Tag: Flooding



Rising Confusion over New Flood Insurance Scheme

Posted on 16 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

Confusion over a new Government-backed insurance scheme could leave many commercial property owners “paddling their own canoe”, one the country's leading agents has warned. Prop-Search surveyor Samantha Jones With a 14-year agreement between the... Read More

Making Water a Feature of Urban Planning

Posted on 27 April, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Architects are coming up with increasingly inventive ways to not only save space in town centres, but to make these spaces attractive places to be. With the high street only just hanging on to growth and consumers turning to online shopping in their droves... Read More

Flooded West Country Farmland Could Take Months to Recover

Posted on 7 February, 2013 by Neil Bird under Business News

Acres of West Country farmland remain underwater over a month after extensive flooding hit the region the Express & Echo reports. Despite one of the biggest pumping operations in British history vast swathes of land are still unworkable and industry... Read More