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Business Matters

• Is your company trading unfairly?

  01 Aug 2006

  Most of us, at some time or other, have had cause to complain about sales or marketing practices, says John Davies. But take a look at it from the other side - are you trading unfairly? 

Comment

• Comment

  01 Aug 2006

  I thought I would start by welcoming back Bilge Rat, who cast an acerbic eye over a number of situations in the 1990s that needed the stupidities highlighted. 

Finance & Insurance

• Sales pick up with the good weather

  01 Aug 2006

  The UK leisure marine industry is ruled by the weather to a great extent. So this year's slow start to summer has seen a pretty slow first quarter, says Peter Nash 

News

• ICOMIA to publish global boat stats

  01 Aug 2006

  The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) is to introduce a global online system for boatbuilders to report their sales figures on a quarterly basis starting in 2007. 

• Silva Nexus Marine: now an independent company

  01 Aug 2006

  Silva Nexus Marine AB has emerged as a fully independent company following the purchase of Silva Group by Finnish creative tools company Fiskars. 

• Tall Ships boost Torbay trade

  01 Aug 2006

  Torbay has celebrated a massive trade boost with the visit of two Tall Ships to Brixham, writes Katina Read. 

• FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

  01 Aug 2006

  From BB August 1991: 

• Working Boats website

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Craftinsure raises third par ty limits

  01 Aug 2006

  Craftinsure. com, which claims to be the UK's leader for boat insurance over the Internet and recently celebrated passing the 10,000 policyholder mark, has increased the third party limit under its policies from £2m to £3m. 

• Peters and Opal under one name

  01 Aug 2006

  Opal Marine and Peters Plc have united to become Peters~Opal. 

• McMurdo sponsors

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Humphreys success

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Chandlery aims to supply trade

  01 Aug 2006

  Aviation equipment supplier, Transair, launched its chandlery operation, Transmarine, in April 2005. 

• LED nav lights finally get approval

  01 Aug 2006

  According to Ian Cooke of CQuip, LED navigation lights have hitherto been refused type approval because of a number of issues. 

• ETNZ's Pavilion

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Jakob appoints Saltwater

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Future Fibres

  01 Aug 2006

  PBO standing rigging from Future Fibres have been installed on two high-performance Wally yachts. 

• Clydeport encourages leisure sailing

  01 Aug 2006

  Clydeport plc is the "big daddy" organisation of the Firth of Clyde, but despite managing increasing commer - cial shipping traffic, and major shoreside residential and business developments, it has been paying increasing attention to its marine leisure side over the past year or two, writes Mike Balmforth. 

• Nice result at Bowling

  01 Aug 2006

  Spend £1.5m on renovation of a rather derelict canal terminus basin, and you get a rather nice result, writes Mike Balmforth. 

• Cur tis gets recognised at last

  01 Aug 2006

  It took a few years and seven UIM Class 1 World Powerboat championships, but the planet's most ignored multiple world champion, Steve Curtis, has at last been recognised with an MBE for services to sport in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours List. 

• Hardy selects Twin Disc

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Gleistein Ropes online

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Hempel for Mirabella V

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Blakes' Irish distributor

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Barton in Canada

  01 Aug 2006

   

• High Modulus success

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Contender appoints ADPR

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Vita on Deutz board

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Sunseeker reduces road congestion

  01 Aug 2006

  Members of staff at Sunseeker International have been taking advantage of a generous bicycle-buying scheme recently introduced by the company to encourage its employees in Poole to cycle to work, writes Iain Sutherland. 

• Henri-Lloyd sponsors

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Beirut a success

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Coppercoat success

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Walcon rebuilds Solent marinas

  01 Aug 2006

  Walcon Marine has just completed a number of contracts in the Solent area worth more than £1.8m, writes Iain Sutherland. 

• Scrubber goes down

  01 Aug 2006

  BoatScrubber Limited, provider of hull cleaning services at several sites in the Solent and at Brighton, issued a statement on July 7 advising its members that it would cease operations and terminate its membership agreements by August 6, 2006. 

• Uncertain future for CE proof

  01 Aug 2006

  In a statement to the marine press last month, Process Alignment Services Ltd (PAS) announced it had acquired full intellectual property rights to CE-Pro, CEproof's Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) software. 

• Twins for Shirley Robertson

  01 Aug 2006

  Double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE and Jamie Boag are now the proud parents of twins Killian (5.6lbs) and Annabel (4.8lbs). The pair were born one minute apart on Wednesday July 12. 

• Companies target Olympics and China for future profits

  01 Aug 2006

  Multi-million pound bids to cash in on the next two Olympic Games in China and London have begun in earnest in the south, writes . 

• BBEx space running out: only 15 stands left

  01 Aug 2006

  With just seven months to go to the 2007 BBEx trade show, space sales have been so good there are very few spaces left, said exhibition manager, Jane Wilson. 

• Government launches consultation on WEEE proposals

  01 Aug 2006

  Malcolm Wicks, Energy Minister, last month gave business a clear timetable for implementing the EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). 

• Westaway shares R&D

  01 Aug 2006

  Devon based sailmaker Westaway Sails has been sharing research and development techniques with associates Down Under, writes Katina Read. 

• Goss goes Tacktick

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Moody's Tek-Tanks

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Brixham's marine industrial facility gets closer

  01 Aug 2006

  A new marine industrial estate in Brixham is a step closer with the announcement of a £2m government cash injection, writes Katina Read. 

• British Marine Federation responds to Marine Bill

  01 Aug 2006

  The need for clarity and simplicity are the main calls from the British Marine Federation (BMF) in its submission to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on the marine bill. 

• Nautor's Swan China

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Rockley online

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Bainbridge moves into e-commerce

  01 Aug 2006

  Bainbridge Marine has launched an e-commerce site that integrates fully with the company's in-house business system. 

• Teignmouth development gets under way

  01 Aug 2006

  Work has started on the £5m redevelopment at Teignmouth docks, writes Katina Read. 

• Cuprotect results

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Rok supports 15s

  01 Aug 2006

   

• Defra threatens further cut in BW grant

  01 Aug 2006

  The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is considering cutting its grant to British Waterways (BW). 

People

• People

  01 Aug 2006

  Tony Rawlings has been appointed southern area sales executive for footwear at Helly Hansen Distribution, the first time footwear has been represented separately by the organisation. 

Portsmouth Poll

• Portsmouth Poll

  01 Aug 2006

  Poll hears that Honorary Lance Corporal William Windsor was recently stripped of his rank after attacking the arse of a military drummer. 

Washington Post

• It's all down to the weather says Jim Nolan

  01 Aug 2006

  West Marine released its numbers for the first half of the year during the first week of July. Net sales of $397.2 million for the first six months of 2006 were up 4.8% from $378.9m the same period in 2005 but only 3.9% up from $382m in the first six months of 2004. So what is the reason for these dismal and/or gloomy numbers? 

Water Systems

• Green Blue the ideal starting point

  01 Aug 2006

  The holding and disposal of waste water would seem to be one of those continuing issues that has been argued about for what seems like an eternity, says Phil Pickin. But things are gradually getting closer and clearer 

Webtrading

• Webtrading

  01 Aug 2006

  Is the Internet a threat to traders or a help? That depends on how a company integrates it into its overall marketing strategy. 

Windermere - After The Ban

• 'The impact of the speed limit has been greater than some organisations predicted?'

  01 Aug 2006

  A 10mph speed restriction came into force on Lake Windermere in 2005 amid claims it would bring calm to the lake's waters and counterclaims that local tourism would suffer to the tune of £7m. Bilge Rat returns to give us the lowdown. 

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