Introducing the Economic Development Team

We work to improve the economic wellbeing and quality of life of communities and businesses across the borough.

Here's some of the things we do:

Visit Tunbridge Wells

• The Cambridge Economic Impact Report for 2021 (which we commissioned) showed that there were 3.9m visitors, £191m of economic activity, 4,505 jobs, and 39% of people visited friends and relatives
• We produce and distribute 150,000 copies of the Visit Tunbridge Wells miniguide
• 339,000 visits to the VTW website in the last year
• Top countries visiting the VTW website:
  United Kingdom
  United States
  Netherlands
  Germany
  Belgium
  France
  Ireland
  Australia
  Canada
  Spain

Business and Community Support

• 2,302 businesses contacted each month with our business newsletter
• 262 people attended our recruitment event in July, working with Job Centre Plus
• We have secured nearly £1.5m in funding for local projects through the Government's UK Shared Prosperity Fund
• The team has been in contact with approx. 1,600 borough businesses this year (through virtual and face to face meetings, networking and events)

Transport and Public Realm

• £75,000 funding awarded from Active Travel England for local cycle and walking route designs