East Devon District Council is working with Vivid, an award-winning travel marketing agency to deliver ‘Welcome Back’ campaigns. The campaigns are designed to encourage residents to shop locally and safely, and to promote East Devon as a sustainable tourism destination.
To help shape these marketing campaigns, we’re asking local stakeholders (and specifically businesses in East Devon) to complete a short survey and provide valuable local insights:
Please encourage others to respond to the survey by sharing the request on social media using the following text:
.@eastdevon are working on marketing campaigns to encourage residents to shop locally & visitors to return in future. If you're a consumer-facing #business in #EastDevon, please take a few mins to complete the survey
Innovation and resilience fund
There's still time to apply for this recovery focussed fund, designed to support East Devon businesses to deliver innovative and transformative projects. Large scale pioneering applications, particularly those from a collaboration of local businesses are welcomed and should achieve at least one of these requirements:
- Employment: promote new higher wage employment or safeguard existing high value employment under threat
- Diversify: allow the business to diversify, develop a new product or innovation, enter new markets or adapt to new market conditions or working practises
- Green: enable significant carbon reductions, energy efficiencies or promote biodiversity
- Inclusive: provides sustainable opportunities to low-income/disadvantaged individuals, local graduates or helps to alleviate poverty
It's time to think and act 'green'
Large British businesses are reported to be leading the fight against climate change, with half FTSE100 businesses committed to becoming net zero carbon by 2050.
Hot on the trail of COP26, now is a great opportunity to review your carbon footprint and respond to growing customer demands for action on climate change. Earlier this year, Government launched 'Together for our planet' campaign, to help small businesses cut their emissions to net zero by 2050. Even small steps can make a difference. You could install energy saving light bulbs, switch to cleaner forms of transport, look at environment-friendly packaging, or introduce cycle to work schemes for employees.
It's a great way to develop a 'green' plan for your business and tell your customers about it too - it can help make you stand out from your competition.
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