Apart from tourism, which is a major employer, especially in the hotel,
hospitality industry and catering sectors, other industries in the town include
boat building and maintenance, bicycles, mechanical and electrical engineering,
food manufacture, Information Technology, call centre and service sector
activities, a large motor sales sector, industrial plant hire, building
suppliers, market gardening, farming, storage and transport logistics, finance
and insurance, and a large retail sector.
Major employers in the town include the NFU Mutual Insurance Company (and
Avon Insurance), AMEC, Sitel, Tesco,