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Posts

• 11/06/25: How Workplace Exposure Monitoring Protects Employees & Ensures Legal Compliance
• 15/05/25: The Ecological Importance of Bats
• 15/05/25: Bats and Development
• 15/05/25: The Hidden Gems of UK Lepidoptera: Micromoths Worth Discovering
• 08/05/25: A Guide to Identifying Protected UK Species
• 08/04/25: The Rescue of Barry the (Pipistrelle) Bat!
• 12/02/25: Understanding Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
• 05/02/25: How Construction Affects Air Quality, & Ways to Reduce Its Impact
• 15/01/25: How Does Bamboo Spread?
• 16/12/24: Downlands Community School STEM Club Celebrates National Finals – with Sponsorship from Phlorum
• 12/11/24: Key Insights for Legal Professionals on Japanese knotweed Expert Witnesses & Litigation
• 19/09/24: Labour’s Planning & Infrastructure Bill: The Benefits for The Property Development Sector
• 17/07/24: Air Quality & Traffic Management Schemes: Risk & Reward
• 08/07/24: Japanese Knotweed on Building Sites: What are Developers’ Options?
• 21/06/24: Davies & Churchill Japanese Knotweed Legal Cases
• 10/06/24: Air Quality Action Plans – Meeting Defra’s Requirements
• 04/08/23: Uncontrolled Bamboo: A Growing Problem for UK Homeowners
• 03/04/23: The Changing Landscape of Japanese Knotweed Litigation
• 17/02/23: Be a good expert: Tell the truth
• 10/01/23: Building on Land with Japanese knotweed
• 08/12/22: Can you Remove Japanese knotweed Yourself?
• 23/05/22: How to Improve Indoor Air Quality in The Workplace
• 11/04/22: Are there Japanese knotweed hotspots in the UK?
• 04/04/22: Seller lied about Japanese knotweed: What are your options?
• 01/04/22: No.10 ‘Partygate’ blamed on Japanese knotweed
• 06/04/21: Knotweed Changes to Property Information Form (TA6 Part 1)
• 09/12/20: Student of the Year 2020!
• 16/10/20: UK Assessment of Japanese Knotweed Risk is Proportionate
• 14/10/20: Covid-19 lockdown caused complex and harmful local air quality effects
• 24/09/20: Air Quality Positive – what will it entail and how can you prepare?
• 12/03/20: Winter dead canes clearance
• 09/03/20: The Green Industrial Revolution and Air Quality
• 27/02/20: Tree Climbing Bat Survey: How Our Recent Qualifications Enhance Our Services
• 25/02/20: Odour Complaints & Smell Pollution Guidance
• 05/02/20: Have recent floods in the UK increased the spread of Japanese Knotweed?
• 13/01/20: Have we really seen a rise in Giant Hogweed in the UK?
• 09/12/19: What time of year does Japanese knotweed grow?
• 15/11/19: Air Quality Mitigation / Emissions Mitigation Statements
• 20/06/19: Sustainable Transport eVent
• 06/06/19: What does Japanese knotweed do to a house?
• 05/06/19: Workplace Pollution: What Are the Risks?
• 29/05/19: Odour Assessment of Sewage Treatment Works
• 25/04/19: Can Japanese knotweed grow through concrete?
• 01/04/19: Japanese knotweed could stop Brexit
• 18/03/19: Damages awarded against negligent surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed
• 01/03/19: How Long can Japanese Knotweed Stay Dormant?
• 18/01/19: Is Japanese Knotweed Dangerous?
• 09/01/19: Environmental Assessment of Crematoria
• 08/01/19: Angola Offshore Environmental Risk Assessments
• 09/08/18: When is the Bat Survey Season?
• 09/08/18: How Long is a Bat Survey Valid For?
• 30/07/18: Where Can I Dispose of Japanese Knotweed?
• 03/07/18: Network Rail Loses Appeal on Landmark Knotweed Case
• 15/06/18: Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show
• 14/06/18: Swarming Honey Bees
• 12/06/18: Where is Japanese Knotweed Most Likely to Grow?
• 30/05/18: How do you know if you have Japanese knotweed?
• 12/03/18: Bats in the attic?
