What is Flooding? Flooding is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘To cover or fill with water; to irrigate (grass land); to deluge (a burning house, mine, etc.) with water. Also of rain, etc.: To fill (a river) to overflowing.’. …
The floods of this winter (2019/2020) have been relentless, the 5th wettest on record and the wettest February since records began, with nearly 4 times the average monthly rainfall in some areas. The surrounding countryside of my own home, in…
At IBS Engineered Products, we think about floods all the time: hey, it’s part of what we do…! But I do wonder, being in the industry and obviously biased and very cautious, if I often make a mountain out of…
Because our industry deals with nature and humanity, so much of what we do comes on the back of very real events, worries and concerns, so it’s great to have some good news to even up the scales. First the…
Google ‘Brexit and business’ and you will find hundreds of pages and even more opinions and possibilities. Will it be good for the UK or bad? Will life be easier? Will products be harder to find? Will UK companies thrive…
This popular summary of Miguel de Cervantes’ famous quote “Forewarned; forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory” is SO true in our business and yet sadly, it can often take time for the message to get though – and…
It is without exaggeration that almost every time a storm hits the UK, the Met Office issues a flood warning and the broadcast media follows this up with a news person knee deep on some high street, surveying the damage.…
The Environment Agency’s (EA) Chair, Emma Howard Boyd, speaking recently about current trends said, global temperatures could rise between 2°C and 4°C by 2100 and that this would mean spending at least £1bn a year on flood management. As alarmist…
28th September 2018 Sometimes, just sometimes, you get the type of phone call that helps to make your efforts worthwhile. Well, it happened today and whilst I wouldn't normally talk about it, on this occasion I feel it's worth sharing:…
