e.surv Chartered Surveyors says that despite the awful weather conditions, its service to clients has continued uninterrupted. The business has over 350 surveyors operating throughout the country, with its main operating centre in Kettering, Northamptonshire coordinating activity.

It says the business’ decentralized structure is designed to continue with one or more regional operational centres out of action. With a large proportion of home based surveyors and admin staff, appointments can be booked, reports signed off and queries dealt with by surveyors and other staff, even when at home, snow bound.

Richard Sexton, director of business development said: “We have provisions in place for severe weather and other scenarios and our arrangements for this contingency have been tested and swung into action extremely smoothly. Our clients need reliability and above all to be kept informed. Whilst there will be inevitably be some requirement to rearrange appointments in the worst hit areas