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Broom goes into insolvency
It was only last month we carried the news that Broom Boats – after 112 years owned by the Broom family – was to have new owners in Mark Garner and Akis Chrisovelides, two businessmen who live and work in Norfolk. 01 Sep 2010
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End of Life Options for FRP Composites
About 160,000 tonnes of FRP waste is produced each year and needs to be dealt with. A call for papers has been issued for a technical workshop on end of life options for FRP composites on December 2 in Chesterfield, UK. 31 Aug 2010
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Book NOW for this year’s Leather & Lycra
Places are running out on the 4th running of the popular Leather & Lycra event at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show, so you need to get your booking in ASAP to make sure of a place as a runner or a rider. 31 Aug 2010
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Leisure show partners with ITV Meridian
The organisers of the British Leisure Show say the attendance at the 2010 show was 21,886 and the 2011 show will be run in association with ITV Meridian, offering promotion of the show to an even bigger audience. 31 Aug 2010
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BMEA Conference Day 2010
The 2010 British Marine Electronics Association Conference runs on Wednesday October 20 at the Portsmouth Marriott Hotel, with presentations by distinguished speakers and, of course, the BMEA Awards. 31 Aug 2010
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Thames to get £3.8m maintenance spend
The Environment Agency will spend £3.8m on River Thames maintenance works over the 2010-11 winter. Major projects to replace lock gates and refurbish chambers at Hurley and Sandford will take up nearly half the sum. 31 Aug 2010
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Suzuki signs up to Liverpool Boat Show
The latest big name to sign up for the Liverpool Boat Show is Suzuki, with a full range of outboard motors, powerboats and RIBs that will be shown on a 1,000 sq m land site and eight pontoon berths. 31 Aug 2010
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ASAP gets 100% in IIP re-assessment
Having an Investors In People re-assessment in the middle of a company restructure seems not to have fazed ASAP Supplies at all as the IIP assessors came back with a report that the staff have a ‘100% satisfaction level’. 25 Aug 2010
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All At Sea stars to open PSP SBS
Dawn Porter and Nick Hancock – stars of ITV’s All At Sea – will open the PSP Southampton Boat Show. They’ll arrive in a Navy Gun Boat and an RAF High Speed Launch. A Spitfire will fly past at the same time. 23 Aug 2010
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Broads marina wins PBO Green Award
The family owners of Waveney River Centre in South Norfolk have scooped another environmental plaudit, winning Practical Boat Owner magazine’s Green Award for Marine Service & Support. 23 Aug 2010
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Coast presenter to be Waterways Trust VP
The Waterways Trust has appointed the natural history expert and television presenter, Miranda Krestovnikoff, as a vice president of the Waterways Trust charity. 23 Aug 2010
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RYA proposes spending cuts to Treasury
The RYA has told the Treasury to make spending cuts to benefit the leisure marine industry by taking recreational craft out of the e-Borders fiasco and consolidating adventure activities accreditation. 23 Aug 2010
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Final BB/MTA Awards nominations wanted
It’s your last chance to vote for the Boating Business/MTA Awards and we need nominations by September 1 so we can get the awards engraved in time for the presentations during the Southampton Boat Show. 23 Aug 2010
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CMD and Volkswagen in long term alliance
Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) and Volkswagen have announced a long term alliance to co-develop marine engines below 5-litres that will be marketed, distributed and serviced under the CMD brand. 17 Aug 2010
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Castle acquires historic Dinorwic Marina
The south coast-based Castle Marinas Group, which owns five inland and two coastal marines, has embarked on a new phase of expansion of their marinas portfolio with the acquisition of the historic Port Dinorwic marina. 17 Aug 2010
