Retail
Baby WarehouseLocation
Oxfordshire
Sector
Retail trade
Summary
The Baby Warehouse premises were flooded during the summer of 2007 after only a year of trading. As a response to this they implemented several measures to make themselves more resilient to future flooding including an online stock management system, moving equipment and stock above ground level and more formal business continuity planning. However, due to difficulties in obtaining the insurance payout they have since gone out of business.
Location
Europe
Sector
Retail trade
Summary
Kingfisher, with support from UKCIP, ran an awareness raising workshop with the Group Property Network in order to initiate activity on climate change adaptation across the Group’s property portfolio.
Location
Mainly Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.
Sector
Retail trade, Other services
Summary
Midcounties Cooperative worked with UKCIP to plan how to adapt to climate change using the methodology outlined in the UKCIP Adaptation Wizard.
Pendragon Crafts
Location
South West
Sector
Flooding, Wholesale & retail
Summary
Pendragon Crafts is a shop in Cornwall, which has installed flood protection measures and set up collaboration with other businesses on flood alerts. For more information, see the Climate SouthWest tourism adaptation case studies.
Location
Ledbury, Herefordshire
Sector
Agriculture
Summary
In 2002 Pixley Berries first investigated changing weather conditions and impacts on crop management including harvest and post harvest infra-structure, autumn, winter and growing season weather.
Taylerson’s Malmsbury Syrup
Location
South West
Sector
Food, Manufacturing, Retail
Summary
Taylerson’s Malmsbury Syrup used conventional marketing tool PESTLE used to review their position and product range reviewed with respect to the new climate. This case study was developed by Climate SouthWest following action learning workshops run by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Horizon South West and Climate SouthWest. For more information, see the Climate SouthWest website, Group A case studies.
