Owner of Yorkshire Water Kelda Group has gone out to tender with an insurance brokerage and risk management services contract for the AMP7 2020-25 investment period - initial contract term is 3 years, with 2 further 1 year extension options.
The House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee has launched a new inquiry scrutinising the Government's plans for flood risk management in England.
A £2 million fund to support farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their property in the devastating floods in November has opened for applications this week.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is warning that climate change will increase the occurrence and frequency of once-in-a-century river floods in most regions of Europe.
Southern Water has gone out to tender with a contract for insurance broking and associated services worth an estimated £11.5 million.
A new report is warning that climate risks to physical infrastructure combined with other threats mean that losses from climate-related hazards will continue to rise unless investors, lenders, insurers and policymakers undertake significant risk management efforts.
Construction works have begun on a £13.3 million flood defence scheme for the strategic £1.2 billion Lincolnshire Lakes regeneration project which will see six new lakeside villages created on a former flood plain.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the Government to increase spending on building and maintaining UK flood infrastructure.
A new, independent report launched today is aimed at helping people better protect their homes and businesses from risk of flooding and recover more quickly if the worst happens.
The House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee will take evidence from Flood Re and the insurance industry on the affordability and availability of insurance for customers in flood risk areas and the impact of the government-backed Flood Re reinsurance scheme as part of its future flood prevention inquiry.
Attendees at next month’s National Civils Show, Floodex, National Drainage Show and Waterways Management on 26th and 27th November are set to benefit from an expert speaker line-up and the opportunity to visit a wide range of exhibitors all co-located in one place at Excel, London, one of the UK’s leading international exhibition and convention centres.
Tackling leakage is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for utilities to bolster water security, writes Ben Crabtree, Product Line Director, Ovarro, revealing how the potential of smart technologies is being demonstrated around the world.
UK-headquartered South Staffordshire Plc, the integrated services group operating within the UK critical infrastructure and essential services markets, has received a prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Award for global health and safety excellence.
Balfour Beatty, the UK’s largest construction and infrastructure provider, has delivered exceptional environmental results on the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (TEAM2100) framework, one of the nation’s most ambitious flood defence initiatives.