• 07/03/18: Ecology Survey Season is approaching…
• 07/02/18: Can you eat Japanese knotweed?
• 17/08/17: The Effects of Japanese Knotweed on the Ecosystem
• 15/08/17: Honey Bees at Manchester Office
• 19/07/17: How Japanese knotweed Spreads
• 17/07/17: Manchester City Centre Bat Survey
• 07/07/17: Elite withdraws Japanese knotweed insurance cover
• 13/04/17: What does Japanese knotweed look like in Spring?
• 27/02/17: Japanese Knotweed Claims: Guest Blog by Charles Lyndon Ltd
• 16/02/17: What do current air quality concerns mean for developers?
• 15/02/17: Waistell v Network Rail: Phlorum’s expert role in landmark Japanese knotweed legal case
• 22/07/16: How to Kill Japanese Knotweed
• 18/05/16: EU legal action raises air quality as significant planning issue
• 06/05/16: Should I Buy a House with Japanese Knotweed?
• 01/04/16: Brexit would legalise Japanese knotweed sabotage
• 17/12/15: South Lancashire Bat Group’s bat box scheme in Tatton Park, Cheshire
• 11/12/15: Promising News For UK Amphibians
• 02/09/15: Collaboration is coming!
• 24/07/15: Aggressive mitigation needed to reduce global mortality from PM2.5 air pollution
• 22/07/15: Business legitimacy: The unexpected enemy of low carbon construction?
• 20/04/15: Low Carbon Assessment (LCA) tools and collaboration
• 17/04/15: Lowering CO2 emissions in the construction Industry: Thoughts on network supply chains and client influence
• 01/04/15: Japanese knotweed has incredible pollution busting potential!
• 24/03/15: Japanese knotweed: The most destructive non-native weed in the UK (Guest blog post from GroundSure)
• 04/03/15: The human question: Solving the construction industry’s carbon crisis
• 20/02/15: Japanese Knotweed: The Legal framework
• 12/09/14: Ecology Consultancy Advice for August 2014 – Bats Ahoy & More
• 28/08/14: The Positive Side of Japanese Knotweed, Britain’s Most Hated Invader
• 07/08/14: Sustainable Development – BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment & More
• 30/07/14: Air Quality “Diesel Tax” for London
• 25/07/14: BREEAM Code for Sustainable Homes ‘New Construction Scheme’ Beds In
• 23/07/14: Video: Swale Dig
• 21/07/14: Video: Great Crested Newt Survey
• 18/07/14: Failed Air Pollution Solutions – UK Set To Miss EU Standards by 20 Years
• 17/07/14: RICS Article on Japanese Knotweed: Countering Invasion
• 11/07/14: Biological Control – The Latest News About Japanese Knotweed Treatment
• 10/07/14: Energy YES! 2014
• 07/07/14: Ecology Consultancy News – Developers Going Batty All Over Britain
• 02/07/14: BREEAM Code for Sustainable Homes Proposes Voluntary Sustainability System
• 30/06/14: Oliver Heath Impresses at the Eco-Technology Show
• 19/06/14: Will a Japanese knotweed membrane help protect my property?
• 03/06/14: Relative of cane toad threatens Madagascar
• 02/06/14: Power to the People – Creative Air Pollution Solutions
• 27/05/14: BREEAM Assessor News for May 2014
• 16/05/14: Ecological consultants support the fight against a barbaric Maltese tradition
• 09/05/14: Latest Japanese Knotweed control news – May 2014
• 06/05/14: New man-made gasses threaten the ozone layer
• 30/04/14: Busy times for Air Quality Consultants – The latest air quality news
• 29/04/14: Council blames spread of Japanese knotweed on Government cuts
• 28/04/14: Volunteers needed for Knotweed clean up
• 24/04/14: You smell more than you see
• 18/04/14: Expert BREEAM Assessor insight – New Guidelines for 2014
• 14/04/14: Ecology consultancy news – protecting Britain’s precious wildlife
• 09/04/14: Video: How to Control Japanese Knotweed (with science!)
• 08/04/14: Japanese Knotweed control news – April 2014
• 07/04/14: Examining sustainability in the construction industry: Interview Invitation
• 04/04/14: Great News for Whales!
