NB Marine Services @ The Paintshed — The Story So Far
N.B. Marine Services is run by myself, Nick Bancroft, a narrowboat specialist with several years’ experience and a broad expertise. I started my career as a car mechanic, which gave me the engineering skills to apply to narrowboat engine servicing. I spent 4 years building my skills working for a busy hire fleet in Anderton, Cheshire, quickly progressing through the ranks to Senior Engineer.
Moving from Anderton, I joined the team at a major marine distribution company based in Nantwich, Cheshire as Assistant Manager. This role gave me significant insight into the sourcing of quality parts and materials for narrowboats, knowledge I have since been able to readily share with my customers.
In 2003 N.B. Marine Services was founded and was operational (and busy!) from a standing start. I very quickly gained many great contacts in both private and trade sectors within the industry. Our biggest customer at this time was Orchard Marina, where I was their sole engineer and coach painter.
“Pleasure in the Job Puts Perfection in Our Work!”
As my expertise grew, so did my client base, and my reputation has taken me around the UK and Europe. More recently I have found that my stringent attention to detail has enabled me to deliver exceptionally high quality work in all areas of narrowboat painting and servicing.
In January 2010, I took on ownership of the Paintshed at Uplands Marina, Anderton. The Paintshed already had a well-established reputation in the industry, having been maintained by fellow expert narrowboat painter Steve Gorton, who has since retired. I was confident I possessed the skills and quality of workmanship to take on and develop the Paintshed, which I have built into a state-of-the-art facility for narrowboat painting.
It is also the ideal base to offer a full range of narrowboat servicing and engineering services through NB Marine Services. Through NB Marine Services and The Paintshed, Anderton, there is nothing that my team and I cannot do for your narrowboat, with the highest standards guaranteed on every job.
Get in Touch
Please take the time to browse the website and find out about the services my team, associates and I can offer. Please don’t hesitate to contact me on 07866 514639 or by email at nbmarineservices@hotmail.com with any enquiries — I look forward to hearing from you.
Nick Bancroft
Owner, NB Marine Services
Director, The Paintshed Limited
Video by Flying Fox Photography
“Dear Nick, this is just to say thank you for the years you worked for me at Orchard as a sub contractor. You lived up to the high standard of work we endeavoured to undertake, your attention to detail in the work we did helped give us the name we had on the system for being one of the top boatyards for paintwork, and along with that was the approach you had toward our customers, who I know all spoke highly of you. As you know, my philosophy to work was to have fun and enjoy what you were doing, and with you on our team we certainly did that.”
Stan Rowan, Orchard Marina Ltd (Retired)