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LBS Review 1

  • A big (and welcome) step in the right direction

    01 Feb 2008

    It’s strange how often one picks up useful information in the most unlikely places. Take the 2008 Collins Stewart London Boat Show at ExCeL, says Peter Poland. There I was – standing in a muddy field on January 19, blasting holes in the sky behind fast flying pheasants (instead of fighting my way round the LBS for a third day)... 

LBS Review 2

  • Has NBS stopped the rot?

    01 Feb 2008

    The first ExCeL show to see signs of a slowing down the relentless fall in attendance since the first astonishing 214,000 was a very welcome one, writes Peter Nash. 

Legal

  • Testing times...

    01 Feb 2008

    I don’t want to spoil the party, but I fear that an analysis of actual boat sales at both of the London and Düsseldorf shows will reveal that global economic events, and the spectre of recession, has caused many serious customers to postpone purchases, citing uncertainty as to how these emerging events will impact on them. 

News

  • BW withdraws from Cotswold Canals Partnership

    05 Feb 2008

    British Waterways (BW) announced yesterday (February 4) it is to withdraw from the Cotswold Canals Partnership from April 2008. 

  • Unipart trade show starts Wednesday

    05 Feb 2008

    The Unipart Marine and Unipart Leisure trade show runs this Wednesday February 6 and Thursday February 7 at Newbury Racecourse. 

  • Holt and Allen - a long way apart

    05 Feb 2008

    Following the announcement from Allen Brothers last week that the Holt Allen brand is to be changed, the managing director of Holt, Chadwick Beecher-Moore issued a statement indicating that, as far as Holt is concerned, it's business as usual. 

  • BBEx ’08 – just over a week to go

    05 Feb 2008

    The third Boating Business Exhibition - BBEx ’08 - is set to run at the Bournemouth International Centre next week on Wednesday February 13 and Thursday February 14. 

  • Yachts are the new Chinese status symbol

    29 Jan 2008

    EXPORT: According to an article in Voice of America (VOA), China's market for pleasure boats is still in the infancy stage with just 400 boats registered nationwide, almost all of them motorboats. 

  • BW: open and frank licence fee talks

    29 Jan 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: Reports from users who attended the series of one-hour consultation meetings on the proposed British Waterways (BW) licence increases, organised by BW at venues throughout the country in December, indicate that discussion was open and frank, writes Harry Arnold. 

  • Holt and Allen to split

    29 Jan 2008

    SPLIT: In 2002 Holt and Allen announced the two companies were to merge after trading as the joint venture company Holt Allen for 40 years. 

  • BBEx ’08 - just over three weeks away

    29 Jan 2008

    BBEx '8: The third Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) takes place on February 13 and 14 at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC). And we think we’ve got a pretty good show for you all. 

  • BBEx widens its appeal

    22 Jan 2008

    BBEx: This year’s BBEx, which runs on February 13 and 14 at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) is now regarded as a vital marketing opportunity and visitors can expect an even wider range of exhibitors. 

  • ECBS signs Carlsberg alongside Whyte & Mackay

    22 Jan 2008

    EARLS COURT BOAT SHOW: The Earls Court Boat Show (ECBS) has signed a new partnership with Carlsberg, which will become the official lager for the 2008 show that runs from Friday November 28 to Sunday December 7. 

  • At last! A London Boat Show worth visiting

    22 Jan 2008

    LONDON BOAT SHOW: The 54th Collins Stewart London Boat Show in association with the Daily Mail saw ‘over 127,000’ people visiting the show, an excellent performance in light of the credit crunch and dreadful High Street sales. 

  • Challenger Syndicateships

    22 Jan 2008

    ADMINISTRATION: David Wilson at Begbies Traynor was appointed joint administrator of the partnership, E & J Rimmer trading as Challenger Syndicateships, on Thursday January 10, 2008 and joint administrator of Challenger Syndicateships Ltd on Friday January 11, 2008. 

  • London Boat Show off to a promising start

    15 Jan 2008

    LONDON BOAT SHOW: The 54th London Boat Show got off to a good start over the weekend as the show was officially launched by actor, writer and self-professed boat lover Griff Rhys Jones, aided and abetted by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. 

