Hoorah! We’re through to the finals of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Awards 2008.
Total Coverage plus other shortlisted businesses will be judged at the end of October by an eminent judging panel including representatives from the Environment Agency, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hampshire County Council and […]

We are pleased to announce our membership of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Partnership. Membership will enable us to learn even more about environmental legislation and the environmental, social and economic impacts of our business. It will also allow us to come into contact with other local companies and public sector agencies […]

It’s St Swithin’ Day today. Tradition says that whatever the weather is like today, it will continue for the next forty days. St. Swithin (or more properly, Swithun) was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester and legend says that he asked to be buried out of doors, where he would be trodden on and rained on. […]

Continuing with our 20th anniversary celebrations and following the launch of our new identity, the first in the series of our promotional postcards has been mailed…
Drawing on our 20 years of experience, the innovative design uses our new logo to represent the continuous evolution and progress of Total Coverage as we enter our third decade […]

Faith in Maintenance is a new initiative from The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings which aims to help volunteers who look after historic places of worship. They provide training to help people understand how a building works and how to solve problems caused by leaky gutters and blocked drains. Their training courses are […]

The National Trust is today launching a ‘Big Switch’ project to change 40,000 light bulbs across its historic houses, offices, shops, restaurants and holiday cottages to low energy alternatives.
Once installed, the new bulbs will save 2,223 tonnes of carbon per year and will reduce energy and maintenance costs by £431,000 each year. The Trust will […]

This year’s national recycling week changes from ‘the BIG recycle’ to ‘Recycle Now Week’ - the national recycling campaign for England - and takes place from June 2 until June 8 2007.
Each day of this year’s campaign will highlight a different recyclable material - glass, plastic, paper, metals and organic garden waste.
Further details of the […]

Compost Awareness Week is here. This is a fun event which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of compost and composting and to encourage members of the public to produce or purchase their own compost. The theme of this year’s event is Compost…Add power to your flowers!

The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is said to be a time of love and romance. It is when people celebrate the coming of summer with lots of different customs […]

During Fairtrade Fortnight in February the coffee drinkers at Total Coverage sampled some of the fairly traded instant coffees that are currently on the market.
We tasted six types in all. After much deliberation we have voted Percol Fairtrade Americano Arabica Coffee Strength 4 our favorite.