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If you've been affected by floods and need work doing to your home or garden, look no further than our Derbyshire Trusted Trader scheme to find reliable and trustworthy tradespeople.
Derbyshire Trusted Trader can help you find traders who agree to do a good job at a fair price and commit to providing good customer service.
It was set up to help protect consumers by making it easier to find and use Trusted Traders rather than rogue traders who typically cold-call and use high-pressure sales techniques.
Pictured is John Murray, of Chesterfield, who trades as John the Handyman. He's one of hundreds of Derbyshire Trusted Traders across the county. We have plumbers, builders, roofers, decorators, joiners, electricians, gardeners and many more signed up.
Derbyshire Trusted Trader is run by Derbyshire Trading Standards, who vet all the businesses.
If you're in the unfortunate position of cleaning up after a flood, there is advice and guidance about how to do it safely on our website.
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If your home or business has been flooded, you may be eligible for support from the Government’s flood recovery fund.
 Government has announced that money will be made available for residents and businesses in England that have been affected by recent flooding.
At the moment we do not have all of the details, but as soon as we do we’ll work with our district and borough council colleagues to get the arrangements set up as soon as possible.
We realise that the money the Government is making available is urgently needed by those who have been flooded and once we have the details we will work as quickly as possible to provide information about how to apply.
We met with Government minister Rebecca Pow MP in Matlock last week.
The visit was organised so that Ms Pow, who is a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, could see how the new flood defences had protected Matlock from the floods following Storm Babet.
Our Deputy Leader, Councillor Simon Spencer said:
“I was pleased to welcome Rebecca Pow to Matlock so that she could see for herself how the newly completed flood defences protected the town from flooding.
“We are very aware that although Matlock was saved from flooding this time around, this was not the case in other parts of the county.
“We estimate that around 1,700 properties were flooded in Derbyshire, causing devastation, upset and heartache for all those who have been affected. And we have damage on hundreds of roads and bridges to deal with and at its peak around 200 roads were closed due to the flooding.
“We made the case for extra funding to help us pay for the damage caused by the floods to our roads, bridges and pavements, which will be in the millions of pounds.”
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The proposed East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) has moved one step closer to reality after key legislation was approved in Westminster.
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has been granted Royal Assent after completing its passage through Parliament, paving the way for the creation of the EMCCA and the region’s very-first Mayoral elections next May.
We will now decide along with Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council and Nottingham City Council on whether to move forward with devolution plans, with decisions expected before the end of the year.
The East Midlands devolution deal, agreed with Government ministers last summer, would see Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Nottingham benefit from £1.14 billion of funding to invest in local projects related to transport, education and skills, housing, the environment and economic development.
Local councils, including Derbyshire County Council, would all continue to exist as part of the regional devolution plans and would still be responsible for most public services in the area with the proposed mayor and combined authority focusing on these wider issues.
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