Transport minister calls for Flood Re for SMEs

The UK's Flood Re scheme could be used as a model to help
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) obtain affordable flood
insurance, according to the flood envoy for Yorkshire Robert
Goodwill.
The comments come less than a month before the government-backed
scheme is set to go live.
Goodwill - who is also transport minister - told the
Yorkshire Evening Post that many hundreds of companies
were struggling to get cover after storms affected the county over
Christmas.
"What we need...