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Hire company suspends weekly holiday boating
After almost 60 years of continuous operation, a popular hire-boat company on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has decided to stop holiday hire and sell…
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ABC promotes beer to boaters
Hire-boat company ABC is supplying a special beer to its weekly hire customers at four of its hire bases on the Llangollen Canal.
The beer,…
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Broads Authority pleads for navigation funding
The Broads Authority is pleading for a permanent government navigation supplement to its funding, after revealing it faces a shortfall of £394,000 for 2025/26.
In…
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Big canal contractor acquires BCN marina
Waterways contractor the Rothen Group, whose name is perhaps best known for the workboats it operates around the connected network, has now become a marina…
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Advice
Insurance as an extra income stream
Paul Knox-Johnston, Sales & Marketing Manager (Marine), Haven Knox-Johnston
From a business owner’s perspective, insurance is normally seen as a cost, albeit an important one, to provide protection against the many risks faced during the course of day-to-day trading. However, insurance can also act as a source of revenue adding positively to a business’s profitability. Worth considering as we enter the quieter winter months. …
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Product News
Starlink Mini
Starlink has rapidly established itself as a very fast and reliable satellite internet connection, albeit at some expense, size, and…
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Aeropress colours
Coffee enthusiasts who insist on fresh-ground, and even grinding it themselves, quite likely already know of the Aeropress coffee maker.…
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Quasar batteries
Boaters needing new batteries and trying to decide between the reassuring familiarity of traditional lead acid versus lithium might now…
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Pump-out on the pontoon from LeeSan
The latest word in marina services – personal pump-out points – has been introduced to the inland market by sanitation…
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