10 Dec 2014
Details of the spending on 13 Government funded schemes As a part of the Autumn Statement Government (Defra) have announced 13 major schemes on their website. https://www.gov.uk/government/announcements?departments%5B%5D=department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs Making flood defence consents part of the environmental permitting framework We want to know what you think about our proposals to change flood defence consents by including them […]
01 Dec 2014
CIWEM have commented on the Government Announcements – http://www.ciwem.org/information-and-resources/press–media/news-list/2014/dec/the-autumn-statement-is-already-forgetting-the-floods-of-last-winter.aspx Guardian ‘Treasury plans to spend from £2.3bn budget on improving protection for 300,000 homes over six years More than 1,400 flood defence projects are to receive funding to provide better protection from flooding for hundreds of thousands of homes. The Treasury is detailing projects that will […]
24 Nov 2014
Insurers Tell Govt £500M Extra Needed For Flood Defences UK flood defences need an extra £500m investment to ensure adequate protection for UK homes and businesses, leading insurance companies have warned in a letter to Chancellor George Osborne. Without the additional millions in funding the companies are concerned they may face losses even higher than the estimated £450m bill faced after […]
04 Nov 2014
This guide which is written especially with the home owner in mind hopes to reduce the worry about what flood protection products to use, and illustrates the variety of ways a home can be protected, how difficult the products are to fit and when it is appropriate to use them, The guide has been written […]
30 Aug 2014
Flood news is an excellent overview of recent news on UK flooding: to subscribe to this FREE monthly eNewsletter please click HERE NFF: A Manifesto For Flooded Communities The National Flood Forum (NFF) is asking flood hit communities to help prepare a Manifesto for Action on Flooding. Over the next two months they are asking individuals and Flood Action Groups across […]
11 Jul 2014
CMS News has gets it input from a wide range of eNews sources and we regularly promote these. For anyone working in the UK Flooding sector UK Flood News has become a mine of valuable information. The stories covered below illustrate the breadth of their coverage. Counting The £1Bn Plus Cost Of The Winter Floods […]
07 Jul 2014
Met Office: Extreme summer rainfall may become more frequent in the UK due to climate change, according to new research led by the Met Office in collaboration with Newcastle University. The new study, from the joint Met Office and NERC funded CONVEX project, uses a state-of-the-art climate model providing the first evidence that hourly summer […]
21 Jun 2014
EFRA Committee ‘The devastating floods of last winter could hit England again unless government funding cuts to flood defence budgets are reversed, MPs warned environment secretary, Owen Paterson, on last week. “Overall funding does not reflect the increased flood risk” being driven by climate change, the MPs’ report found, while money for the maintenance of […]
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