Boat Fitter NOT going out of business

[KJT]

Very pleased to hear the Waterways World report was an error. KG make very fine craft!

(From a very satisfied owner!)

[Jim Batty]

You may have read in the latest well known canal magazine that Kingsground Boat fitters have gone into administration. Kingsground have posted on their FaceBook page that this is not correct and they are still open for business ...

 

Ummm, didn't Kingsground lay off or make redundant most of (all?) their very skilled workforce that put all those beautiful boats together?

 

That might be why WW thought they went under as far as boat building was concerned.

[Kingsground Narrowboats]

Jim, thank you for your comment. Downsizing from two sites to one and opting to build fewer boats per year has meant that we have made redundancies. No business can afford to keep twice as many staff as necessary, it would be a disaster and within just a short time no one would have a job! As I'm sure you are aware, Kingsground Narrowboats are boat builders but we also own a marina and offer many other services. It's all very well assuming that because we may have altered the business to suit the relocation that we may have 'gone out of business' but it's really not very accurate. Businesses change, they have to to survive! They can't keep doing the same thing day in and day out, The world is an ever changing place and consumers want different things at different times. Our building being used as a Heritage Centre encouraged that we use the move to put our eggs into different baskets and have them more evenly balanced to protect our future and offer the business a more secure foundation for trading. None of those made redundant are out of work, they all found jobs within the industry before their notice period ended with us and, testament of their skills. We believe that we have worked hard over the past 24 months to offer a wider variation of services as we very much appreciate that times are difficult financially and more people are looking to repair and rebuild than have a bespoke built boat. Our build schedule has dropped accordingly. Kind regards, Kingsground Narrowboats

[Guest]

 

Have a greenie for that..