SUPER WEEKEND

Santa Fun Run/Live Nativity Weekend

LIVE NATIVITY IMAGES 2012

Great buzz, atmosphere and big additional footfall in town over the weekend and thanks to Rose Wiltshire from Cornwall Hospice Care for her efforts on the Santa Fun Run. A big thank you to Michelle Legumi and her Churches Together  team for giving up their time over the past few weeks simply to help Falmouth and making the Live Nativity yesterday such a success. 

Its an incredibly tough trading environment as we all know, so therefore its vital that businesses and enterprises work as a team behind the Falmouth BID/Town Management to instigate more initiatives and ideas to support the town. Towns that are disparate will struggle, towns that come together give themselves a great chance. 

I have put images of the Live Nativity that I took yesterday here – LIVE NATIVITY 2012

FALMOUTH UPDATES

Richard Wilcox, Falmouth BID Manager

Shop Local Think Falmouth Launch

We launched the Shop Local Think Falmouth initiative last week, thanks to the businesses who gave up only 10mins of their day to attend the photocall. This should be in the local media this week. Window posters are being distributed to businesses, bus shelter sites are also carrying the message.  This is a long term campaign and we will change the designs next year but the message is strong and will get stronger ONLY with your support. To that end do stick the poster when you receive it, in your window. If you’d like to listen to a Source FM interview with local businesses and myself talking about the initiative click here –
SHOP LOCAL THINK FALMOUTH SOURCE FM INTERVIEW

Falmouth Spring Festival
14-24 March 2013

This is really starting to take shape with a host of exciting activities planned. Loads more to add but do check out what is already in place to help promote Falmouth, attract visitors and support yourselves early in the 2013 season– FALMOUTH SPRING FESTIVAL 2013

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SHOP LOCAL CALL TO ACTION!

As I mentioned previously, the BID is launching its SHOP LOCAL THINK FALMOUTH initiative this week to highlight and remind people to use their local town for their shopping needs over Christmas and beyond. This is another strand of the long running ‘Support the high street’ campaign and in response to good ideas from one or two businesses. Important – there is a photocall on The Moor 11am this Thursday 6^th Dec which I’d ask as many of you, whatever your business type, to spare only 10mins please, to attend. The message is important to all of you and we can create a lasting impact if we get a good number there for the media photograph.  I have produced promotional material to distribute to all businesses who want one for window displays and have secured bus shelter sites for Dec and next year to keep shouting the SHOP LOCAL message. So once again PLEASE do come along and support this highly relevant campaign. See you there.

LATE NIGHT OPENING
Another reminder if you’d like to appear on the Falmouth Xmas Late Night Shopping page do let me know ASAP.

FALMOUTH FOOD & DRINK WEEK
9-17 Feb 2013
A call to action if you wish to come on board for this early season BID initiative. To recap the offer as per last year, is £10 or under- could be a hamper, lunchtime, or evening offer that’s entirely up to. BID will undertake the marketing both on and offline but it is an opportunity for free, once again to take advantage of a scheme to attract extra footfall at a quiet time of year. In the first instance, simply email to let me know you are interested.