YACHT BUILDER’S SUCCESS

Company buoyant after a wave of orders from sailors

A luxury boatbuilder near Peterborough is creating 20 jobs after success at two international boat shows. Fairline Yachts is looking to take on20extra staff at its factory in Oundle.

The move comes after what the company says was “phenomenal success” at the Cannes and Southampton Boat Shows last month.

It is an impressive start for the company that started life eight months on the remains of the former Fairline Boats, which went into administration late last year with the loss of 380 jobs.

The business, which include the name and assets of Fairline Boats, was bought by two Russian investors who created the new company called Fairline Yachts.

The firm says the newly created jobs will take the total headcountatthefirmtoabout 250 people.

Managingdirector Russell Currie said: “This is an exciting time for Fairline Yachts.

“Hot on the heels of two very successful international boat shows – Cannes and Southampton – where cus- tomer deposits were received for boats from across our range, we are now preparing to exhibit at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida next month.”

Workers are being recruited for a variety of roles including engineers, carpenters, CNCoperativesandstage 1 fitters.

New recruits will be taken on at Fairline’s Oundle base to fulfil the company’s growing order book for 2017 and beyond.

The new staff will support the introduction of new models to the company’s range. For more details visit: http:// www.fairline.com/en/jobs