Sesame - Where small businesses can share their experiences and suggestions about flooding and flood risk
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The Sesame project aimed to understand and model the impacts of flooding on the UK’s small businesses and the knock-on effects on the wider economy – and to find ways of encouraging businesses to be better prepared in future.
Flooding is a growing challenge to the UK and the world. In Britain, the 2000 floods were the worst since 1947; the 2007 floods affected 48,000 homes and over a thousand businesses, and caused the greatest loss of essential services since World War II. Large-scale damage was again caused in 2012 and 2014. According to some estimates, by 25 years’ time flooding could cost the UK £25bn annually.
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Sesame - Where small businesses can share their experiences and suggestions about flooding and flood risk