NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSBW announce rises for Long Term Moorers
BW has announced the price adjustments for its long-term moorings for customers with 12 month mooring permits.
Shock drop in BW Grant!
Defra has today (20 December 2010) announced that its grant to British Waterways next year will be £41.5m. This is a reduction of £9.8m (or 19%) from the 2010/11 baseline grant of £51.3m.
Leeds & Liverpool to open in two stages
British Waterways has announced that the closed section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is to re-open in two stages,after the latest review of the reservoir levels.
British Waterways publish Annual Report
The British Waterways Annual Report and Accounts for 2009/2010 have been published – 90 pages for some bedtime reading! The remuneration pages on page 46 will no doubt be a focus for some but
Serious water shortages: restrictions on L&L
BW North West have issued Restriction Notices for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal with immediate effect (24th May) until further notice from Lock 1 in Leeds to Appley Bridge Lock 91, west of Wigan, reducing passage to within operating hours 9am to 4.30pm each day.
British Waterways announce potential stoppage programme for Winter 2010/11
British Waterways have announced their first version of their winter stoppages programme – here is an extract from that announcement:
More relaxation in the use of Standedge?
Following the efforts of NABO members Keith Noble and Peter Killan and others, David Baldacchino, BW Manager for the Manchester and Pennine waterway said at a User Group Meeting
BW to issue interim results of mooring consultations
BW have said that they have now made an interim assessment of the submissions made to two recent consultations; the Moorings consultation and the consultation which looked at developing local strategies. The moorings consutation generated 160 responses compared with 98 responses for the local strategies document.
BW announce changes to staff responsibilities for user interfaces
We hear of some plans to change responsibilities for the key interface personnel in BW With effect from 1 July
North West User Group Meeting
More than 70 people from a wide range of Users attending the BW North West Headquarters on Tuesday 16th March. In a lively meeting BW gave a flavour of the problems they had
