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Amidst the scramble to be compliant, which is hitting just about every business and organisation in the UK someone has actually found the time to research how they believe consumers will react once the legislation is implemented.

Here is a summary – there is a link to the full report at the bottom – you can work out the perecentages quoted don’t even add up.

A new study, commissioned by Veritas and conducted by 3GEM, surveyed 3,000 adults, including 1,000 in the UK. It reveals that consumers are most likely to target the following industries with personal data requests:

•Financial services companies, including banks and insurance companies (56 pct)

•Social media companies (48 pct)

•Retailers (46 pct)

•Former, current or potential employers (24 pct)

•Healthcare providers (21 pct)

The forthcoming GDPR will impact any organisation that gathers, processes or stores the personal data of individuals in the EU. The research shows UK consumers welcome their enhanced privileges. Of those that intend to exercise their rights, two-thirds (65 pct) plan to request access to the personal data a company holds on them, while the majority (71 pct) intend to exercise their right to be forgotten under the new regulations.

If you can face reading more then the full report is available here

Good luck with your GDPR plans – we are using www.simplybiz.co.uk to assist us.

Here is the most recent boat we have financed being surveyed prior to completion. We find it incredible that some buyers are encouraged to complete without a survey. You can see this is the perfect opportunity to get a professionally qualified surveyor eg YDSA or IIMS (there are others) to literally crawl all over the boat you plan to buy and in some cases live on.

This one from 2008 was absolutely fine – you certainly get peace of mind and confirmation you are getting a good boat you can enjoy without any surprises.

What’s a yacht and small craft marine surveyor worth?

And we are also attending Boot for the first time Jan 24- 26

www.boat-duesseldorf.com

Promarine Finance will be at the show Weds 10 to Friday 12 January. Contact us if you would like to meet up and discuss anything about boats or finance. www.londonboatshow.com/

What a great debut show show we had – well set up and stocked by Tom Bettle and ably assisted by Viv Sullivan.

We met lots of our existing customers and began relationships with new ones too.

We had a lot of fun.

Happy Hour officially started on day 1 at 17.00 hours – but it did get earlier each day

We financed our largest deal to date – the show Bavaria Vision 42 show boat for Clipper Marine – this will be in the Med from the beginning of November

Herefordshire friends came and said hello and showed us their latest fashion purchases

And we met new customers and acquaintances from the RORC racing circuit who were looking to replace their existing fast boat with an even quicker boat

Some of our regulars were being sorely tempted to upgrade to bigger boats

Promarine Finance were pleased to join the RNLI during the show

And old friends visited to remind us of funny rhymes and talk about CQS and the 2017 Fastnet

“I wish I were a glow worm
A glow worm’s never glum
How can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum” Robo 2017

Tom found himself temporarily imprisoned on our neighbours stand behind a water tight door.

Looking very homely – our customer is fitting out the boat themselves

Living on a house boat has been growing in popularity in the UK thanks to a variety of factors, primarily involving the possible reduced living costs that living aboard a boat involves. Despite the lack of marine financing options being one of the main factors actually holding back the growth in this area, the fact that cities are becoming increasingly expensive to buy homes in means more and more people are seeking out alternatives.

Mooring a boat is usually necessary to gain financing and that can add significant costs to house boat living, but many people are still finding it a much more preferable means of living than trying to save up for a house in or near a city.

Best Permanent Mooring Spots In the UK

The best permanent and residential moorings will feature the fresh water, electricity, pumped drainage, telephone landlines and Wi-Fi, but these can be expensive to acquire. The most expensive of these will be found, unsurprisingly, in the capital.

London is by far and away the most popular permanent mooring destination and the prices reflect this. The costs get more expensive the closer to central London you get, but you can find cheaper moorings in the surrounding areas around the main hub of the city.

UK’s Best Temporary House Boating Hotspots

Travelling up or down the Grand Union Canal can take you into the heart of England’s most beautiful scenery. Whether you’re travelling up from London or heading south from up north, you will discover many fantastic places to moor your boat along the way.

Particularly notable are the reservoirs at Marsworth and the Cosgrove Aqueduct. Marsworth is a village in Buckinghamshire northwest of the Greater London area, and features some fantastic sights for anyone looking to see old fashioned Britain without straying too far from the capital. The navigable Cosgrove Aqueduct is a little further north than Marsworth in Northamptonshire in the East Midlands. Here you can find moorings on the beautiful Great Ouse river.

Financing Options for Buying a House Boat

Figuring out where to moor your boat is the final piece of the puzzle, but before that you will need to consider what kind of value and term you can manage for the mortgage you will need to fund the purchase of the boat, assuming you cannot just buy one outright. Thankfully Promarine Finance can talk you through the whole process.

To explore your financing options for buying a boat, contact Promarine Finance who can talk you through the process and arrange a quick chat to discuss the marine mortgage options available to you.