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Mar 2021
Charles Fowler
Marine Leisure Users Welcome U-Turn on Diesel Taxation
The leisure marine industry has welcomed the news that private and commercial boats will be able to continue using red diesel, following a government u-turn. The decision, announced during the Spring Budget, has overturned the ruling last July from HMRC stating that privately-owned pleasure craft would not be able to use red diesel from April [...]
Oct 2020
Charles Fowler
100 Years of Boatbuilding Training Reached in Falmouth

Falmouth Marine School is celebrating 100 years of providing training for the boatbuilding industry. On 1 October, 1920, 96 apprentices from Cox & Co at Falmouth Docks began their boatbuilding apprenticeships with the College. Head of Falmouth Marine School, Steve Taylor, said everyone at The Cornwall College Group campus was very proud of the history […]