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Business Matters

  • The perils of employing overseas workers

    01 Jan 2007

      The EU is set to grow again as Romania and Bulgaria join on January 1.Their citizens do not have an automatic right to work in the UK and employers who ignore this will learn the hard way, say Jonathan Exten-Wright and Lisa Forsyth  

Comment

  • Comment

    01 Jan 2007

    Red diesel  

Company Christmas Presents

  • Now buy your company a Christmas present

    01 Jan 2007

    With Christmas over, after all the angst and expense of buying personal presents, spare a thought for your business, says Paul Clapham because it, too deserves something special.  

Exporting

  • Exporting

    01 Jan 2007

    Direct from success in Paris, Barton shares a few secrets.  

Fifteen Years Ago

  • 15 Years Ago

    01 Jan 2007

    From the vaults of marketing consultants PNTA www.pnta.co.uk  

Inland Waterways

  • Why river access law must change

    01 Jan 2007

    Imagine you are a walker in England or Wales, asks Stuart Fisher of Paddlers International. Except that two thirds of the public footpaths have never existed and there has been no Countryside & Rights of Way Act opening up common land. 

LBS Preview

  • It's time to make this show work

    01 Jan 2007

    And so we go to ExCeL for the 4th time, says Peter Nash. But the difference is this London Boat Show has the elements that have been sadly lacking ever since we first went there in 2004

     

Legal Matters

News

  • BBEx - four stands left

    01 Jan 2007

    According to BBEx event sales manager Kate Didymus, BBEx 2007 which runs at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) on February 14 and 15, 2007 is just about full. 

  • Formula wins Anglo/Franco Award

    01 Jan 2007

    Formula Spars has been awarded the prestigious Laureat Nautique Franco-Britannique Award for its close collaboration with the French market following its acquisition of the French spar maker, Black Flag Composite of Mudaison, Montpellier.  

  • £1m powerboat for rich pockets

    01 Jan 2007

    The £1m XSR48 powerboat was launched in Lymington by Prince Michael of Kent and developed to suit the tastes and the pockets of the world's richest by Lymington-based XSMG Marine, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • MarineScene

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Shaken, but certainly not stirred

    01 Jan 2007

    That was how Grimsby yacht builders Tony Farrow and John Chambers felt when they were approached to build the hull of the boat featured in the latest Bond blockbuster, Casino Royale, says a report on grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

     

  • BoatQuays gets Four Winns

    01 Jan 2007


     

  • Spirit of Teignmouth sunk

    01 Jan 2007

    With echoes of the Teignmouth Electron campaign by Donald Crowhurst an ambitious project to sail a 68ft trimaran around the world the ‘wrong way’ has been scuppered writes Katina Read. 

  • MSE: maximise profits, productivity and promotion

    01 Jan 2007

    Marine South East (MSE) will meet at Chichester University on Wednesday January 17 to discuss the challenges facing the south east marine industry, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Chatham’s 10th anniversary promotion

    01 Jan 2007

    Footwear company Chatham says it’s 10 years since it launched the first washable deck shoes. In a joint development with Prime Tanning USA, Chatham produced a waterproof leather that absorbed only 30% of the water of a normal leather when washed.  

  • Free gas checks for owners

    01 Jan 2007

    Free gas safety checks for boat owners are being offered by Gas Check Marine, writes Katina Read. 

  • IMP acquires Nauquip

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Teddington Lock surfing

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Raymarine donates

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Rockley invests

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Boomstrut on Rossi

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Northrop approval

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Synthetic decking granted European patent

    01 Jan 2007

    Flexiteek has, after a long and comprehensive process, been granted a European patent, EP1196672, for its synthetic teak effect decking. 

  • New design competition

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Business opportunities on River Dart

    01 Jan 2007

    Land by the River Dart has been opened up for marine business opportunities following the sale of Baltic Wharf, writes Katina Read. 

  • Daventry to get its own marina

    01 Jan 2007

    Last month Daventry District Council was presented with progress update for the Town Centre Vision and general development of Daventry. 

  • BB goes dot com

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Whoops - 1

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Whoops - 2

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Hawk acquires Needlespar

    01 Jan 2007

    Hawk acquires Needlespar 

  • Hood operation franchised to Kemp

    01 Jan 2007

    Hood Sailmakers has closed its Lymington loft in Bath Road and has franchised the Hood operation to Kemp Sails in Wareham, writes Iain Sutherland.

     

  • McMurdo sold to Signature Industries

    01 Jan 2007

    Chemring Group PLC has agreed a conditional sale of its McMurdo electronics business to Signature Industries Limited, manufacturers of the SARBE Emergency Location Beacons.

    Completion, which is conditional upon the transfer of certain product approvals, is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2007.

     

  • Wilkie elected as Scots president

    01 Jan 2007

    BMF Scotland AGM. 

  • Oval 316 rises again as Oval Stainless

    01 Jan 2007

    The press release said the long-term future of the marine equipment and furniture manufacturer, Oval 316 and its 27 employees had been secured following the successful completion of a buyout of the business and assets by Marine Engines Limited.  

  • Abersoch sponsor

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Liferaft Warning

    01 Jan 2007

    BFA Marine and XM Yachting put out a liferaft safety warning last month to all purchasers of BFA Marine Pacific or Atlantic or Baltic liferafts, or XM/BFA Offshore Liferafts between August 1995 and June 2000. 

  • Fast Track picks up

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Prince pops in to Pompey

    01 Jan 2007

    His Royal Highness The Duke of York visited the headquarters of McMurdo in Portsmouth just before Christmas. 

  • Four Gold Anchors for Thames and Kennet Marina

    01 Jan 2007

    Thames & Kennet Marina on the River Thames at Caversham, near Reading, has been awarded Four Gold Anchors by The Yacht Harbours Association (TYHA). 

  • Aqua-Star picks Cat

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • boats.com/ShoreGuard

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Boatstream increases portals

    01 Jan 2007

    The independent yacht broker gateway boatstream.com has expanded its list of international media partners to include many of Europe’s key marine sales websites. 

  • Time to get your MIR entries in

    01 Jan 2007

    The 2007 Marine Industry Regatta (MIR) is grinding up to full speed, so we need your entry forms back asap please. 

  • 1st Mumbai bookings

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • Red derogation goes

    01 Jan 2007

     

  • HME restyles website

    01 Jan 2007

     

People

Portsmouth Poll

QAB Storm

Washington Post

  • Washington Post

    01 Jan 2007

    Captain Kids follows on from golfing, says Jim Nolan
     

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