• 02/04/14: Air pollution solutions help meet UK air quality standards
• 01/04/14: UK Government uses Japanese Knotweed to Sequester CO2 Emissions
• 28/03/14: Japanese knotweed added to Kentucky’s Invasive Herbaceous Species list
• 28/03/14: A shot in the dark…
• 26/03/14: Air quality consultants report an increasing focus on air pollution
• 21/03/14: Japanese Knotweed Removal – a knotty problem!
• 17/03/14: 21 Japanese Knotweed facts – By a team of professional ecological consultants
• 13/03/14: Fears as honeybee disease infects bumblebees
• 12/03/14: Can Pine forests limit climate change?
• 11/03/14: About UK Japanese Knotweed Removal
• 07/03/14: Japanese Knotweed Claims Ltd helps clients recover treatment costs
• 05/03/14: Novel Ash Die Back Treatment to Combat Japanese knotweed
• 28/02/14: The Manchester Carbon Literacy Project
• 27/02/14: Invasive snails and Japanese knotweed removal
• 26/02/14: UK Faces Legal Threat over Air Quality Objectives
• 25/02/14: Top 10 Invasive Non-Native Species
• 24/02/14: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Newt!
• 21/02/14: Odour Survey and the World’s Smelliest Fruit?
• 20/02/14: Can you help stop the spread of Japanese knotweed?
• 19/02/14: Emergency Services Respond to Offensive Odour
• 18/02/14: MP welcomes funds being put aside for Japanese knotweed treatment
• 17/02/14: ASBOs for invasive species!
• 14/02/14: Homes and businesses under relentless flood risk threat
• 14/02/14: Japanese knotweed – What’s in a Name!?
• 05/02/14: Academics disagree on impact of knotweed and other non-native invasive species
• 04/02/14: Can you feel that smell? Complexity of Odour Surveys
• 03/02/14: Japanese Knotweed Halts Dudley House Sale
• 30/01/14: Air Pollution link with Heart Disease Risk
• 28/01/14: Air Pollution Contributes To Biggest Causes Of Death In London
• 23/01/14: Important UK Wildlife Sites Damaged by Floods
• 22/01/14: Odour Assessments – Can Our Lungs Smell?
• 20/01/14: PCA Addresses Japanese Knotweed Issue In White Paper
• 20/01/14: Japanese knotweed removal action from volunteer group
• 17/01/14: Is air quality improved by enforcing 20mph zones?
• 16/01/14: Takeaway Litter Lout Fined £500
• 15/01/14: Rare Coral Fungus found in Edinburgh
• 14/01/14: Access Issues Affect Japanese Knotweed Eradication from Fife Thoroughfare
• 13/01/14: Japanese Knotweed and other Invasives Cost Welsh Government £7 Billion
• 13/01/14: Proposed 60Mph Speed Limit for M1 to Reduce Air Pollution
• 09/01/14: Climate Change Likely to be Catastrophic
• 06/01/14: National Trust Declares 2013 "Remarkable" Year for UK Wildlife
• 03/01/14: Hemel Hempstead to Eradicate Japanese Knotweed in Iconic Local Pathway
• 02/01/14: PCA Releases Short Film Explaining Impact Of Japanese Knotweed
• 16/12/13: Illegal Bird Persecution in Britain Continues, RSPB Warns
• 09/12/13: Supermarket Developer Fights Japanese Knotweed In East Yorkshire
• 28/11/13: Death Rates Due To Air Pollution in Hillingdon Soar
• 25/11/13: Prize Winning Japanese Knotweed Recipe?
• 25/11/13: Marine Conservation Zones
• 22/11/13: Dealing With Japanese Knotweed Effectively
• 18/11/13: Britain Pays Compensation to Those Responsible for Air Pollution
• 13/11/13: Extinct bumblebees return to UK
• 11/11/13: Road Traffic Emissions and Congestion Levels Worsen In Major UK Cities
• 04/11/13: Health Risk from Exposure to Fracking Emissions Is Low
• 23/10/13: Ecological Enhancement – Improving Sites for Wildlife, Wild About Gardens Week
• 22/10/13: Industry Progress on Japanese Knotweed Eradication Discussed at the Property Care Association AGM
• 21/10/13: Banks Refuse Mortgages Due To Potential Damages from Japanese Knotweed
• 17/10/13: Phlorum Provides Offshore TENORM / NORM and Benzene Surveys
• 14/10/13: Air Pollution Confuses Honeybees When Hunting For Food
• 08/10/13: Japanese Knotweed Costs British Economy £165M A Year
• 23/09/13: The Norfolk Bat Survey Receives Over 250,000 Acoustic Recordings
• 16/09/13: UK Trade Body Offers Japanese Knotweed Training Programme
• 09/09/13: 78% of London's Roads at Illegal Levels of Air Pollution.
