Effective teamworking
Collaboration tools As marinas and harbours grapple with the practicalities of teams split between home workers and those on-site, and the realities of social distancing, we’re all finding ways to collaborate and recreate an effective work environment. There are many software tools available, such as...
Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas become boatfolk
New branding unveiled The unveiling of the new name and logo completes the 2019 merger between Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas. Now known as 'boatfolk', all eleven marinas around the UK coast will share the same green branding and new website boatfolk.co.uk Quay Marinas...
Starting a new job during lockdown
Case study: Emsworth Yacht Harbour We're hearing lots about furloughing, reduced hours and cancelled contracts, but there are still people starting new jobs during this lockdown. Like all UK marinas, Emsworth Yacht Harbour in West Sussex is strangely quiet during the sunny spring weather. The...
Bringing new sites into your marina group
Case studies: Castle Marinas, Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas Open any marine trade magazine and there is news of marina mergers, acquisitions and changes of management contractors. Around the world, groups owning and operating marinas are expanding. The process of transferring data from one...
Idyllic superyacht marina in the Maldives
Welcome aboard, The Yacht Marina @ Crossroads The Maldives is a developing destination for luxury yachting and charter, and the latest marina to open is The Yacht Marina @ Crossroads. The marina is part of a multi-island integrated leisure and lifestyle hub located on the...
Smart Lists and Bulk Emails
Getting your message out Communicating with different groups of customers is more important than ever. With increasing restrictions on work and non-essential travel, marinas and harbours need to send regular tailored messages to customers as the situation unfolds. Handling bulk communications has to be easy,...
River at the heart of the Solent sailing scene
Welcome aboard, River Hamble The River Hamble in Hampshire is one of the UK’s boating honeypots. The three mile stretch from the mouth to Swanwick bridge is home to over 3,000 boats, famous yacht clubs, yachting pubs plus eight marinas and boatyards. County Council The...
One of the UK’s busiest recreational harbours
Welcome aboard, Chichester Harbour Conservancy Chichester Harbour in southern England is amongst the largest recreational harbours in the UK, extending over 11 square miles at high tide and attracting 25,000 people annually onto its waters. As well as being one of the busiest and most-loved...
Remote working – how we make it work
What we've learned There is a lot of talk at the moment about business resilience and remote working. Without making a drama out of a crisis, we’d like to share some of the things that we’ve learned while developing Harbour Assist and growing our company,...
Your data security
Q&A with Harbour Assist Chief Tehnology Officer, Graham Laidler We are working in an increasingly digital world; the days of writing letters, posting invoices and handling cheques are rapidly receding. Most marina operators use some form of customer database either hosted on the Cloud or...
Case Studies
