We plan to produce a monthly Newsletter during the first week of each month to provide Levy Payers with an update on the work of the English Riviera BID Company. Please let us know if there is anything in particular you would like us to report on. You can read our Newsletter for January 2022
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The English Riviera BID Company has launched a new all singing, all dancing destination website which will sit at the heart of everything it does to promote the resort and act as a springboard for that recovery. The significantly upgraded ‘mobile first’ website features bold and stunning bespoke design, impactful imagery, video and inspiring content.
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Simpleview has been tasked with the delivery of a new all singing, all dancing destination website which will sit at the heart of everything that the English Riviera does online and act as a springboard for a dramatic post-Covid recovery. The English Riviera is a coastal destination in the county of Devon, consisting of
Continue ReadingAfter an independent month-long postal ballot, eligible businesses operating across the English Riviera have voted YES to continue the English Riviera Business Improvement District (ERBID2). It will now operate until 2027 spending over £3m in that time to market and help manage the resort. The ballot result was announced by Anne-Marie Bond (Chief Executive Officer
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The English Riviera BID Company have published their Final ERBID2 Business Plan and if voted on positively by Eligible Businesses in an independent renewal Postal Vote (May 27th – June 24th) will raise £5 million for promoting the resort for the next 5 years (2022-2027). Over 250 people were consulted in preparing the Final ERBID2
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The past year has been extraordinary – and for many of us life-changing, and often more about survival than simply delivering excellence. But throughout it all a new force has emerged for tourism across the South West – a force that has dedicated days, weeks, even months to help tourism businesses in the region. This
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The ERBID Company has published the ERBID2 Consultation – Draft Business Plan in its quest to secure a further £3.5 million to promote the English Riviera for a further 5-years from January 2022. The formal consultation process involving over 1200 eligible businesses will start in mid-February with the ERBID2 renewal ballot scheduled for May 27th
Continue ReadingOn September 17th-18th 2020, the Minister for Tourism met with the ERBID Company Chair, Tim Godfrey, CEO, Carolyn Custerson, local MP, Kevin Foster and Kents Cavern and The 25 Boutique B&B. The aim of the visit was to hear first-hand how Covid-19 has impacted on the visitor and wider economy and discuss the challenges for
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced Nigel Huddleston MP as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism in February 2020. Nigel was first elected as a Member of Parliament in May 2015. Nigel’s new remit includes: the arts museums heritage tourism digital culture cultural property
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