View from the top: Pool solution a proven concept

For those of us living or working in the UK, one regular weather event is inevitable: lots of rain. So, most readers won’t take much convincing of the fact that, in 2012, Britain suffered its second-wettest year since records began in 1910.

And, while we have all witnessed the significant damage inflicted on households and businesses by the resulting floods, last year's extreme weather also caused £1.3bn of specific farming-related