Snow disruption continues
Article Date: Jan 13 2010The government has failed to learn the lessons of last February’s snowfall, according to a business lobbying organisation.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says the authorities should have been better prepared for the recent spate of bad weather which has brought the UK to a ‘standstill’.
Some 124 million working hours were lost last week due to weather conditions, as 45 per cent of British workers faced travel disruptions, according to research from IT company Citrix.
John Wright, national chairman of the FSB, says businesses have been hard hit during the recent bad weather, with staff unable to make it to work because of school closures and snow-bound roads.
Adds Wright, 'We need to be better prepared with more salt stocks for roads and better guidance for head teachers on when to close schools, to prevent staff from missing days of work and bringing the country – and the economy – to a standstill.’
The Met Office has today issued warnings of heavy snow for North West England, the West Midlands and southern England.
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