Business boating team contacts

Business boating managers are here for anyone wanting to set up a new boating business. They also help existing boating businesses to expand or move to a different base.

Enquiries can be submitted by calling 03030 404040 or via our contact us page.

Details of all members of the business boating team are given below. Please look carefully at the listings to find someone in your area with the right skills to help with your enquiry.

Business boating managers

Please contact the business boating manager who covers your proposed trading area:

Contact	Tel	Email	Region
Richard Delves	03030 404040	[email protected]	North West and Yorkshire & North East
Gemma Hessey	03030 404040	[email protected]	West Midlands & East Midlands (not including south part of Worcester & Birmingham canals; Llangollen, Montgomery, Shropshire Union north of Wolverhampton)
Sarah Lee	03030 404040	[email protected]	London & South East
Robert Coate	03030 404040	[email protected]	Wales & South West (incl Kennet & Avon canal), Droitwich Canal, south part of Worcester & Birmingham, Llangollen, Montgomery and Shropshire Union north of Wolverhampton

Business boating property surveyors

Business boating surveyors deal with leased boating premises and commercial mooring agreements, including network access agreements.

Contact	Tel	Email	Region
Gareth Stephens	03030 404040	[email protected]	Head of Business Boating & Waterside Mooring
Alistair Staton	03030 404040	[email protected]	Principal Surveyor - overseeing the surveying team.
Louise Porter	03030 404040	[email protected]	North West, Yorkshire & North East
Sarah Hirst	03030 404040	[email protected]	East Midlands & West Midlands
Jacquie Watt	03030 404040	[email protected]	London & South East
Melanie Grant	03030 404040	[email protected]	Wales & South West, Kennet & Avon Waterways plus the Worcester & Birmingham and Droitwich Canal

Business boating commercial surveyors

Business boating commercial surveyors deal with specific lease renewals and rent reviews on the north/south of the estate, working alongside the regional surveyor and business boating manager.

Contact	Tel	Email	Region
Position Vacant	03030 404040		North
Lance Turner	03030 404040	[email protected]	South

Technical management

Third party works engineers provide advice and guidance to clients building new marinas and technical support on other business boating enquiries.

To speak to a infrastructure services engineer please contact Tammy Plant (see below)

Contact	Email	Tel	Role
Nnenna Ikwuegbu	[email protected]	03030 404040	Business support Business boating enquiries. Roving trader, Trade Plate & Maintenance Workboat applications
Tammy Plant	[email protected]	03030 404040	Business boating technical support New marina enquiries and works proposals (physical works)
Andrew MacPherson	[email protected]	03030 404040	Business boating technical support Existing leases or enquiries relating to new business boating estate leases.

Post should be sent to:

National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port
South Pier Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4FW

Planning your route in advance will help you find good mooring spots

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We welcome your feedback. If you have had a good experience, we would love to hear from you. Equally, if your experience was not what you had hoped then we would like to know.

Last Edited: 20 November 2025