Weather warning

Long term weather forecasters such as Exacta Weather and Netweather are suggesting that the period from November to February will feature below average temperatures and inevitably snow, says Marcus Palmer, MD of DMMP, which imports and distributes machinery such as salt spreaders, to everyday winter items, such as de-icers. Palmer remembers only too well the misery of last winter's snow.

"We were inundated with organisations wanting spreaders, but roads were closed and conditions treacherous, so we couldn't make urgent deliveries," says Palmer."We are urging organisations to buy now.At the peak of the bad weather last year, the DMMP team was fielding panicked phone calls constantly, only to tell people that due to high demand and prevailing conditions orders would be delayed. Organisations need their equipment ready before, not when the snow is falling."