Tuesday 2 December 08 - 04:35
 

Business

  • Human rights and the workplace

    01 Dec 2003

    While most employers turn a blind eye to occasional use of company resources, most would agree it's reasonable for employers to insist on limits, says John Davies, head of business law at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. 

Distribution

  • It was a very good year

    01 Dec 2003

    So said all the distribution companies. It seems the market has settled down nicely now and the remaining companies are consolidating their positions very well. Here's our roundup of information from the distribution companies to bring you up to date with the lines added and subtracted over the year. Read on. 

Imda E-news

  • IMDA

    01 Dec 2003

    IMDA E-News is from the International Marine Distribution Association (IMDA), matchmakers for the boating trade with members worldwide representing all segments of the distribution chain. Feel free to contact them direct, and keep me - Jerry Martin - informed, too. (IMDA e-mail: 

Marina Taxation

  • Marinas - an inspector of taxes calls

    01 Dec 2003

    Tim Coghlan is managing director of Braunston Marina, one the largest UK canal marinas. His recent experiences with the Inland Revenue sounds more than a note of warning to the marine industry. 

Marinas

News

  • IWA grant Montgomery Canal study

    01 Dec 2003

    The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is to make a grant of £4,000 to Powys County Council towards a feasibility study into extending the Montgomery Canal south from Freestone Lock into the centre of Newtown. 

  • Walcon gets piles treatment

    01 Dec 2003

    Walcon Marine is having a 24 metre piling barge built at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. 

  • Haven attracts composites exhibition

    01 Dec 2003

    Cowes Yacht Haven has attracted another exhibition, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Overseas recovery may not be difficult

    01 Dec 2003

    Following on from Mr Webster's comment an issue or two back, plus the story in this issue, that noted chasing a debt incurred by a company registered in the Isle of Man - or anywhere else foreign - may be difficult, the Brookes Bates Partnership says this is not the case. 

  • North sets up in Cork

    01 Dec 2003

    North Sails is to open a new sales and service facility in Ireland. Due to open in time for the 2004 season, the new operation will be located in the Cork area and will be headed up by Nigel Young, one of the company's most experienced managers. 

  • Fairline Phwelli sorted

    01 Dec 2003

    The troubled Fairline dealer - ship in north Wales has been sorted, says Brian Peters. 

  • No more rehearsals: it's showtime

    01 Dec 2003

    Next stop, ExCeL. As many of you will be off to build your stands very soon, this is the last you'll read about ExCeL before you get there. 

  • Sea Otter: Top Business

    01 Dec 2003

    Sea Otter Boats was presented with Top Business of the Year in Derbyshire award at the Derbyshire Business Awards Dinner in November. 

  • Student's sail design wins top award

    01 Dec 2003

    An Oxford University student's sail design has won him a top prize at the 2003 Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards held at London Guildhall. 

  • 2012 Olympic yachting on the Clyde?

    01 Dec 2003

    Boating businesses in Scotland will benefit if a campaign to bring Olympic yachting events to the Clyde, and the UK Olympic bid, is successful, writes Mike Balmforth. 

  • AIS comes to leisure boating

    01 Dec 2003

    Developed initially for commercial shipping, Euronav's AI3000 Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a low-cost collision avoidance system for both professional and leisure users. 

  • Por table power sources in your hand

    01 Dec 2003

    Yachtstyle says this is the only battery charger that can be charged from AC, DC and solar energy sources. 

  • TBT performance without the toxicity

    01 Dec 2003

    The Seajet brand is owned and developed by the Chugoku Marine Paint Company (CMP) of Japan. The company has some 90 years history of supplying coatings to the commercial marine and industrial fields - apparently CMP coatings are used on 50% of Japan's shipping fleets. 

  • Halyard updates exhaust alert system

    01 Dec 2003

    Halyard launched an updated version of its HMI Exhaust Alert System at METS. Renamed the HMI Alert System, it's warns boat users if a marine diesel exhaust system starts to overheat for any reason. 

  • Simrad's 2004 range

    01 Dec 2003

    Simrad launched a new range of products at METS, including a new plug 'n play networking system. The 34 Series is a GPS chartplotter, ChartSounder, ChartRadar and MultiRadar all of which feature high quality TFT 7-inch screens. 

  • Underwater polymer seal

    01 Dec 2003

    Technical Aquatic Products (TAP) launched this product at Windsor and it attracted immediate interest from several of the other exhibitors. 

  • V-Tronix adds security

    01 Dec 2003

    Westbury based Communication Aerials Ltd has entered the security market with three new products launched under its V-Tronix brand. 

  • Raymarine in METS mass launch

    01 Dec 2003

    Raymarine used METS to launch a mass of new products from a graphic display for the ST60 system, through the SmartPilot range and the A Series entry-level electronics to the C Series multi-function displays and the top end H6. 

