How's Business 2017

January 2017

English Riviera businesses reported a -4.66% decrease in visitors and a -2.50% decrease in turnover compared to January 2016, whilst in contrast the region saw a -1.51% decrease in visitors and -4.40% decrease turnover for the same period.

A total sample of 92 this month. Business optimism was calculated at 6.40 compared with 6.45 for the regional as a whole. Download the report here.

February 2017

English Riviera businesses reported a -1.51% decrease in visitors and a -5.24% decrease in turnover compared to February 2016, whilst in contrast the region saw a -4.26% decrease in visitors and -6.02% decrease turnover for the same period.

A total sample of 102 this month (77 of whom were open – 76%). Business optimism was calculated at 6.75 compared with 6.65 for the regional as a whole. Download the report here.

March 2017

English Riviera businesses reported a -13.09 decrease in visitors and a -13.89% decrease in turnover compared to February 2016, whilst in contrast the region saw a -7.12% decrease in visitors and -11.31% decrease in turnover for the same period.

A total sample of 101 this month. Business optimism was calculated at 6.3 compared with 6.47 for the regional as a whole. Download the report here.

April 2017

English Riviera businesses reported a 12.68% increase in visitors and a 14.09% increase in turnover compared to April 2016, whilst the region saw a 11.22% increase in visitors and -13.86% increase in turnover for the same period.

A total sample of 129 this month. Business optimism was calculated at 6.49 compared with 6.51 for the region as a whole. Download the report here.

May 2017

This month English Riviera businesses reported a -0.45% decrease in visitors and a +1.13% increase in turnover compared to May 2016, compared with a -0.16% decrease in visitors and +1.53% increase in turnover for the region as a whole for the same period.

A total sample of 99 this month (all of whom were open for the month). Download the report here.

June 2017

Once again, a slightly less positive month for ER businesses with decreases in both visitors (-6.76%) and turnover (-4.13%) reported despite the mini heatwave experienced during the middle of the month, however, this came after a very unsettled spell of very wet weather beforehand coupled with low pressure and heavy rainfall for the last few days of the month. The region also saw decreases but on a slightly smaller scale (-2.07% visitors and -1.30% turnover).

A total sample of 108 this month (99% of whom were open for the month). Download the report here.

July 2017

Once again, a less positive month for ER businesses with decreases in both visitors (-5.99%) and turnover (-4.53%). The region also saw decreases but on a slightly smaller scale (-3.64% visitors and -2.46% turnover).

A total sample of 111 this month (all of whom were open for the month). Download the report here.

August 2017

Once again, a less positive month for ER businesses during the peak month of the year with decreases in both visitors (-5.56%) and turnover (-5.00%), both underperforming when compared with the region as a whole which only saw a small decrease in visitors (-0.62%) and a slight increase in turnover (+0.30%). This is a little concerning given that June through to August have all seen year on year decreases in both visitors and turnover in the resort.

A total sample of 96 this month (all of whom were open for the month). Download the report here.

September 2017

Once again September has continued the trend since June with ER businesses reporting decreases in both their visitors (-3.89%) and turnover (-4.06%) compared with the same time last year with both underperforming when compared with the region as a whole (visitors -1.95% and turnover -3.27%). However, the decreases were an improvement on last month.

A total sample of 93 this month (all of whom were open for the month). Download the report here.

October 2017

English Riviera businesses reported a -3.05% decrease in visitors and a -2.56% decrease in turnover compared to October 2016, whilst in contrast the region saw a 0.29% increase in visitors and -1.63% decrease in turnover for the same period.

A total sample of 64 this month. Business optimism was calculated at 6.2 compared with 6.37 for the regional as a whole. Download the report here.

November 2017

In contrast to the last few months November has seen ER businesses reporting increases in both their visitors (+2.50%) and turnover (+2.33%) compared with the same time last year, compared with increases for the region as a whole of +3.51% and +4.78% for visitors and turnover respectively.

A total sample of 41 this month (76% of whom were open for the month – 31 businesses). Download the report here.

December 2017

Better news again this month with December seeing ER businesses reporting increases in both their visitors (+4.23%) and turnover (+3.71%) compared with the same time last year, with the increases higher than those for the region as a whole of +1.62% and +2.39% for visitors and turnover respectively.

A total sample of 71 this month. Business optimism was calculated at 6.84 compared with 6.65 for the region as a whole. Download the report here.