Business Kirklees’ Post

Meet with experts and access valuable support in flood resilience to help protect your business. Please contact me to book a time slot 🙋♂️ #Kirklees #FloodDefence #Resilience #BusinessSupport

Is your business located in a high flood risk area? Do you have between 5 and 250 employees? Have your premises been affected by the recent flooding across Kirklees? If you answered yes to any of the above, we're here to help. Join us at Holme Bank Mills, Mirfield on 7 February for our Flood Support Event. In partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, we'll be outlining the support available to help your business become more resilient. Find out more about grant funding opportunities to: 📋 Carry out a flood resilience survey to identify the potential risks to your business and the recommended steps to reduce these risks. ✔  Help implement the resilience measures which are recommended in the outcomes of the survey. To register for the event, or to find out more about flood support, contact Rob Kaye on robert.kaye@kirklees.gov.uk #Kirklees #FloodDefence #Resilience #BusinessSupport

SME based in a flood risk area? Links below to free webinars to learn about protective measures and funding opportunities 👇 #flood #floodprotection #floodresilience #flooding #westyorkshire #floodrisk

If your business is in a flood risk area, you already know the harm flooding can have. Businesses that prioritise flood resilience are better prepared to adapt to and recover from flood events, resulting in cost savings, improved business continuity, and increased sustainability. Join our free, one-hour webinar to learn how to protect your business against flooding and what funding opportunities are available.

As a Business Continuity and Risk Officer, what flood protection measures are you implementing to safeguard the properties of your housing association? When surface water flooding threatens your housing stock, preparation is key. From flood-proofing buildings to developing evacuation plans, every action matters. With Previsico’s real-time flood alerts, social housing providers can receive property-level notifications and take action up to 48 hours in advance. To find out more information: https://lnkd.in/es9WCUS3 You can effectively distribute resources, safeguard tenants, and reduce property damage by using Previsico's actionable data. In a recent blog post, we explained how to use Previsico's 48-hour forecasts and real-time flood notifications. to read the full article, visit: https://lnkd.in/efBJ-WAZ #HousingAssociation #Governance #SocialHousing #RiskManagement #ValueForMoney

If your business is in a high flood risk area or if you have experienced flooding recently, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority is here to help. Grant funding is now available to: 📝Undertake a flood resilience survey. 🌊 Identify ways to protect your property and prevent damage. 🛠️ Put measures in place like installing flood doors. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ezSrKCmw #FloodResilience #SustainableBusiness

Flooding is becoming an increasingly serious threat to homes and businesses across the UK and property flood resilience (PFR) measures offer a proactive way to mitigate damage and reduce recovery costs, yet widespread uptake remains a challenge. In this latest post for BeFloodReady, Ashfield Solutions Group Ltd director of flood risk Aaron Jones dives into: ✅ The importance of PFR for reducing flood recovery costs ✅ Barriers like risk underestimation and perceived installation complexities ✅ Strategies for local councils and insurers to drive adoption and encourage community-wide resilience Read the full post here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eaZj5TzY #BeFloodReady #CIWEM #PropertyFloodResilience

Nice article, Karl: short and direct. Increasing flooding losses are not rocket science: more people and structures being built in vulnerable creations + climate change impacts = more frequent and severe flooding damages. Kudos to Chad Berginnis for being so succinct as to why these combined trends continue: human irrationality and elections. If we can overcome some of our irrational traits in thinking about disasters, as summed up, for example, in the book "The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters," that might help us learn the hard truths necessary for us to stop increasing the frequency and scale of flooding disasters. And then maybe we could find our way to supporting politicians that understand these difficult realities and the hard policy choices required.

Excellent article by Christopher Flavelle in this morning's NYT. It nicely sums up the problems flooding causes throughout the U.S. and our complicated relationship with water - living next to it, wanting to be around it, and what happens when it goes where it wants to go, regardless of our efforts. Time is coming (and sooner that any of us want to readily admit) that we will need to start looking at land and asking the toughest of questions, "Should we really be building or rebuilding there?" From the article, quoting ASFPM chief Chad Berginnis, CFM, "Berginnis suggests a fourth option for flood protection: In especially high-risk areas, stop building new homes." Wise words, if we have the ears to hear them.