A new survey has revealed participation in watersports across the UK has remained high since lockdown was lifted, with more people than ever trying boating activities and watersports in 2022. In 2021, with severe restrictions on international travel imposed on the population due to the pandemic, many people headed to the coast and inland waters […]
British Marine, the trade association for the leisure marine, superyacht, and commercial marine sectors, has filed its accounts for the financial year ending 30 June 2022. Operational losses have been reduced by almost half, from £1.9m to £1m since 2022, as the industry continues to gradually bounce back from the effects of the pandemic. British […]
The Home Office is set to reveal plans for a ‘mega barge’ to be the UK’s first offshore accommodation for asylum seekers. Reports in several outlets, including the Mirror and the Guardian, claim that Home Secretary Suella Braverman has signed a deal for the Bibby Stockholm to be used to house people arriving on small […]
The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said “nothing is off the table” in the government’s plan to reduce the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, as the Home Office announces plans to house asylum seekers in barges and vessels, including disused cruise ships and ferries. The Guardian reports a former cruise ship […]
In support of global initiatives to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to the marine environment, a UK start-up has developed a revolutionary sanitary paper that it says uses no adhesives or other nano-plastics in its manufacture. Taking a more environmentally friendly approach to the emergent toilet tissue issue, Shrewsbury-based Tanki is able to supply […]