Flood Innovation Centre offers businesses free surveys and follow-up support

Fifteen years on from the devastating 2007 floods, the University of Hull’s Flood Innovation Centre is offering free flood risk surveys to business owners in Hull and East Yorkshire who are keen to protect their premises, employees and other assets against the risk of flooding. Once a survey has been carried out, the Flood Innovation Centre team can then work with business owners to help them...

Join The Waterline Summit to share in the region’s ambitions to reach net zero

The Humber’s annual flagship climate change summit will ask businesses, public sector organisations, academic institutions and community groups to identify the support they need in the drive to net-zero. The Waterline Summit 2022 takes place next month, at a time when the climate crisis has never been more evident. Held in partnership between Marketing Humber and the University of Hull, the...

Hull-based green cleaning manufacturer Bio-D introduces new pick-up point for customers

Hull-based green cleaning company Bio-D has introduced a new pick-up point for customers, allowing orders to be collected within two hours of placing on its website. Customers and businesses will benefit from the free to collect service from Bio-D’s fulfilment site at Innovation Drive near Clough Road. The new service will help to further reduce Bio-D’s environmental impact by reducing carbon...

East Yorkshire recycling firm Transwaste reflects on transformation as it marks 20 years in business

A household recycling firm has highlighted its transformation in the past couple of decades as it marks its 20-year milestone. Transwaste was founded by brothers Paul and Mark Hornshaw in 2002. Starting out as a skip-hire firm, hand-sorting waste at Hull Docks, the firm has since emerged as a leader in green energy. From its base at Melton, the recycling company receives between 60-100...

The Waterline Summit to shine a light on ‘big opportunities’ for the Humber

The “big opportunities” for the Humber in the drive to net-zero will be a key theme of the region’s flagship The Waterline Summit this year. News of the climate summit’s return comes just weeks after an unprecedented heatwave saw temperatures in the UK exceed 40 degrees Celsius for the first time on record, putting the climate crisis in stark focus. Several fire services declared major incidents...