Sounding off: Silver lining to every cloud

1 September 2007 by Andrew Whiteley, head of sales and marketing, WarwickConferences

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative, according to Oscar Wilde. I can see the great man's point of view but, as far as events are concerned, the weather - in particular the flooding the country witnessed in the summer - is a subject of keen interest and of massive significance.