In July, British Waterways went from being a state-run body to a new charitable entity, the Canal & River Trust. Pui-Guan Man looks at what the change has meant for its in-house team
When it became apparent that a large swathe of public bodies was going to face swingeing cuts in funding as the Government clamped down on quangos, British Waterways (BW) – the body responsible for 2,000 miles of rivers and canals in England and Wales – began to look at alternative sources of income to meet the deficit.