  • Centek's bilge filter for smaller vessels

    01 Dec 2003

    The Mini-BilgeKleen from US company Centek Industries is designed to fit in all of the areas that the company's standard BilgeKleen won't. 

  • Keep your camera dry

    01 Dec 2003

    Aquapac says it has spent a year developing this SLR case, which uses a new opticallyclear material called Lensflex to ensure excellent picture quality for the keen photographer. 

  • Blakes rationalises range

    01 Dec 2003

    Blakes Paints used the Windsor show to launch its rationalised range of varnishes, a Brilliant Enamel topcoat and a spraycoat for propellers and outdrives. 

  • Trailer mast support

    01 Dec 2003

    Barton Marine Equipment's dinghy mast support sits on the rudder fittings to support the mast when trailering. 

  • Marinac Scotland

    01 Dec 2003

    Allan Lambie is leaving Navimo (formerly Plastimo) UK Ltd to establish Marinac Scotland Ltd, writes Mike Balmforth. 

  • Jeckells sails

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  • BW to develop Auchinstarry

    01 Dec 2003

    British Waterways Scotland is to develop Auchinstarry Basin, at the midpoint of the Forth & Clyde Canal, as an inland marina, writes Mike Blamforth. 

  • McMurdo website

    01 Dec 2003

    McMurdo has launched its new website. 

  • Waterways Festival

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  • US figures up

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  • Systems replace Channon

    01 Dec 2003

    Hood Sailmakers' owner Tim Woodhouse is in Lymington from Newport RI to reorganise the business and, as he puts it, "implement systems that have been resisted for several years, " writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • BW seeks drinking partner

    01 Dec 2003

    British Waterways (BW) is looking for a private sector partner to develop a network of high quality waterside pubs on its 2,000-miles of canals and rivers throughout Britain. 

  • METS '03 - best ever And this time those words are true says Peter Nash

    01 Dec 2003

    The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) in Amsterdam last month was, quite simply, the very best show yet. 

  • Beware the virtual business

    01 Dec 2003

    While the maritime dotcom bubble burst a few years ago, there are still companies giving it a try. Some, such as the brokerage sites - boats. com, boats-for -sale, boatmatch, etc - have real services to deliver and have managed to add value and scope to traditional routes to market. 

  • Fox leaves Peters

    01 Dec 2003

    Paul Fox and Richard Sawney have left Peters plc. Both men have joined Brownhills, a mobile home distributor operating out of Newark. 

  • Lewmar is Franco-British Exporter of the Year 2003

    01 Dec 2003

    Lewmar has been recognised by the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain as the Best UK Exporter to France in 2003. 

  • Gill support

    01 Dec 2003

    Gill is providing the kit for three boats in the Transat Jacques Vabres. 

  • Ecosea changes hands

    01 Dec 2003

    Ecosea, the self-adhesive copper nickel anti-fouling sheets company, has been bought by David Warner and Mitch Cybulski. 

  • Flying Fish exonerated

    01 Dec 2003

    An Australian coroner has exonerated Cowes-based Flying Fish (Leisure Management International) from blame for the deaths of two women, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Mari Cha V

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  • Avon support

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  • Peters returns

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  • Boats. com web awards attracts 100 entries

    01 Dec 2003

    The annual boats. com European Marine Industry Web Awards attracted nearly 100 entries, some from big names in the industry such as Fairline, International Coatings and Simrad as well as organisations such as Sunsail and former award winner, Neilson. 

  • Biggest Boat & Caravan show

    01 Dec 2003

    The 43rd National Boat, Caravan & Outdoor Show, held at the NEC, Birmingham between February 14 - 22, 2004, will be the biggest to date, say the organisers. 

  • Jack Smith

    01 Dec 2003

    Just after BB went to press on the November issue, we learned that Jack Smith had passed away. 

  • Channon Sails sets up

    01 Dec 2003

    With 35 years sailmaking experience behind him, John Channon says his departure as MD from Hood Sailmakers on October 1 could never have meant the end of his sailmaking career. 

  • Harrison joins Simrad board

    01 Dec 2003

    Jeremy Harrison, general manager of Simrad UK distribution, has been appointed to the board of Simrad UK Ltd. 

  • Mirabella V hits the water

    01 Dec 2003

    Mirabella V, the world's biggest sloop, was the last boat ever to be launched from VT's Woolston yard in Southampton on November 26. 

People

  • People

    01 Dec 2003

    Mike Welsh has been appointed product manager VTS systems at Tideland Maritime Systems. 

Washington Post

  • Stop the Bleeding and Grow Boating says Jim Nolan

    01 Dec 2003

    Two names for the same initiative that is the latest attempt by our industry over here to do exactly what the headline suggests. And the "buzz" here is that this time there might well be a positive result. 

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