I REALLY don't want to be a party-pooper, but if Canal & River Trust are really sincere about 'focussing on its customers', there are things it will have to change, writes Ian Gittins.
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THE Dudley Canal Trust have partnered with Sadler's of Lye to provide a special treat for real-ale lovers who attend its second annual Real Ale Festival this July.
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ROME was not built in a day. The problems that Richard Parry has inherited from his predecessor will take much longer to fix, writes Kevin McNiff.
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THE Avon Navigation Trust are to recreate the late Queen Mother's two boat trips to relaunch the Avon and the Stratford Canal as navigable waterways.
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THE National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) has welcomed the decision by Canal & River Trust to create the role of Head of Customer Service, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, Richard Parry.
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IT WAS 200 years ago that Southland Lock was constructed on the Wey & Arun Canal. It was demolished in 1930, but is again rebuilt by the Wey & Arun Canal Trust (WACT) and is in use once again.
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THE Canal & River Trust tells us that as part of its renewed focus on improving customer service, it is undertaking a series of changes in the way its teams are organised, and states the following:
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LAST summer a boater with a river only licence, and about to cruise for three weeks, applied for a temporary licence to cover his use of the canals. writes Pam Picket.
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I HAVE a concern, a concern related to CaRT's maintenance budget that appears to me to be being depleted by its determination to rid the system of paying boaters by revoking their licences, writes Pam Picket.
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"Sorry but that answer is bordering on the delusional . . . ." That is what Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Chief Executive Richard Parry was told when questioned on the Trust's massive maintenance underspend, writes Allan Richards.
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