Cockwells joins forces with Cornwall Marine Network to launch unique boatbuilding apprenticeship scheme
Cockwells Modern & Classic Boatbuilding has joined forces with Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) to train the next generation of boatbuilders through a new City & Guilds Level 3 Boatbuilder Apprenticeship scheme. It is the only one of its kind in the Duchy as it is offered in the workplace and tailored to business needs. …
Passes across the board for Floorlaying Apprenticeship Assessments
The first five Apprentices, employed by Cornwall Carpets and Flooring Ltd and enrolled on CMN’s Floor layer Level 2 Apprenticeship, undertook their final assessments at the beginning of July. All were successful in achieving their Apprenticeship, with distinction grades being achieved in some areas. …
Maritime UK appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Maritime UK, the umbrella organisation for the UK’s maritime sector, has appointed Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE as its new Chief Executive Officer. …
Cornwall Marine Network welcomes the Department for Transport (DfT) as they visit the region
Cornwall Marine Network, part of Maritime UK South West, welcomed Petra Wilkinson CBE, Director of Maritime and eleven directors and officials from the Senior Maritime Team at the Department for Transport (DfT) on Friday. …
MARITIME UK BRIEFING: SPRING BUDGET 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget 2023 statement to the House of Commons against a slightly less pessimist economic outlook, compared to the one leading up to the Autumn Statement less than six months ago. …
Looking to Grow your International Market?
CMN is excited to announce it will be a delivery partner of The Global Blueprint Programme - an intensive one-to-one workshop series coordinated by International Trade Matters. …
Cornwall Marine Network announced as finalist of prestigious Maritime UK’s national coastal powerhouse award
Cornwall Marine Network has been recognised as an organisation that has proven themselves as a key driver for growth within a coastal community and whose Company’s values, passion and vision are helping transform the local marine community into a Coastal Powerhouse. …
Brokerage grows with rising tide of confidence in boat sales sector
Signs of growing confidence in the marine sector have been bolstered by a new addition to one of Britain’s leading yacht brokers as the firm positions itself for a year of growth. …
Cornwall Marine Network celebrates 20 years of marine sector support with special event at RNAS Culdrose
This year Cornwall Marine Network celebrates its 20th anniversary of delivering support services and growth to the marine sector in Cornwall. …
Cockwells marks continuing growth with Owners’ Rally in Falmouth, Dartmouth and Yarmouth
Cockwells Modern & Classic Boatbuilding has celebrated a further year of exceptional growth with an Owners’ Rally, which took place between Friday 1st and Sunday 3rd July. …