• 03/09/13: Air Pollution Monitoring Threatened Says Green Party
• 05/08/13: Reptile Surveys in Warm Weather
• 20/06/13: Phlorum at Energy YES (Young Entrepreneurs Scheme) Competition
• 12/06/13: Phlorum uses hawk kite as bird scarer at start of nesting season
• 09/04/13: PRESS RELEASE: Embarrassing Lack of Research and Knowledge Sharing in Japanese Knotweed Control Being Addressed by Trade Body and Good Science
• 12/11/12: White Paper on Japanese Knotweed
• 05/07/12: Green Deal at the Eco Technology Show
• 01/06/12: How to Insulate Solid Walls Without Ruining the Character of a Conservation Area
• 05/04/12: Phlorum Joins as Founder Member of Japanese Knotweed Trade Body
• 21/03/12: Sustain Magazine Awards: We won!
• 21/02/12: Phlorum Shortlisted for another Sustainability Award!
• 16/02/12: Manchester: A Certain Future Stakeholder Conference, 16th March 2012
• 14/02/12: Fera Japanese Knotweed: Lessons Learned Excercise
• 13/02/12: Odour Abatement Monitoring for Sirius Products
• 07/02/12: Phlorum Nominated for National Award!
• 30/01/12: Retrofit 2012
• 30/01/12: Phlorum Attends Public Exhibition for St Bede's School Masterplan
• 30/11/11: Clip of Phlorum on Sarah Beeny Show
• 22/11/11: Embodied Carbon Tool: Building Magazine
• 11/11/11: Phlorum team rowing in circles
• 24/10/11: Couple forced to demolish home due to Japanese knotweed invasion
• 16/08/11: Sarah Beeny’s Help! My House is Falling Down
• 06/07/11: Embodied Carbon Estimator Tool Launched
• 07/04/11: Invasive Species Guidance from Plantlife
• 01/04/11: Japanese knotweed: New High Yield Biomass Energy Source
• 14/03/11: Mortgages still being refused because of Japanese knotweed infestations
• 25/02/11: The Growing Importance of Life-Cycle Assessments for Sustainable Building
• 12/01/11: 1 in 5 not interested in climate change
• 09/12/10: Manchester; A Certain Future Conference – Overview
• 08/12/10: Phlorum signs up to WRAP’s Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment
• 02/11/10: Phlorum's Embodied Carbon Design Tool
• 20/10/10: Phlorum Newsletter is out!
• 13/10/10: Heathrow-on-Sea plans could gain lift off!
• 31/08/10: Phlorum in Egypt
• 09/07/10: Phlorum in France
• 09/07/10: Never a loan with Japanese knotweed
• 20/04/10: Japanese Knotweed Crumble Recipe
• 19/04/10: You can eat Japanese Knotweed? Wok, are you sure?
• 15/04/10: Lifecycle Carbon Footprinting Model at Ecobuild
• 01/04/10: Japanese Knotweed found on Mars!
• 19/03/10: Phlorum paper published in the Environmentalist
• 18/03/10: Leadership training course by Bowles
• 18/03/10: Defra release psyllid to biologically control Japanese knotweed
• 18/03/10: Japanese knotweed kills house prices
• 04/03/10:
• 22/02/10: Anti-ageing with Japanese Knotweed and Resveratrol
• 16/02/10: Phlorum carbon footprint calculator at Ecobuild
• 01/02/10: Paul and Felicity's Wedding
• 21/01/10: Snow covers Japanese knotweed
• 14/01/10: Giant Hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum
• 14/01/10: Invasive Weeds
• 04/01/10: Wind farming in Cornwall
• 21/12/09: Christmas Snow Covering Trees on way to Thursford
• 10/12/09: Hopenhagen – Climate Change Deal at Copenhagen 2009?
