Scottish Flood Forum

The Scottish Flood Forum, as part of its support for the SEPA Flood Awareness Campaign, is hosting a series of free seminars aimed at Small to Medium Business owners and staff. This seminar provides a foundation for Business Continuity Planning and seeks to prepare owners and staff with the tools needed to be prepared for the worst.

The course covers:

• Looking after your most valuable assets.
• Understanding the Business Risk Matrix
• Planning for the unexpected and what to do
• What protection to use against floods

The seminars run from 2pm to 4pm each day at the following venues:

• 2 November – Room 205, second floor, Tower Mill, Hawick
• 4 November – Galashiels Rugby Club, Galashiels
• 5 November – Leckie Memorial Church Hall, Peebles

Places are limited so early booking is advisable. Please use our event booking form to request a place.

Further information is available by using our Contact Us form or by calling 07747 702 299.

The Scottish Flood Forum will also be attending flood information evenings with SEPA and Scottish Borders Council at the same venues from 5pm until 7:30pm.

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A “Business Flood Seminar” conference, organised in partnership with SEPA, was held on the 17th March 2009 in Surgeons’ Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. The Scottish Flood Forum was invited to share in this first business conference hosted by SEPA.

  
  Photo (Left): Roseanna Cunningham MSP – Minister for the Environment, David Sigsworth – SEPA Chairman, Louise Bachelor – Chair
  Photo: (Right): Paul Hendy – Scottish Flood Forum, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, David Sigsworth

Our keynote speaker on the day was Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Minister for the Environment. Other speakers included representatives from the insurance industry, farming community, flood defence products, and BAE systems – all came with a wealth of relevant practical experience in protecting businesses from the major impacts of flooding. The conference was professionally chaired by well known journalist, TV presenter and public speaker Louise Bachelor.

   
          
  Photos: Various speakers from the conference

Topic discussed on the day included flood projects, legislation, flood trauma and the impact on the workforce (SFF) and business recovery. The occasion also was an opportunity for SEPA to launch their new Flood Awareness Leaflet and the SFF to promote their business continuity training seminar.

More information and the presentation decks can be found HERE on the SEPA website.

The Scottish Flood Forum would like to thank all our speakers, everyone who attended and our chair for making the day such a success. It is our hope that delegates took away a wealth of information to apply in their business and are now better prepared for dealing with potential future flooding. A special thanks go to John Thomson, Chairman of Freuchie Flood Action Group, who graciously allowed us to use his photographs taken on the day.

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