Flood brick entrepreneurs win Defra funding
The inventors of a flood brick designed to replace sandbags and defend homes from flooding have been awarded more than £44 000 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The grant is part of Defra's work to address flooding and climate change, and came out of a £200 000 fund distributed between three winning proposals.
Simon Phelps, managing director of Fluvial
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