Business news 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)January 2, 2018Dartmouth Footfall Week 52These are the footfall figures for Dartmouth during week 52: They show a drop of over 26% compared to last year, while the South West saw a drop of 16%. YOY.December 28, 2017Dartmouth Footfall – week 51Interesting footfall numbers for week 51: The week on week figure probably shows that we have received many new visitors for the Christmas break compared to the week before, however because the YOY figure is (Read more)December 19, 2017Dartmouth footfall week 50Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 50:December 19, 2017Dartmouth Town Council posts anti EU post on its facebook page!In a strange departure from the rules Dartmouth Town Council posted an anti EU video on their official Facebook page. This is against their own official rules for social media which state “…official social media sites (Read more)December 12, 2017Dartmouth footfall – week 49Here are the footfall figures for Dartmouth in week 49:December 11, 2017November UK footfall summary from Springboard Please see below the Springboard UK retail footfall figures for the month of November. The key points are; · Footfall in November increased on average by 0.2% year-on-year, an improvement on the figure seen for November (Read more)December 6, 2017Consultation over Devolved ServicesAt Mondays Council meeting the issue of devolved services was discussed, with a proposal from Cllr Smith for a public consultation. I will let you make your own judgement by pointing you at the YouTube (Read more)December 6, 2017Dartmouth Footfall – week 48Week beginning 27th November figures are as follows: Again a 30% decrease in Dartmouth footfall but also big drops in the UK and the South West as well. Just to put these figures in context (Read more)November 28, 2017Dartmouth footfall – week 47Here are the Springboard results for footfall in week 47:November 27, 2017Transfer of Asset’s (Liabilities?) – What do you think?Dartmouth Town Council’s plan to take over Assets (liabilities) from South Hams District Council are coming to a conclusion, probably at next Mondays Town Council meeting. Many residents and business people are concerned about these (Read more)November 26, 2017The footfall debate goes on!Councillor Steve Smith has made some interesting and perceptive comments on the footfall problem in Dartmouth. The comments below were written by Steve at 11.25 pm Saturday night so Steve is obviously not a fan (Read more)November 21, 2017Dartmouth footfall – week 46 Here are the footfall results for week 46, week beginning November 13th: Note that after the last report I received an email (Read more)November 14, 2017Dartmouth footfall – week 45Here are the footfall figures for week 45 (week beginning 6th November). I will publish without comment or analysis: November 13, 2017Responses to my Footfall concernsThank you to the two Dartmouth people who responded to my recent letter in the Dartmouth Chronicle about footfall. Both Simon Drew and Cllr. Tony Fyson responded and I reproduce their letters below with my (Read more)November 7, 2017Dartmouth Town Councillors attack Councillor Hawkins over Council mergerConflict in the Council Chamber At last nights Town Council meeting two Councillors were particularly outspoken in their criticism of District Councillor Hawkins role in the recent failed merger between South Hams District Council and (Read more)
