What is the true state of the U.K Boat industry ?

[BruceK]

Interesting for me not so much in context from a selling boat point of view but from an ageing club with declining member point of view. We are seeing this in a microcosm and if we cannot adapt the writing is on the wall.

 

[ari]

As I said, in a world where road vehicle buyers are going to be coerced to go electric and with revenue from fuel duty decreasing as a result, its a pretty good bet that govts are going to ramp up taxes on fossil fuels massively, except obviously for essential industries where there is no alternative.

Far more likely they'll increase tax on electricity surely? What would be the point of increasing tax on the thing that people are moving away from - rather than the thing they are moving to..?

 

[rafiki_]

Far more likely they'll increase tax on electricity surely? What would be the point of increasing tax on the thing that people are moving away from - rather than the thing they are moving to..?

It will be a milage charge, rather than fuel, so it is fuel agnostic, and will charge by distance and weight.

 

[oldgit]

Do you have a link as can not find anything recent

.....will find the link .
Its the BMF "Executive Summary" , goes into more detail presumably for members of the BWF.
Assume its in the public domain !
It is outlining the growth sectors such as Canal boats,Canoeing,surfing of all sorts and other water related activities and the decline in ownership of both sail and motorboats.
Mentions disruption technologies such as Uber and and Spotify and AirbnB......
The next generation do not want /or cannot afford to own "stuff" they just want to be able to use it.
Conclusion

... they are looking for more short term experiences that they can enjoy and share online with friends and family instantly.With less time. its all about what they do and have done as opposed to what they own

Things are changing used AirBnB for the first time last week, this from somebody who once got holidays from Teletext and actually walked into a travel agent, remember those !

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

It will be a milage charge, rather than fuel, so it is fuel agnostic, and will charge by distance and weight.

Its not fuel agnostic because undoubtedly the already high duty on petrol and diesel will remain

 

[paul salliss]

SOME FACTS!!!

UK LEISURE MARINE INDUSTRY GREW LAST YEAR FOR THE SIXTH YESR IN A ROW BY 3.4 percent to 3.1B. U.K. Leisure marine industry drove employment of 33,000 people. The U.K. Was however reported as sluggish compared with G20 rivals

Check out britishmarine.co.uk/resources for more detail around this

 

[oldgit]

SOME FACTS!!!

UK LEISURE MARINE INDUSTRY GREW LAST YEAR FOR THE SIXTH YESR IN A ROW BY 3.4 percent to 3.1B. U.K. Leisure marine industry drove employment of 33,000 people. The U.K. Was however reported as sluggish compared with G20 rivals

Check out britishmarine.co.uk/resources for more detail around this

Guess it depends if you regard the growth areas of canoeing,sea fishing and canal boating as part of UK boat building likely to be of interest to forumites.

 

[Bouba]

Some figures from the U.S. a small dip since the crash of 2008
http://www.boattest.com/view-news/5796_how-many-boats-are-there-in-the-us

 

[paul salliss]

Guess it depends if you regard the growth areas of canoeing,sea fishing and canal boating as part of UK boat building likely to be of interest to forumites.

I know and they should be in the figures as they do count that's why I offered the link to direct people to the detail behind headlines. Would be very surprised if your classic forumite is seeing growth in the areas that will interest them unless they are looking to down size. That is a UK comment not an EMEA ONE