👀Have you seen Robin McKelvie recent feature about historical past of Eyemouth and the Berwickshire coast? His visit was put together by the SSDA's PR and marketing teams and we are grateful to the businesses who welcomed and hosted Robin's visit.
thenational.scot/culture/242220…

Have you updated your Scotland Starts Here listing recently?
For info on upcoming changes to our website and how to maximise your listing, watch How to maximise your Scotland Starts Here listing 👉 ssdalliance.com/winter-webinar…
Contact us if you need assistance to access your listing.

❓Have you entered the South of Scotland Thistle Awards?
⏰If not, there is still time, so hop to it!
📝If you have been nominated you MUST still enter!
📅Deadline 28th April.
ssdalliance.com/thistles/enter…

🎉Superb to be welcoming so many new members to the SSDA. We are looking forward to supporting you and all our members throughout the year.

📷Can you capture what community means in a single photograph?
Shambellie House is calling for applications for its upcoming Photographic Exhibition. The Exhibition this year is 'Community' and entries must be submitted by 25th of April.
ℹ️👉shambelliehouse.org/.../photograph…

🎉Many congratulations to the wonderful Moira from @TheBakeHive who represented the South of Scotland at the Highland Shortbread Showdown.
🥇Moira only went and won Best Flavoured Shortbread with her exceptional Stem Ginger and Chai Flavoured Shortbread!

❓Have you entered the 2024 South of Scotland Thistle Awards?
❗️Need some help with your entry? Check out our How to be a Scottish Thistle Award Winner webinar 👉ssdalliance.com/winter-webinar…
ℹ️Enter now 👉ssdalliance.com/thistles/enter…

📣CALLING ALL MUSEUMS
🏛Are you planning any special activities for #InternationalMuseumDay on 18th May or #MuseumWeek in June?
ℹList your event on the Scotland Starts Here Events page for free now and we may include them in our What's On monthly blogs. ⏩scotlandstartshere.com/event/

🦉The #NatureOfScotland Awards are looking for Scotland’s nature champions. They’re looking to celebrate those going the extra mile for conservation in Scotland. Know a person, partnership, business or project that fits the bill? Apply by 28 May!
bit.ly/natureofscotla…

🌷Our Spring marketing campaign collaboration with VisitScotland is live! All sorts of activities and places to visit are currently featuring on a network of websites, including the Daily Record, targeting key audiences for the South of Scotland.
dailyrecord.co.uk/special-featur…

❗⏰❗LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE
🏆Tomorrow is the deadline to nominate a business for this year's South of Scotland Thistle Awards.
ℹ️All info here 👉ssdalliance.com/thistles/enter…
Caledonia Park

A new website showcasing the huge benefits and potential of the South of Scotland as a place to do business has been launched!💻

The Invest in South of Scotland site has been set up by members of the Regional Economic Partnership.

Read more ➡️ow.ly/Ip9g50R3nZJ

📆One week on from the SSDA's Annual Conference, we wanted to thank delegates for joining us, speakers for their insights and wisdom and our sponsors for their generous support.
📸 Our photographer Phil Wilkinson captured some superb moments, here are just a few!

Yesterday's FAM trip to D&G by GuildofFoodWriters took in Kitchen Coos And Ewes and continued on to The Ethical Dairy and finished with a wee bit of Burns The Globe Inn, Dumfries. This is part of work being done using #regionalfoodfund awarded by Scotland Food & Drink.

⏰Time is running out.... to nominate the best tourism and hospitality businesses for the South of Scotland Thistle Awards.
❗️Nominations close on 31 March!
ℹ️For all the information about this year's Thistles 👉ssdalliance.com/thistles/enter

The SSDA joined GuildofFoodWriters on a bespoke Fam tour around D&G today. This project was funded by #RegionalFoodFund awarded by @ScotlandFood to highlight a few of the South of Scotland's Food & Drink Legends.
Kitchen Coos And Ewes The Globe Inn, Dumfries The Ethical Dairy

🎟Events and tourism are crucial to the Scottish Borders and bring in hundreds of thousands of visitors and economic benefits to the area every year.
Fill in our survey as part of the review around Events activity in the region.
👉 online1.snapsurveys.com/interview/1a8b…
⏰Deadline 7th April

The wonderful comedian Bruce Fummey rounds off our day with hilarious tales of his introduction to the South of Scotland and underlines the importance of stories in truly capturing visitors' imaginations. #SSDAConf24

Cara Gillespie CEO Southern Uplands Partnership 'we need to understand there isn't a 'they' - we have to take more responsibility for our visitor infrastructure' SSDAConf24

John King, Economic Development Officer, D&G Council 'the impression of motorhome visitors is that they don’t spend money on activities BUT research shows 75% of them engage in paid activities on their visits.' #SSDAConf24