy. Dartmouth needs to draw more visitors to the town and this (Read more)January 27, 2018Dartmouth Regatta – Losses caused by reduced footfallAt last nights Regatta Annual Public Meeting the committee announced a significant loss for last year of -£36,500. In addition the loss for 2016 has been adjusted after audit to -£20,000, a further -£8000 loss. (Read more)January 25, 2018Dartmouth Health provision – Statement from Nick HindmarshIn response to my last post about the state of healthcare in Dartmouth Nick Hindmarsh, manager of Dartmouth Caring, has responded. We believe that one of the reasons for the current situation is a failure (Read more)January 24, 2018Health services in Dartmouth – A sad storyThe collapse of the talks with the owners of Riverview Care Home has left Dartmouth residents in limbo with their healthcare provision. Looking back through the articles and letters published in the Dartmouth Chronicle paints (Read more)January 23, 2018Dartmouth footfall week 3 – 2018Here are the footfall results for week 3 of 2018:January 20, 2018The footfall debateInteresting to see the exchanges generated by the last news post on this site: If you want to get involved in this debate or have a different view on why the footfall figures are so (Read more)January 16, 2018Dartmouth footfall week 2 2018 and the DVCHere are the Dartmouth footfall measurements for week 2 2018. Again they show a dramatic drop compared to the same week last year. Let me explain for the benefit of the Mayor, Richard Cooke, who (Read more)January 9, 2018Questions to the Mayor and Dartmouth footfall week 1 – 2018So we start the new year with a Dartmouth footfall drop of 23% compared to the South West as a whole at -8% and the UK at -4%. This is footfall measured along the Quay. (Read more)
