Liverpool Boat Show cancelled

THE Liverpool Boat Show, for which British Waterways  'invested £500,000 in 650 yards of new floating landing stages' has been cancelled.

The event that was expected to attract thousands of people to the Mersey waterfront was due to take place for 10 days from 29th April, Alan Tilbury tells us.

Lack of exhibitors

However the organiser Marine Industry Events (MIE) stated it had been forced to cancel the show due to the economic climate and the lack of exhibitors.

Rob Mackenzie, Managing Director of MIE, gave the reason that it was to 'protect the integrity of what we know to be the enormous long-term potential for a major boat show in Liverpool'.

Disastrous London Boat Show

Many exhibitors had given the reason for withdrawing from the event as the 'commercially disastrous' London Boat Show.

The show was to have featured displays of boats across the city's docks, with British Waterways providing the berths for those  boats at a cost of £500,000.