  • New export opportunity in South Korea

    15 Jan 2008

    EXPORT: The British Marine Federation (BMF) is the development partner for a new boat show to be held in South Korea in June 2008. This market, says the BMF, is ready to explode into the international leisure boating arena. 

  • You mustn’t miss BBEx workshops and seminars

    15 Jan 2008

    BBEx: As BBEx gets ever closer – it runs at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) on February 13 and 14 - the Mercator exhibitions team has all but finalised the workshops and seminar programme. 

  • 6,000 on BBEx visitor promotions list

    08 Jan 2008

    BBEx: The promotion campaign to get visitors into the Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) is building nicely, with BBEx e-mail shots to the entire 6,000 database already having been sent out. 

  • Challenger Syndicateships ceases trading

    08 Jan 2008

    CEASED TRADING: Shared ownership company Challenger Syndicateship Ltd ceased trading on Wednesday January 2. Attempts to contact the company since have failed, with voicemail on the company’s landline and a simple message on Rimmer’s mobile saying he is unavailable. 

  • America’s Croup latest

    08 Jan 2008

    AMERICA'S CUP: You may have been forgiven for assuming not a lot had happened in the world of the America’s Cup over the festive season – after all even billionaires need some time off, writes Portsmouth Poll. 

  • Planning boost for Leeds-Liverpool marina

    08 Jan 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: Inland waterways: Plans for a £1m marina in the shadow of Pendle Hill have been approved by councillors in Lancashire and work on the 102-berth Reedley Marina in Pendle on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal is scheduled to start this month.

     

  • Welcome back – now; about those BBEx new products

    02 Jan 2007

    BBEx: BB hopes you all had a good festive season and welcomes you all back with a reminder that this year’s Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) runs over February 13 and 14 at the Bournemouth International Centre. 

News in Brief

  • Sunseeker’s G Series

    22 Jan 2008

    The first Sunseeker 86 has been fully equipped with Raymarine’s G Series premier navigation, information and command system. 

  • Bavaria Axius

    22 Jan 2008

    Bavaria is the second major European boatbuilder to offer the new Axius drive system on its boats. 

  • Sailor approval

    08 Jan 2008

    Thrane & Thrane has received Inmarsat Type Approval for its Sailor 250 FleetBroadband terminal and expects to ship the first units before the end of January 2008. 

  • 2008 Severn Bore

    08 Jan 2008

    The 2008 Severn Bore timetable is on the EA website at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/midlands/434823/1251963/
    There are no four or five star bores predicted for 2008, but they are expecting some three star bores during the spring and autumn months.

     

  • Clipper website

    08 Jan 2008

    Clipper Training, the division of Clipper Ventures Plc has launched a new website, www.clipper-training.com to open up the programme to a wider sailing audience. 

  • Charles Russell sponsors

    02 Jan 2008

    Charles Russell LLP has pledged its support to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and is now its legal sponsor 

  • Nexus supports

    22 Oct 2007

    Nexus Marine will be providing regatta support at over one hundred events around the world in 2008. 

Paints & Coatings

  • Yacht paint and the regulatory challenge

    01 Feb 2008

    Calls are being made to reduce the environmental footprint of all of man’s activities, says International Paint's Dr Julian Hunter. And the yachting and boating industry is experiencing attention from government legislators. 

People

Portsmouth Poll

  • Portsmouth Poll - February

    19 Feb 2008

    Poll takes her monthly yawn at The America's Cup, notes that Ainslie's America's Cup position seems assured, but asks why Ian Williams has been ignored?

    And she offers a couple of interesting pictures - one that could be Andy Sims just before his eyes started watering and another that shows the danger of bad parking. Click here for Poll. 

Training

Washington Post

  • Broker wars loom in Florida

    01 Feb 2008

    Florida is the home of the largest concentration of yacht brokerages and brokers in the US, if not the world. Exactly how many there are changes from day to day but YachtWorld.com, for example, lists over 580 Florida brokerages on its site. 

Webtrading

  • Just when you thought you'd got the hang of it...

    01 Feb 2008

    I am sure you are all aware that the World Wide Web was the invention of a Brit by the name of Tim Berners-Lee who dreamed it all up in his Dorset home and went off to Switzerland to become the demi-god of HTML. 

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