The K and A Local Waterway Partnership (LWP) is to hold the first meeting of its Moorings Sub-Group on 26th October, it was announced yesterday.
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Posts Tagged ‘Sally Ash’
Review of local mooring strategy proposals to begin on 26th October
Thursday, October 25th, 2012CRT threaten our web site with libel
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012Continuous Hassle
Monday, September 17th, 2012In an email exchange with a boater, Sally Ash said recently that “I honestly don’t know what I’ve done to generate such CC militancy and become such a hate figure!!” The boater had sent a complaint headed “Continuous Hassle” to one of the local CRT offices about the treatment of continuous cruisers. He was surprised to find Ms Ash responding from Head Office.
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CRT says Drifters shares are insignificant
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012K and A mooring strategy consultation plans changed despite BW statement
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012CRT’s plans for the consultation on the K and A Local Mooring Strategy have changed again. A sub-group of the Local Waterway Partnership (formerly the Partnership Board) will review the mooring strategy and will decide what consultation is required. CRT claims this sub-group will be “independent”. At the final meeting of the Local Mooring Strategy Steering Group in October 2011 it was agreed that the Local Waterway Partnership would review the mooring strategy. BW then unilaterally disbanded the Local Mooring Strategy Steering Group before its work was complete. However, at that point BW still intended to carry out a full public consultation.
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Some interesting search results
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012We thought it would be nice for those of us who are interested in Drifters and their contribution to the boat hire industry to see how well they are doing their job.
It is obvious to anyone concerned with marketing tourism and holidays that the first port of call these days for prospective customers are the internet search engines and, in particular, Google. So we ran a ‘rank check’ on certain keywords with the website www.drifters.co.uk to see exactly how well they are doing their job.
Here are the results for some popular search terms.
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CRT moves “Mooring Guidance” goalposts again at IWA behest
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012Discredited CRT Legal Director and Head of Boating booted and shrunk
Sunday, August 5th, 2012The CRT Trustees decided recently that Nigel Johnson, the Legal and Corporate Services Director, will retire in 2014 because “We have decided that in the longer term the Trust does not require the expertise of a full time Legal Director”. His post will not be replaced. We have also learnt that Head of Boating Sally Ash has had responsibility for moorings shifted away from her, with her team being shrunk to cover policy on boating and mooring only.
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BW had shares in hire boat company
Thursday, July 19th, 2012CRT Head of Boating runs hire boat company
Thursday, July 12th, 2012On the day that the Canal and River Trust held its launch in London, boaters have discovered that Head of Boating Sally Ash has been the director of a canal holiday brokerage company since 2004. Liveaboard boaters have often speculated about the reason behind her department’s policy of harassment and bullying of boaters without home moorings, and this conflict of interest provides a possible explanation.
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