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British Waterways has secured funding of £120m from Climate Change Capital for up to 25 hydroelectric schemes on rivers, and planning permission is being sought for the first five projects in the Midlands and Yorkshire. 11-Mar-2009 British Waterways and Partnerships for Renewables are planning to install 50 wind turbines and additional hydroelectric projects on canals and rivers over the next five years. 09-Oct-2008 British Waterways, the government-owned network of canals and rivers, is to conduct a strategic review that could lead to a £1bn sale or flotation. 24-May-2007 British Waterways is planning to shed 180 jobs, following a decision by the Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs to cut its budget by 15%. 11-Oct-2006 British Waterways is looking to set up 50 new inland marinas, in order to benefit from the growing popularity of canal boat holidays, and developers and landowners are being invited to devise plans. 08-Mar-2006 British Waterways is planning to increase the quantity of goods transported on the canal network from 1.6m to 6m tonnes a year by 2010, and hopes to encourage the development of recycling plants and distribution centres next to canals. 11-May-2005 British Waterways is to spend £3m revamping Stourport's historic canal basins into a tourist attraction, with the creation of about 70 jobs. 04-Apr-2005 Scottish & Newcastle has been selected as preferred bidder to manage and develop a chain of canal side pubs for British Waterways. 03-Aug-2004 British Waterways is planning to shed 140 jobs at offices nationwide, in order to release funds for maintenance work. 17-Mar-2004 British Waterways is to submit plans to Liverpool City Council for the development of a £15m Canal Link between the city's Central and South Docks. 05-Mar-2004 British Waterways is seeking a joint venture partner for the £2bn development of the 20-acre Wood Wharf in London's Docklands, including retail, hotel and residential space. 19-Feb-2004 British Waterways is set to start work on the £5.5m regeneration of the canals of North Staffordshire, in order to attract new investment and create leisure opportunities in the area. 12-Dec-2003 British Waterways is seeking a partner to help develop a nationwide network of waterside pubs on its 2,000-miles of canals and rivers. 27-Nov-2003 British Waterways is to close its equipment repair workshop in Northwich in March, with the loss of 21 jobs. 13-Nov-2003 British Waterways is seeking lottery funding for a £40m project to restore the Cotswold Canals. 30-Jun-2003 British Waterways is linking up with Partnerships UK, AWG and Bristol Water to form a new water supply company called Watergrid. 19-Nov-2002 British Waterways has announced a £5.6m plan to rejuvenate canals in Birmingham and the Black Country, having secured a £2.2m grant from the Advantage West Midlands development agency. 01-Nov-2002 British Waterways is forming an alliance with Amec and the Igloo Regeneration Fund to develop canal and riverside properties across the country. 19-Jul-2002 British Waterways has announced plans to invest £300m in nine canal development schemes throughout the country this year, which will involve reopening or building up to 300 miles of waterways. 19-Mar-2002 British Waterways is to launch a study into the transformation of derelict stretches of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on Merseyside into tourist and leisure attractions. 22-Nov-2001 British Waterways is planning to build a 20-mile canal to link the Great Ouse at Bedford with the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, and the nine possible options have been costed at between £80m and £150m. 21-Aug-2001 British Waterways is planning to transform the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich into a leading tourist attraction, including a £1m visitor centre. 18-Jul-2001 British Waterways has announced plans to restore a disused canal linking the Thames and the Severn rivers, in a £82m project that could lead to the creation of 500 jobs. 05-Jul-2001 British Waterways is planning the £30m redevelopment of Tower Wharf in Chester, including a hotel, apartments, offices and bars. 21-Jun-2001 British Waterways is planning a £9m project to restore the canal network in Droitwich, including new cycleways and towpaths on a 22-mile stretch of canal. 08-Jun-2001 British Waterways has unveiled plans for a £25m canal side development at Port Dundas in Glasgow, which will involve new housing, offices and leisure facilities. 28-May-2001 British Waterways has drawn up a list of 12 potential partners for the £500m redevelopment of up to 6,000 acres of waterfront land throughout the country. 17-Apr-2001 British Waterways and Miller Group have submitted plans for the £60m regeneration of the Union canal terminus in Edinburgh city centre, including shops, offices, apartments and the creation of about 650 jobs. 26-Oct-2000 British Waterways is planning to put its £280m property portfolio out to tender, as part of a 25-year project to redevelop its canal and riverside assets. 20-Sep-2000 British Waterways is planning to invest more than £100m in six projects to open up a further 100 miles of the canal network, including a new stretch between Bedford and Milton Keynes that will provide freight access to East Anglia. 25-Jul-2000 British Waterways has acquired the 15-acre Sawley Marina from two Nottinghamshire businessmen, and will relocate its offices from Trent Lock to the new site. 10-Feb-2000 British Waterways is launching a £100m project to restore about 200 miles of canals, in order to attract anglers, boaters, and new businesses to derelict waterfronts across the country. 26-Jul-1999 British Waterways is considering plans for a £50m project to extend the Lancaster Canal by 10km, linking Kendal and Windermere in Cumbria. 17-Jun-1999 British Waterways is about to start work on the £78m Millennium Link scheme, which will restore navigation on the Forth and Clyde canal by reconnecting the waterways between the east and west of Scotland. 12-Mar-1999 The government has announced plans to develop the UK's 2,000-mile canal network by encouraging British Waterways to forge partnerships with the private sector, and one idea is to use the canals as a national grid to pump water to dry areas. 19-Feb-1999 The government is considering plans to sell franchises for the operation of 2,000 miles of UK canals, but this is just one of a number of possible options for the future of the nationalised British Waterways. 02-Jun-1998 The £78m Millennium Link project to link up canals between the west and the east of Scotland is set to go ahead following the promise of additional funding from British Waterways Board, Scottish Enterprise and local authorities. 07-Apr-1998 British Waterways has asked the government if it can be transformed from a nationalised company into a charitable trust in order to boost investment through a membership scheme. 29-Aug-1997 British Waterways is taking over the West India and Millwall docks in London in order to expand the leisure facilities, with plans to set up floating restaurants and moorings for leisure boats. 22-Jul-1997 British Waterways is linking up with Birmingham council to introduce a canal bus scheme, which will take commuters from the suburbs to the city centre, thus reducing car traffic. 28-Jun-1996 British Waterways has announced plans to convert the area around the Spaghetti Junction motorway intersection in Birmingham into a tourist attraction which will include an imitation beach. 03-Jun-1996 British Waterways has released Trafalgar House from a £60m liability concerning the Paddington Basin site in London. 07-Dec-1995
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