The outlook for the specialist sector is increasingly positive according to the latest NSCC State of Trade Survey, which shows a record high of 60% of respondents are anticipating an increased workload for the upcoming year.

A new schems will see 600 native trees planted on farmland in the South Downs National Park to help prevent a repeat of recent disastrous flooding and soil erosion in the National Park.

A group of Sussex residents have joined the UK’s first ‘legal blockade’ to stop a potential fracking site in the heart of one of Britain’s national parks.

Lord Chris Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency says that the UK now faces difficult choices on flood defence investment.

Neighbouring water companies Wessex Water and Sembcorp Bournemouth Water have joined forces to ensure that people in Dorset have a reliable water supply when unexpected events occur.

South West Water has started preparatory work ahead of delivering £5 million worth of projects to further improve bathing water quality at Torbay's beaches.

Northern Ireland Water has awarded a £38 million water and wastewater pumps framework contract to a total of six suppliers which will run for between two to six years.

Early statistics published by the Met Office for January 2014 show that the southeast and central southern England region has already had its wettest January in records going back to 1910, with three days still to go.