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River Tweed Trail Business Support

Do you have a new business idea or want to grow your business to make the most of the opportunities around the River Tweed Trail?  There are free resources, tools, training and one to one support or mentoring from business advisers. If you want to speak to a business adviser about your project, then use…
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The River Tweed Trail Tourism Business Engagement Action Plan

The River Tweed Trail Tourism Business Engagement role is funded by the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund.  We have developed an Action Plan to undertake activity over the coming months to include: Strategic objective: The strategic foundations of business awareness and engagement, product development and future marketing for the River Tweed Trail are in place,…
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Scotland Food & Drink Case Study

‘Scotland Food & Drink Legends’ was one of the 22 projects across Scotland that was successful in the 2023/24 Regional Food Fund.  Read the case study here. PrintFriendly

Destination Tweed appoints Tourism Business Engagement Officer

Tourism Business Engagement Officer, Neen Kelly, appointed to help local businesses make the most of the River Tweed Trail. Photo: Lloyd Smith The £25 million Destination Tweed project has appointed destination development expert, Neen Kelly as Tourism Business Engagement Officer to help local businesses make the most of the opportunities provided by the planned River…
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Burns: from Birthplace to Burial

We welcomed Scotland’s Stories, Graeme Johncock and Molly the Labrador (the Barketing Manager!), to the South of Scotland in May 2024 to immerse himself in our Robert Burns experience. Read his blog here. PrintFriendly

Scottish Borders Planet Trail

The Scottish Borders Space Trail, also known as the Ancrum Astronomy Trail. There are two integrated elements to the installation; models of all eight planets as well as a hemispheric model of the sun itself (around 12.5 meters in diameter). The planets will be situated at their correct scaled positions between Jedburgh and Peebles and will also…
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New Dark Sky Network Formed

The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere (GSAB) Partnership Board has established a Dark Sky Network sub-group, which the SSDA is part of, to promote and support the conservation of dark skies within the UNESCO Biosphere designated area and more widely across the south of Scotland, this includes supporting the preservation of existing designations and the…
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Tourism Campaign Raises a Glass to Eight of the South of Scotland’s Food and Drink Legends

The South of Scotland Destination Alliance is celebrating local excellence thanks to funding secured through Scotland Food & Drink’s Regional Food Fund EIGHT trailblazing food and drink businesses, with an experience focus, are playing a starring role in a new promotional campaign delivered by the South of Scotland Destination Alliance (SSDA). Thanks to support from…
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Feb 2024 Locally Led Destination Development Meetings

Through February 2024, the SSDA hosted 14 Locally Led Destination Development meetings across the South of Scotland, half in-person and half digital. The meetings:Presented the South of Scotland Responsible Tourism Strategy, highlighting which specific points made locally had directly fed into the strategy, and discussed a local approach to work with and benefit from this new…
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Dark Sky Tourism Webinar

Join us as we talk to dark sky experts, highlight case studies on how to become more dark sky friendly and tap into the growing dark sky network in the region.  🚀 Unleash Business Potential Under the Stars. Join us as we showcase the growing momentum of the Galloway Dark Sky park and how we…
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