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	Mobile	Email	Region
Richard Delves	07766 774713	[email protected]	North West and Yorkshire & North East
Gemma Hessey	07584 544092	[email protected]	West Midlands & East Midlands (not including south part of Worcester & Birmingham canals; Llangollen, Montgomery, Shropshire Union north of Wolverhampton)
Position Vacant - in the process of recruitment	03030 404040	https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/contact-us/form	London & South East
Position Vacant - in the process of recruitment	03030 404040	https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/contact-us/form	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	Mobile	Landline	Region
Gareth Stephens	07917847364	03030 404040	Head of Business Boating & Waterside Mooring
Alistair Staton	07833 049234	03030404040	Principal Surveyor - overseeing the surveying team.
Louise Porter	07484 913039	03030 404040	North West, Yorkshire & North East
Sarah Hirst	07717 785304	03030404040	East Midlands & West Midlands
Jacquie Watt	07584 335885	03030404040	London & South East
Melanie Grant	07824 416967	03030404040	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	Mobile	Landline	Region
Position Vacant		03030404040
Lance Turner	07825 035416	03030404040	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	Mobile	Landline	Role
Victoria Ensbey		03030 404040	Business support Business boating enquiries and roving trader applications
Tammy Plant		03030 404040	Business boating technical support New marina enquiries and works proposals (physical works)
Andrew MacPherson		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: 09 April 2025