Profile

Madge Bailey’s 30+ years' experience is concentrated in the moorings and boating business sector.

Her consultancy advises a broad range of clients from the public, private and charity sector including the major navigation authorities, local authorities, commercial mooring operators, not-for-profit sites and individual house-boaters.

Prior to establishing her consultancy in 2010, Madge worked for the Canal & River Trust (formerly British Waterways) for 17 years and was responsible for tourism development, regeneration and moorings business in London. She then became the leading specialist in moorings for the Trust, establishing their guidance for new marina development, residential moorings policy and national standards for mooring management and pricing.

Having operated at all levels – policy making, strategy development, project delivery and hands-on management, she develops realistic solutions based on a sound understanding of how waterways and mooring businesses work, the regulatory and licensing framework plus market conditions. She has built up extensive knowledge of the markets for leisure, residential, commercial and tourism moorings. She draws together professionals with different disciplines as required and consults broadly to consider the perspectives of all stake-holders.

Clients include

Port of London Authority

Environment Agency

Broads Authority

Canal & River Trust

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kingston

London Borough of Southwark

Genesis Housing Association, Stratford

Diocese of London

Axis, Generation Park Norwich

Sail Greenwich

Mooring operators and boat-owners in:

King's Cross

Chelsea

Battersea

Bow

Rotherhithe

Kingston upon Thames

Nine Elms

Hammersmith

Chiswick

Richmond

Kew

Eton