Investment in Falmouth and its maritime industry were among the topics raised when the Prime Minister visited Falmouth this week. Falmouth Town Team had the chance to meet with Boris Johnson in a private meeting as part of his visit to Cornwall on Wednesday. Having helped co-ordinate the Falmouth leg of Mr Johnson s trip, Falmouth BID manager Richard Wilcox and town manager Richard Gates, who head up the Town Team, joined with the town s MP Cherilyn Mackrory and other local colleagues at what has been described as a productive session. Support for small businesses, investment for town centres like Falmouth and the need for Cornwall to be more represented on the UK High Streets Task Force were all discussed, with the visitor economy, Great South West campaign, maritime sector and ways to allow young people to remain living and working in Cornwall among other topics in what proved to be a wide-ranging meeting.
CBI South West chair Susan Davy
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Susan Davy, CBI South West Chair, says recovery requires businesses to aim higher
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The past 12 months have exacted a terrible toll on both our population and our economy – but with vaccine delivery progressing well and a roadmap to reopening now defined, thoughts are rightly turning to recovery.
But let’s be clear – recovery has to be about more than regaining lost ground. Instead, we must aim higher.
If the Covid-19 pandemic has delivered one unexpected positive, it has been a chance to reassess. With so much of our traditional activity on hold, we have had an opportunity to take stock, to re-evaluate our future, and plot a fresh, forward trajectory which truly enables us to build back better.
Rishi Sunak told to extend furlough in Budget or risk mass exodus of jobs in Plymouth
The Chancellor is being urged to do the right thing by employees and businesses in Plymouth as he prepares to thrash out the Government s financial plans in the year ahead
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Plymouth’s tourism and hospitality businesses are calling for crucial support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak in order to survive until they can reopen after it emerged they lost £169million in visitor spend – before the third lockdown.
The city’s visitor economy has lost more than half its income during the past year of Covid-hit trading and is expecting figures to be even worse when January/February stats are processed soon.
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A day is a long time in the pandemic. On Wednesday morning Grant Shapps’ “don’t book a trip anywhere” warning was greeted with dismay by UK tourism businesses, but by the end of the day it was clear that the public had no intention of heeding his advice: they were booking UK holidays regardless, and in droves.
Pitchup, an online platform listing 2,000 campsites, caravan parks and glampsites in the UK, ended Wednesday 47% up on the same day in 2020, and was 92% up by the end of Thursday. Beth Bailey of Premier Cottages saw “absolutely no slow down whatsoever”, while Under the Thatch, a collection of boutique cottages in Wales, said sales in the first 12 days of February were 300% up on the same period in 2020. “It’s really encouraging, and I’m heartened that whatever [the government] seems to throw at us, we can and do bounce back stronger,” said the founder, Greg Stevenson.