Dayboat Hire

[Graham47]

Barnes Brinkcraft have announced on their Facebook page that they have had the ok from DEFRA & BA today to re commence day boat hire from the 8th June.

[BroadsAuthority]

Good morning all,

We are aware of the posts on social media by Barnes Brinkcraft regarding hire boats and their statement that they have received permission from DEFRA and the Broads Authority to recommence hiring.

This is categorically untrue, we are expecting an announcement soon from DEFRA on guidance for hire craft however no permission has been granted by the Broads Authority and we are still waiting for the Government announcement.

We are now in direct communication with Barnes Brinkcraft’s management to get this clarified and corrected. We are conscious that this will have caused confusion amongst hirers and business owners. Please await further news soon.

Tom

[vanessan]

Hasn’t this been covered in another topic?

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/558/made

Paragraph 46 refers. 

[JennyMorgan]

9 hours ago, BroadsAuthority said:

This is categorically untrue, we are expecting an announcement soon from DEFRA on guidance for hire craft however no permission has been granted by the Broads Authority and we are still waiting for the Government announcement.

Perhaps Barnes should underhandedly re-brand their day boats as 'borrow boats'. You pay £80.00 per hour or whatever to park your car and Barnes will let you 'borrow' a boat for the corresponding time for absolutely nothing. So simple!  

[Upcycler]

12 hours ago, BroadsAuthority said:

Good morning all,

We are aware of the posts on social media by Barnes Brinkcraft regarding hire boats and their statement that they have received permission from DEFRA and the Broads Authority to recommence hiring.

This is categorically untrue, we are expecting an announcement soon from DEFRA on guidance for hire craft however no permission has been granted by the Broads Authority and we are still waiting for the Government announcement.

We are now in direct communication with Barnes Brinkcraft’s management to get this clarified and corrected. We are conscious that this will have caused confusion amongst hirers and business owners. Please await further news soon.

Tom

Obviously this is a marketing thing to get people interested and back into day hire of their boats. Also I reckon Barnes are hoping authorities don't look at their Faceache page and permission is received before this gets noticed!