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BBex

  • Navimo signs up for BBEx

    01 Jan 2006

    On the day we all went out for the Mercator Media Christmas party, Kate Didymus, sales manager on BBEx, got a call from Jane Arden to sign Plastimo up for BBEx at the Bournemouth International Centre on February 22 and 23, 2006. 

Business Matters

  • Locking up the Online Shop

    01 Jan 2006

    While a traditional retailer has to be on guard against stolen credit cards, a trader involved in e-commerce has to be aware of stolen identities, warns Gareth Price 

Comment

  • Comment

    01 Jan 2006

    2005 was a bit of an up and down kind of year. The retail trade had some flat spots, but the builders managed to pull the rabbit out of the hat at Southampton and sold a lot of boats, which ought to keep the wolf from the door over the winter. 

Inland Waterways

  • Funding the Link

    01 Jan 2006

    The Fens Waterways Link project as a whole is being part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Lincolnshire County Council, and the EA. 

  • Regional projects

    01 Jan 2006

    Other regional projects that will become part of The Fens Waterways' Link include the Lincolnshire Waterways, the Nar to Ouse Link and the Bedford to Milton Keynes Canal. 

  • A better quality of life

    01 Jan 2006

    According to the EA, the Fens Waterways Link will make for a better quality of life in the region, quoting the following: 

  • Waterways link could create hundreds of new berths

    01 Jan 2006

    Outline planning permission has been approved for a multi-million pound project that could ultimately see a new navigable waterway created linking several cathedral cities in the UK with hundreds of moorings for recreational craft, says David Foxwell 

Letters

  • Letters

    01 Jan 2006

    Dear Sir Your last editorial suggested that BW should accede to BMF's demands to produce evidence of its fair trading compliance. I would like to explain BW's approach. 

London Boat Show Preview

  • VAT on secondhand boats

    01 Jan 2006

    Further to our story on the problems of proving VAT payments on secondhand boats - see page 6 - the British Marine Federation (BMF) is holding a briefing on this subject at ExCeL. 

  • ExCeL 2006 will show us where we're going

    01 Jan 2006

    It seems like only last week that I wrote we were off to ExCeL for the second London Boat Show to be held at the Docklands venue, says Peter Nash. But suddenly it's here again. 

London Boat Show Products

News

  • TS and Watermota team up on Alfa engines

    01 Jan 2006

    Southampton based TS Marine and Newton Abbott based Watermota are to team up to bring marinised Alfa Romeo diesel engines to the UK and Ireland. 

  • BW raises long term mooring fees by 6.7%

    01 Jan 2006

    British Waterways (BW) has set its long term mooring fees for the 2006 boating season. 

  • Clase to distribute Nor thstar nav equipment

    01 Jan 2006

    CA Clase has been appointed as the sole UK distributor for Northstar marine electronic navigation equipment. 

  • Boat International sets up Superyacht Awards

    01 Jan 2006

    Boat International Group, the UK-based worldwide super - yacht publisher is to set up the Superyacht Awards. 

  • Help wanted on proving VAT paid on secondhand boats

    01 Jan 2006

    The sticky problem of proving VAT has been paid on secondhand boats is hotting up. If you - or anyone you know - has had a problem with this, the British Marine Federation (BMF) wants to know. 

  • McMurdo beacons pass ESF safety tests

    01 Jan 2006

    In 2004 the American Equipped to Survive Foundation (ESF) ran a series of tests on beacons that use the 406MHz distress alerting frequency in conjunction with the COSPASSARSAT system. 

  • Oban lifeboat gets new salvage trash pump

    01 Jan 2006

    The Oban lifeboat has been gifted a new salvage pump by yacht insurers Navigators & General after her former pump was lost during the dramatic rescue of crew from the yacht Classic Wave that sank off Kerrera in September 2005, writes Mike Balmforth. 

  • May hearing for Harrison

    01 Jan 2006

    Yachtsman Peter Harrison, who bankrolled the country's last America's Cup challenge, is to have his planning appeal concerning land along the River Medina in Cowes, heard in May, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Nautor's regatta

    01 Jan 2006

     

  • Nelson still a winner 200 years on

    01 Jan 2006

    The auction room battle of Trafalgar is over and more than £20m worth of Nelson and Trafalgar -related artefacts have changed hands in a bicentennial buying frenzy, writes Dave Selby. 

