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Marine Leisure Users Welcome U-Turn on Diesel Taxation
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 [...]
100 Years of Boatbuilding Training Reached in Falmouth
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 […]