NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSCRT announce plan to improve boater’s experience
At CRT’s Annual Meeting, the Head of boating and customer services Matthew Symonds spoke about plans to improve boater satisfaction with actions developed through a series of workshops with the boater representatives on the Trust’s Council and in its navigation advisory group. The Trust’s commitment to boating was reinforced by plans to recruit a further […]
CRT announce an increase of 4% in boat licence April 2025
The Canal & River Trust is today announcing an increase of 4% in boat licence fees from 1 April 2025 for both private boat owners and boating businesses. The rise is based on the latest Bank of England forecasts that inflation will remain at around 2.5% through until April 2025. Surcharges for boats without a […]
CRT campaign for better boating
Are we at a turning point for the canals? CRT are saying that they have listened to feedback from boaters to inform a plan for better boating. Their plan will prioritise issues that will improve navigation and target issues that will make the experience of boaters better. They will publish a dashboard with specific measures […]
CRT winter works list 2024/25
CRT have released into the public domain an FOI response providing a list of the winter works “as of now”, of course subject to change. Inexpliably they had previouslyrefused to publish this as in previous years. Goodness knows what their thinking is on this which was a surprise, not consulted or explained. It is any […]
Canal & River Trust Annual Report & Accounts 2023/24
The Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year 2023/24. It was a year of record spend on charitable activity, but one that saw the continued effect of climate change taking its toll on the Trust’s ageing canal infrastructure. The waterways movement came together to raise the profile of […]
Waterways Ombudsman issues Annual Report
The Waterways Ombudsman and the Waterways Ombudsman Committee have issued their Annual Reports for 2023/24. The Ombudsman scheme deals with complaints about the Canal & River Trust and the Avon Navigation Trust, which are referred to the Ombudsman after completion of the Trusts’ own complaints process. This is the fifth and final annual report of […]
CRT National Boat Count 2024
The Canal & River Trust’s National Boat Count, conducted in the spring each year, has seen a 1.4% drop in boat numbers on its network across England and Wales. It also saw a 1.2% increase in unlicensed boats, meaning licence compliance now stands at 91.8%. Nationally, 32,602 boats were recorded on the Trust’s enforceable […]
CRT Boater survey 2024
CRT have asked a third of boat licence holders to take part in this year’s survey. There’s no space to expand on the tick box questions or comment apart from a box at the beginning of the survey so please make good use there. New to the survey questions is the reference to the influence […]
CRT boat licence T&C’s revised.
CRT have issued revised terms which will apply to licenses issued on and after 1st April. The terms from 2023 apply to existing licences until they are renewed. Our Chair spotted a rather important error in the document (yes, I too thought it might have been a prematurely timed joke). The first version stated there […]
CRT response on new Privacy terms
CRT changed their privacy documents in late 2023. You can see them here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/the-publication-scheme/making-a-request-for-information/privacy-notice We have asked under FOI for an explanation of the basis for the change and they have provided this statement: • The current privacy document changed name from “privacy policy” to “privacy notice” to ensure consistency with ICO terminology, to be […]
