After the food festival the measured reduction in footfall year on year was challenged by a committee member.  We asked Springboard to verify the validity of the measurements and they have now responded. Their tests have shown that the footfall (Read more)

The numbers are in for the week of the food festival and show a drop in footfall of 12% compared to last year and a big increase of 31% on the previous week. This is quite surprising as the weather (Read more)

Here are the footfall numbers for week 41 2018: Week 41 was clearly a bad week for high streets across the country. Particularly low compared to last year in the West Country but dramatically low in Dartmouth. This is a (Read more)

Here are the footfall results for week 40 on the Dartmouth Quay:    

Here are the results of the Springboard footfall measurement for week 39 2018:        

Here are the footfall numbers for week 38 2018:

Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 37 2018: I would expect to see the decline reducing over time as we are now probably 1 year on from the start of the decline. The figures should now level out (Read more)

Here are the footfall numbers for week 36:  

Here are the Springboard footfall results for week 35 2018. Bear in mind that this was regatta week but the YOY comparison is to the week after regatta last year. (regatta was in week 34 last year); This is one (Read more)

Tourism events and updates across South West England See the online version In this newsletter… SWTA Conference 13th November 2018 SWTA Fund-raising Dinner 12th November 2018 Another Record-breaking year for the South West Regional Tourism Awards Breaking news….Three new Sponsors Business Rates (Read more)

A few readers have commented and asked questions about the footfall cameras that are installed in Dartmouth. Here are my responses to their questions     Ray Bridges AUGUST 29, 2018 AT 11:07 AM Paul, where are the footfall cameras (Read more)

Here are the footfall numbers for week 34 2018:

Here are the footfall results for week 33 2018:    

Dartmouth footfall figures for week 32 are now available see below; It is interesting to see that at the same time as Dartmouth are experiencing a drop in footfall Cornwall is struggling under the weight of additional tourists coming to (Read more)

Here are the Springboard footfall figures for Dartmouth in week 31:

Here are the Springboard footfall results for week 30 2018. We suggest the adverse weather conditions last week may account for a part of the drop;    

After my 7 days appeal for volunteers to serve on the Chamber of Trade committee and also as Directors of the Ltd Company, I have decided that there is not enough support for the Chamber to continue in its current (Read more)

With only three days left to save the Dartmouth Chamber of Trade we are outlining here the benefits you could gain from the continuation of the Chamber. If we do not find 3 more business owners willing to give some (Read more)

Here are the Springboard measured footfall figures for Dartmouth Quay during week 29:    

If you have read today’s Dartmouth Chronicle you will have seen that at last weeks EGM of the Dartmouth Chamber of Trade only one person stepped forward to volunteer to join the committee (and that was me). With the resignation (Read more)

Here are the footfall figures for Dartmouth Quay during week 27: The South West is clearly struggling compared to the whole of the UK and Dartmouth continues to see significant drops in footfall.  

The footfall decline in Dartmouth is a reflection of what is happening on high streets across the country. Our problem is more to do with our tourism offer and how we communicate it to our market, but the decline in (Read more)

Here are the Springboard Dartmouth footfall numbers for week 26 With a decline of 21% compared to last year we can expect the YoY negative figure to reduce gradually as the footfall evens out at the lower level. Remember this (Read more)

Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures as published by Springboard UK for week 25 2018:  

Here 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, actually of more concern is (Read more)

We 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 its current form. And will (Read more)