All UK articles – Page 191
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BUSINESS REPORT | UK: Musto gets a makeover
With extra cash and fresh impetus from recent private equity investment, the UK sailing brand is undergoing a subtle transformation
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BUSINESS REPORT | UK: Brokers & retailers
With high levels of stock, low consumer confidence and a stagnant credit market, selling boats takes determination
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BUSINESS REPORT | UK: Industry resilient in toughest-ever market
There is a ‘survival of the fittest’ mentality amid UK firms as they scramble to cost-save whilst keeping fingers crossed that the first signs of recovery won’t be too long coming
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BUSINESS REPORT | UK
Britain’s leading marine exporters continue to ride high, but at the retail level things are harder work. And those whose fortunes are synchronised to the country’s barometers had to contend with the worst of all British summers.
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Musto sold to private equity group
The UK's Phoenix Equity Partners has purchased a 75% share of the business
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Sail TV arrives on SKY
It will provide 10 hours of sailing, powerboat and marine lifestyle programming throughout the week
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UK private equity firm buys into ISA
Yachting Investors Group (YIG) has acquired 80% of the shares in International Shipyard Ancona
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Fletcher buyer emerges
UK sportsboat builder Fletcher sold as a going concern to glass reinforced plastics company Franton
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Fletcher's Steve Castle found dead
A minute's silence was held at 10 o'clock this morning at the London Boat Show, following the sudden death of Steve Castle