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Boating news

Keep up with the latest boating news on our waterways.

Boater forum recordings
Catch up on past boater forum meetings by watching the recordings.
4 November 2025
Boater Report 2025
Each year, the National Boating Team pulls together key updates, insights, and information we believe matter most to you as a boating customer.
16 October 2025
Annual Boaters' Survey 2025 - Executive Summary
As part of our commitment to regularly listen and respond to the experience of boaters across our network, we have approached around a third of boat licensees between November 2024 & March 2025.
16 July 2025
Commission to review future framework for boat licensing
We have established a new, independently led Commission to review the legal framework around boat licensing, to explore whether it is appropriate for the network’s future.
17 December 2024
Boater Report 2024
The Boater Report gives an overview of how we generated income and how the money was invested into the network during 2023/24.
28 November 2024
Annual Boaters' Survey 2024 - Executive Summary
Read an Executive Summary of results from this year's survey of boaters across our network.
20 June 2024
Boater Report 2023
The Boater Report gives an overview of how we generate income, including the four-fifths of income which comes from non-boating sources, and how the money is invested in the network.
26 October 2023
Boat licence review 2023-24
Following a consultation with boaters we are introducing changes to boat licence pricing from April 2024.
19 September 2023
Customer services facilities policy
Following consultations, we've published the Customer Service Facility Policy Statement setting out the essential boater customer service facilities.
30 May 2023
Boater Census Survey 2022
We've now published the results of our first ever Boater Census Survey.
12 April 2023

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