1、2025BERTHON LYMINGTON MARINA 3Visit us online So where to start?The Berthon Sales Group has seen many changes,a lot of them very good in 2024,but the enormous events of the year remind us that we are a very small cog and that truly the world is a village.For sure the most impactful events have been
2、a swathe of elections we always knew that 49%of the planet would go to the polls in 2024,but the degree of change and the effect that this will have on us all,not only the yachting industry,were unexpected for yacht brokers and pundits alike.There has been a lurch to the right in general,but of cour
3、se the UK being fully paid-up members of the awkward squad,has moved to the left!By far the most important were the American elections,to decide who heads the nation that accounts for 26%of Worlds GDP.The election of Donald Trump is seeing ripples of change that are being felt in all corners of the
4、globe.The dreadful war in Ukraine continues,and as I write the changes in Syria are but fresh and we all hope that they will lead to a period of renewal and peace for its people after very troubled times.The split between the most powerful nations in the world continues with battles being fought not
5、 just on the battlefield but with drones and now with an on-line war of attrition which has us all worrying about the safety of our data,our bank accounts and private information.It seems that now we deal not only with the criminal element but with nations that would wish us harm.This new threat is
6、evident to us all every day.It has meant that the levels of due diligence and the systems that we have had to put in place to protect against these online warriors has increased massively in the past 12 months.We take the build and maintenance of our shield against these multiple threats extremely s