  • Scott Deverell 1969-2005

    01 Jan 2006

    Scott Deverell died peacefully in his sleep at home with his family on December 12, 2005 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. 

  • ICOMIA announces 6th Marina Conference

    01 Jan 2006

    The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) has announced it is to run its 6th International Marina Conference in Ostend, Belgium on May 25 - 28, 2008. 

  • Castle Wharf campaign needs your support

    01 Jan 2006

    In spite of British Waterways (BW) and the deputy prime minister's wish to see more freight carried on the waterways, it seems saving the wharves necessary for freight loading and boat maintenance is not getting quite the same publicity. 

  • X-Yachts selects B&G

    01 Jan 2006

     

  • Sunseeker sponsors

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  • Spinlock collects Innovation Award

    01 Jan 2006

    Spinlock, the Cowes-based manufacturer of rope handling systems, won the award for innovation and excellence in production and distribution at the recent Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce annual business awards for excellence, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Dunlop succeeds Stirling

    01 Jan 2006

    British Waterways Scotland has appointed Steve Dunlop as new director Scotland to succeed Jim Stirling. He will take up this executive role on February 1, 2006, writes Mike Balmforth. 

  • 2005 adds extra second as earth slows

    01 Jan 2006

    According to the Time and Frequency Division at the US National Institution of Standards and Technology, an extra second will be added to 2005 to make up for the slowing down of the earth's rotation. 

  • 24 new berths at Largs

    01 Jan 2006

    A £150,000 contract for new pontoons supplied by Walcon Marine will provide 24 new 12m and 15m berths to cater for growing demand from larger boats at Largs Yacht Haven, writes Mike Balmforth. 

  • MDM changes name to Unipart Marine

    01 Jan 2006

    Mark Dowland Marine (MDM) changed its name to Unipart Marine on January 1, 2006. 

  • Peters appointed Sealine distributor

    01 Jan 2006

    On December 9, Sealine announced it was to stop retailing its own boats, with effect from December 31, 2005. 

  • Marlow Ropes: we mean business

    01 Jan 2006

    On Monday December 19, English Braids announced it was to refinance Marlow Ropes Ltd (Cordage). 

  • Navimo signs for BBEx

    01 Jan 2006

    The Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) now has over 100 exhibitors booked, the latest being the giant French wholesaler, Navimo. 

  • Regatta entries reach 38

    01 Jan 2006

     

  • Premier Marinas in total Moody buy out

    01 Jan 2006

    Premier Marinas Ltd acquired AH Moody & Son Limited and all its subsidiary companies just before Christmas. 

  • New Zealand C-Quip causes UK confusion

    01 Jan 2006

    Following a personnel appointment for a company by the name of C-Quip put out on an Internet site recently, Ian Cooke of Swanwick-based CQuip Ltd told us C-Quip International Ltd is a New Zealand company that has no connection to the UK company. 

  • China Boat Show

    01 Jan 2006

     

  • Court upholds appeal against PWC conviction

    01 Jan 2006

    At a hearing in the Appeal Court in London last month, a ruling was handed down in the appeal against the conviction of Mark Goodwin of Weymouth for a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. 

  • Allspars carbon

    01 Jan 2006

     

  • Garmin sponsors

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  • Essex confirms

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  • Scandinavian show

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  • Silva recalls DSC VHFs

    01 Jan 2006

    Silva is recalling a batch of its early S10 fixed DSC VHF radios after one unit failed to transmit the correct GPS position when used in an emergency. 

Retail And The Internet

  • boatmatch.com makes $1m sale

    01 Jan 2006

    Even eBay UK reckoned it hadn't heard of a higher value item being sold over the Internet after boatmatch.com, a UK based brokerage website run by Simon Walworth, sold a Princess 65. 

  • Sony slashes discounts to retail website

    01 Jan 2006

    Maybe the Internet-only traders won't have it all their own way after all. Some manufacturers - including the mighty Sony - have started charging shopping websites between 10 and 15% more for their goods than they charge high street stores. 

  • E-trading is not just here to stay. It's on the rampage.

    01 Jan 2006

    What are the benefits and potential pitfalls for traditional marine retailers? And should their suppliers differentiate between the 'back room' operators and the fully committed shopkeepers, asks Peter Poland 

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