Open Meeting – 30th June, 7pm, Berry Head Hotel

Jun 18, 2026

Join us for our latest open meeting on Tuesday 30th June from 7pm-9pm at the Berry Head Hotel.

This month’s speakers:

• Offshore Shellfish Did you know that Brixham is the base for Europe’s largest mussel farm? The Holmyards will be talking to us about their journey from Scotland to the South West, and the logistics and challenges they face.
  
• Green Top Markets are based in South Wales but expanding their craft markets into towns in the south west. Recently they have begun a trial of markets on Fore Street on seven Fridays this year. Their director Gareth will be joining us to talk about their plans and how the trial is going.
  
• Shoalstone Pool is close to reopening! Jessica Stock will be updating us on the final maintenance plans – or hopefully about the grand reopening! And their plans for the season ahead.
  
• Coffee, conversation, community – Our Chamber is starting an informal and friendly breakfast group. We will be introducing this concept to members (the first meetup will be 7:30am on 9th July at the Bay Coffee Company).
  
• Member Update Margaret Greenman of Utility Warehouse is one of our newest members. She will be introducing herself and talking about how she can help residents and businesses.
  
• Brixham developments update We will round off the meeting with an update from Emma Falconer and David Carter, from Torbay Council, on the current status of the projects in Brixham (including central car park and Oxen Cove developments).

Our open meetings are open to everyone. You might be a member, or a non-member business, or a local resident interested in the topics under discussion. If you plan to come, it is helpful to let us know in advance, at hospitality@brixhamchamber.co.uk.

We look forward to seeing you!

Open Meeting – 24th June, 7pm, Berry Head Hotel

Jun 18, 2025

Join us for our latest open meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 24th June at the Berry Head Hotel where we will be focusing on the following:

• The Salt Path: With the cinemas full of beautiful views of our coastline thanks to the new film starring Gillian Anderson, we are delighted to welcome Sarah from the South West Coast Path Association to tell us about the hard work they do to maintain and promote the path. 
• Suicide Prevention: On 30th September Torbay will be one of the locations around the UK for the Baton of Hope, a national charity aiming to raise the profile of suicide prevention. The route will take it around Torbay including a Brixham route from the rugby club, via Berry Head, to the harbour where it will be taken across the water back to Torquay. Local community builder & radio presenter David Gledhill will be sharing his story and introducing the charity to members.
• Partners Against Crime: For our traders within the town, crime and anti-social behaviour are sadly an everyday worry. Our PCC Alison Hernandez is championing a national scheme for traders to collaborate to combat crime within the town via a scheme called UKPAC. It is being offered for free until April (usually £20/month). A representative from our local police force will be coming to the meeting to present the scheme to members.
• Shoalstone Repairs: This summer our much-loved seawater pool will be undergoing some major repair work. Operations Manager Dave Thomas will be updating us on the planned work and the next steps for securing the pool’s future.
• TV advertising for Brixham & the wider region: Earlier this month the ERBID launched their second major campaign of the year, including TV advertising and billboards in targeted regions around the country. These are aimed at the couples market and use a lot of imagery of Brixham. As well as the adverts, there is a large databank of imagery and videos which can be used by all local businesses to promote our own venues. This was all funded by the South West Water money, as a result of the work we and the ERBID did to prove the impact on tourism last year. The ERBID officers aren’t available for this meeting but we will be updating members on this latest campaign and how to get the images and videos.
• Member Update: This month we will be hearing from one of our newer members, Leah who runs Solmaz Marketing, digital marketing experts.

Our open meetings are open to everyone. You might be a member, or a non-member business, or a local resident interested in the topics under discussion. If you plan to come, it is helpful to let us know in advance, at hospitality@brixhamchamber.co.uk.

We look forward to seeing you! 

If you’d like to speak at one of our open meetings, please let us know!

Open Meeting – 29th April, 7pm, Berry Head Hotel

Apr 1, 2025

Our next Chamber of Commerce open meeting is on Tuesday 29th April, 7pm at the Berry Head Hotel.

This month we will be repeating the approach we took last April, with an interactive networking and discussion evening. It will be a chance to meet each other and hear the views of other Brixham businesses. We hope this might be an opportunity to make some new contacts, perhaps a new customer or supplier. 

We will prepare some topics for group discussions (if you have particular topics you’d like to talk about, please let us know). Getting your input is extremely useful – we regularly meet with other local chambers, politicians, councillors and put across our own views of what we think the town needs, but direct input from members gives us a lot more evidence and clearer direction.

To make this different format work we really need a diverse audience from Brixham’s business community! So we hope you might be able to make it, and if you are able to spread this invitation among your network (whether they are current members of the Chamber or not), we’d really appreciate it.

If you are planning to come please could you let us know at hospitality@brixhamchamber.co.uk – (in part because cakes will be provided!).