Red diesel to remain on the inland waterways.

At the budget in March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed that boaters can continue to use red diesel with the customary declarations on tax split. You may recall that the Treasury held a consultation at the end of 2020, and NABO responded as we reported in the October NN. We are delighted that the […]

BSS Boat Owners’ Survey – A Reminder to Take Part

The BSS Boat Owners’ Survey launched last week with with over 750 people taking part already. If you’ve already completed it, thanks but because the survey is completely anonymous, there is no way of knowing who has or has not completed the survey.  If you haven’t yet had a chance to take part, then we’d really […]

BSS Boat Owners’ Survey – Invitation to Take Part

The Boat Safety Scheme Boat Owners’ Survey has launched today and is now live. This is your chance to give your views and we hope that you will take the time to participate in the survey. It should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. You can complete this on any device, but our recommendation is […]

Boat Owners’ BSS Survey – starts next week

The Boat Safety Scheme Boat Owners’ survey supported by NABO is due to launch next week on Monday March 15th. The BSS is keen to understand more about your opinions on some important issues related to boat ownership, safety and also collect ideas for what could be improved. The survey will be available for around […]

National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF) AGM & Meeting: 20th February 2021

A Zoom-based meeting of this valuable forum brought together representatives of NABO, RBOA, CBOA, DBA, TBA, HNBC, IWA, AWCC and the General Secretary, Michael Stimpson. The meeting agreed to reappoint Michael and thanked him for his valuable work over the past year. The finances were also reported on and with little expenditure on meetings, the […]

Boat Owners’ BSS Survey in March 2021

The Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) has decided to carry out an online survey of all boat owners. The survey will be live during March 2021. The purpose of the survey is to understand more about boat owners opinions on some important issues related to boat ownership, safety and also collect ideas for what could be […]