New research from leading holiday home company Classic Cottages, shows that 2021 was a record year for the self-catering industry in South Devon with search demand for holiday homes up by as much as 100%, compared to the last full year for bookings in 2019.
The report shows that average incomes for holiday homes in South Devon increased by 19% compared to 2019.
As the impact of social-distancing and lockdown threatens the viability of many South West businesses, an established Devon cleaning company - whose inspirational owner literally started from nothing - has bucked the trend by taking over a family-run cleaning business in Plymouth and taking on more staff.
Entrepreneur Amanda Barnes, who runs Devon Cleaning South Hams and its sister...
Despite the doom and gloom of the storms, Plymouth and the South Hams are set for a bumper self-catering season in 2014.
New figures from Blue Chip Holidays, which has over 300 high-end self catering holiday homes in South Devon, show that properties in Plymouth and the South Hams took record bookings for the coming year in January. Demand for the area rose over 30% on 2013 and tracked...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s nationally important Cottonian Collection will be the focus of a special lecture by staff from Plymouth University on Wednesday 13 March.
‘The Cottonian Collection – The Expert Eye’ will interpret the significance of William Cotton’s beautiful, privately printed and lavishly illustrated book on the ancient settlements of Cornwall. Only 25 copies...
