Survey by Dartmouth Business News with the support of Dartmouth Town Council

Dartmouth Business News has been working with the Town Council to prepare a survey to assess the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic on Dartmouth’s business community. The survey will be used to inform our local MP Anthony Mangnall and help him to lobby the Government in support of our future economic development.

Here is an introduction to the survey from the Town Council:

Dartmouth Town Council have added their support to a survey of local businesses, dependent on tourism for their survival. There is growing concern among business owners that existing social distancing measures and an extended lock-down delaying the start of the tourism season could inflict catastrophic damage on this already hard-pressed sector of the local economy.

In order to make a compelling case, we need to collate sufficient data, hence the importance of the survey. The results will be passed to the Totnes member of Parliament, Anthony Mangnall MP, who is currently gathering similar surveys from other tourism centres across the region.

Tourism is the life blood of Dartmouth’s economy, the wide range of vibrant, independent local businesses forming a major part of the town’s charm. The longer lockdown and social distancing remain in place, the greater the risk of collapse.

Dartmouth Town Council are asking as many local businesses as possible to provide information to the survey, as we need hard data from those businesses affected. All responses will be in the strictest confidence.

To take the survey click the sign below:

1 Comment

  1. If you really believe that our depends on tourism why have you not moved to make parking for the slipway ? The old slipway would benefit and could bring in a few more people. The new slipway also will bring people in to town Nut WITHOUT PARKING people look elsewhere Brixham Totness Kingsbridge and Salcombe. What is the matter with the people on council ?H

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