• 30/11/09: Climate Change + Flooding = Global wetting!
• 20/11/09: David Bellamy, Japanese Knotweed and CO2…
• 18/11/09: Bat surveys by Roy Cropper
• 18/11/09: Unseasonable Japanese knotweed
• 12/11/09: Advertising on Remembrance Day? – perhaps not!
• 04/11/09: Meaty Missions
• 02/11/09: Japanese knotweed or treat?
• 07/10/09: Opal air survey – Natural History Museum
• 02/10/09: New paper on Japanese Knotweed
• 18/09/09: Isle of Wight Trip
• 18/08/09: Aidan in The Argus
• 11/08/09: The season for scrumping
• 28/07/09: One of your 5 a day…
• 24/06/09: Sea of linseed
• 22/06/09: Oh what Joy… a Mediterrannean climate for the South
• 16/06/09: Kids the key?
• 10/06/09: Wild Orchids
• 26/05/09: Ant's Management Course
• 19/05/09: Dawn Chorus
• 13/05/09: Groovy night at Madame Geisha!
• 06/05/09:
• 30/04/09: Richard returns from Honeymoon
• 02/04/09: CfSH Assessor Training
• 24/03/09: LRQA Course
• 17/02/09: Ant's graduation
• 16/02/09: Richard's undefeated past!
• 13/02/09: Ecology training day
• 10/02/09: Anthony now full-time
• 04/02/09: Phlorum's business not affected by the snow!
• 02/02/09: Snow chaos!
• 29/01/09: 50 years ago today: Fog brings transport chaos
• 21/01/09: New year – new ideas
• 14/01/09: The cold snap & Japanese knotweed
• 06/01/09: Happy New Year for Aidan
• 16/12/08: Phlorum Christmas Bash
• 10/12/08: Cold Air Sinks
• 13/11/08: Phlorum assists Lime Aid
• 05/11/08: Pollution on Bonfire Night
• 03/11/08: Phlorum are branching out!
• 29/10/08: BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Audit
• 24/10/08: Radio Broadcast on Japanese knotweed control
• 16/10/08: Anti-arms demonstration in Brighton
• 13/10/08: Japanese knotweed hits the press
• 08/10/08: New Assistant at Phlorum
• 01/10/08: Great Day out at Goodwood
• 22/09/08: Abbie Moran, Shell Step student
• 15/09/08: Severe consequences of miserable weather
• 09/09/08: Mediterranean Snail found in the UK
• 02/09/08: Below average hours of sunshine for August
• 12/08/08: August wind lucky for football!
• 04/08/08: Simon now qualified for spraying
• 07/07/08: A Hive of Industry at the University of Sussex
• 30/06/08: New Shell Step Student
• 16/06/08: Aidan Mackay now fully qualified for spraying Japanese knotweed
• 09/06/08: Highest rainfall in May
• 02/06/08: Japanese knotweed best served sweetened!
• 27/05/08: Arrival of the Cuckoo
• 19/05/08: Mayfly season
• 12/05/08: Importing little helpers in the fight against Japanese Knotweed
• 07/05/08: New Consultant at Phlorum
• 21/04/08: New Office Manager at Phlorum
• 14/04/08: Happy travels to Kieran
• 09/04/08: April snow on the South Downs
• 28/03/08: New Van!
• 28/03/08: Hawkish behviour
• 06/03/08: Presentation to Department Heads
• 03/03/08: It's Newt Season!
• 28/02/08: Phlorum passes EMS (ISO 14001) audit
• 25/02/08: Danger UXO!
• 20/02/08: Congratulations Richard and Linda!
• 11/02/08: Return of wallet by McDonalds staff
• 04/02/08: Orchids on the move!
• 04/02/08: Road Safety Tips for Toads
• 24/01/08: Flood Risk article published
• 24/01/08: Audit of ISO 9001 quality management system
• 24/01/08: Wood Slick hits Beaches of Sussex
• 24/01/08: New Northern and Western offices open
• 24/01/08: Welcome to the Phlorum blog!