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Boating Wildlife Aware Week 2023

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Web Editor

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May 26, 2023

5th to 9th June is The Green Blue’s Boating Wildlife Aware Week, a chance for boat and water users to learn more about best practices when experiencing wildlife on the water and how to protect it best. What is wildlife disturbance? Disturbance is any activity or noise that could change the expected behaviour of an…
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It’s Boating Wildlife Aware Week!

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Web Editor

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June 20, 2022

This week it’s Boating Wildlife Aware Week, 20 – 24 June, The Green Blue’s annual campaign for raising awareness of the importance of boating safely around wildlife and being respectful of their habitat. This is something we feel strongly about at Towpath Talk. View the campaign’s videos and read more information about the campaign week here. And detailed information…
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‘Save our Seabed’ – Free webinars…

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Janet Richardson

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January 24, 2022

As part of the LIFE Remedies Seagrass Project, Kate Fortnam at The Green Blue will be hosting several free ‘Sustainable Anchoring & Mooring’ webinars over the next couple of months. Each of the webinars will focus on one of the project’s five seagrass restoration sites: Solent Maritime, Essex Estuaries, Fal & Helford, Plymouth Sound, and…
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Brexit: Where things stand for recreational boaters

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Shannon Butcher

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December 22, 2020

As we enter the final days of December 2020, the UK Government and EU officials have failed to reach agreement on a post-Brexit trade deal with only days to go before the UK leaves the European Union on the 31st December.
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HMRC launches red diesel consultation

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Shannon Butcher

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July 22, 2020

HMRC is seeking information about the proposed changes to the rules surrounding the uses of red diesel. At this year’s Spring Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak shared plans to review the current use of red diesel, and as such announced that he would be launching a consultation with red diesel users later in the year. During…
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RYA provides coronavirus advice to members, clubs, class associations and training centres

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Shannon Butcher

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March 24, 2020

Like every employer the RYA has had to take steps, in line with Government advice, to safeguard the health of staff and help to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Although the majority of staff are now working from home, the RYA’s foremost priority is to ensure that they continue to provide advice and…
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