Old issues, new perspectives
The 2007 floods presented disaster recovery firms with a number of capacity challenges. They also raised the question as to how long it should take to dry out a property, a question that still divides the industry today, as Alwynne Gwilt discovers
Last month, Environment Minister Hilary Benn told the House of Commons that thousands of UK residents were still displaced from their homes more than a year after last summer's floods, citing the fact
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