Meantime Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 JP has just announced at the meeting of The Broads Authority that toll income for this current year is due to be down by £100,000 from hire boats and £100,000 down from private boats. The good news is that there has been £350,000 worth of savings this year which will lead to a surplus of £150,000, but then the begging bowl came out setting the scene on how bad things are going to be for next year, despite an acknowledgement that hire boat bookings for next year are strong. Be aware the scene is already being set for next years toll review and it doesn't sound good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hopefully next year will see a full summer season thus a good potential for the holiday trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, EastCoastIPA said: JP has just announced at the meeting of The Broads Authority that toll income for this current year is due to be down by £100,000 from hire boats and £100,000 down from private boats. The good news is that there has been £350,000 worth of savings this year which will lead to a surplus of £150,000, but then the begging bowl came out setting the scene on how bad things are going to be for next year, despite an acknowledgement that hire boat bookings for next year are strong. Be aware the scene is already being set for next years toll review and it doesn't sound good. Without getting into politics, with ongoing issues with a certain virus and the potential chaos that a no-deal Brexit will cause in the New Year, another 2 or 3% on tolls will pale into insignificance. As unemployment resulting from Covid escalates, our balance of payments increases day by day and the threat of WTO import tariffs being imposed at 35% where no trade deals have been negotiated, I’m certainly not going to lose any sleep over it. There are far bigger issues to be concerned about. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesey69 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Possible circular firing squad. Loss of employment, lack of spending money will mean less visits which equals less tolls means bigger toll increase and here we go again. soon be christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnks34 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Despite whats going on in the world this is still an important subject that needs to be carefully scrutinised. Some members might have very deep pockets while others might not. Tolls have risen sharply over the last 10 years. This might be perfectly justified or it might just be down to mismanagement of finances. I believe the latter. Covid is not an excuse to give the BA carte blanche in increasing Tolls even further. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 4 hours ago, dnks34 said: Tolls have risen sharply over the last 10 years. This might be perfectly justified or it might just be down to mismanagement of finances. I believe the latter. Or more likely manipulation of funds etc.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I knew we shouldn’t have bought a 42 ft boat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Sam said: I knew we shouldn’t have bought a 42 ft boat!! Quite right! As the saying goes, "the smaller the boat the bigger the fun…" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jayfire Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said: As the saying goes, "the smaller the boat the bigger the fun…" Does that apply to other things too Mr JM Sir? Errrrr.....asking for a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Jayfire said: Does that apply to other things too Mr JM Sir? Errrrr.....asking for a friend Not if you are someone who likes 'em big, especially when they come in pairs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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