Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Suzanne Simmons discusses how flood protection can be achieved through Trees for Cities’ urban tree planting and Edible Playgrounds programmes
Chris Uttley discusses the Stroud Valleys Rural Sustainable Drainage Partnership Project
Steve Maslen explains how natural flood management might effectively be applied to communities at risk of flooding
Running on the 27-28 September, the he largest flood exhibition and conference in the world will showcase the innovative products and infrastructure reinventing the way that flooding across the globe is predicted, prevented and managed. GB looks ahead to the Flood Expo
Here, in our first Top 10 list, Government Business looks at the Top 10 local authorities for flood resilience
Kevin Frewin, technical development manager at BSI UK, looks at the importance of standards in current flood prevention products
Paul Cobbing, of the the National Flood Forum, discusses the importance of engaging with people about the residual risk of flooding.
How can we turn water flood risk into a sustainable solution? Government Business discusses the topic with Lee Harriman of Crocodile Flood Solutions
Lincolnshire County Council's Richard Wills discusses why collaboration is key in ensuring further investment and appropriate consideration
Floods during the winter of 2015-16 devastated communities across the North West of England. Government Business looks at what’s being done to prevent future problems in one of the hardest hit areas, Cumbria.
Kevin Reed, of the UK Rainwater Management Association, discusses how better water management could stop problems reoccurring in the future.
In the wake of the floods of Christmas 2015, Mary Dhonau, chief executive of Know Your Flood Risk, talks about what needs to be done at a local level to mitigate the damage from flood water.
Following the extreme weather that has affected much of the UK in recent months, Government Business analyses the government response and what more needs to be done.
Communities need to be aware and prepared for the possibility of floods. Mary Dhonau, chief executive of the Know Your Flood Risk campaign, discusses the importance of flood management
Keith Ulyatt of West Berkhire Council shares the story behind the innovative flood defence scheme that was adopted following the devastation of summer 2007, a ‘once in a hundred year storm’
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