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North Somerset Council and eat:Festivals, local food and drink events company, have partnered up to host a series of events in Weston, Clevedon, Portishead and Nailsea to encourage increased footfall towards existing retail, hospitality and service businesses.
Each event will be designed to reflect the distinct character of its location such as eat:Portishead will have a seafood and maritime theme and eat:Clevedon will highlight connections with twin town Epernay and English sparkling wine.
Cllr Mark Canniford, Executive Member for Placemaking and Economy at North Somerset Council, said: ““Part of the council’s placemaking strategy is to create an attractive and vibrant place to live work and visit. The eat:Festivals events are hugely popular and I’m confident that they will benefit the community and local economy.”
Cllr Mike Bell, Deputy Leader at North Somerset Council, said: “I’m delighted we’ve secured this partnership with the award-winning eat:Festivals team. This is an initiative that aims to attract increased footfall with high quality, town centre food and drink events across North Somerset towns, whilst supporting local businesses.”
Beverley and Sarah Milner Simonds, from eat:Festivals, said: "We are really pleased to have formalised our relationship with North Somerset Council and look forward to delivering a cracking series of events for them in 2022. There are so many great producers in and around North Somerset and we want to shine a spotlight on them all."
Grants from the Government’s Economic Recovery and Welcome Back Fund will finance the increased food and drink events, which will be held across the four main North Somerset towns over the next 12 months.