IWJS, one of the UK’s leading wastewater service providers and part of the Utilities Division of M Group Services has been awarded a major new AMP7 framework contract by Severn Trent.
City analysts said they still expect takeover deals in the utilities sector despite the current regulatory review in the water sector, according to the London Evening Standard (LES).
Severn Trent has said the LongRiver Partners consortium has "not been able, or willing, to bridge the value gap" after the suitors walked away from a potential deal yesterday.
Borealis Infrastructure Management and its partners in the LongRiver Consortium have announced the abandoning of a £5.3 billion offer for Severn Trent.
2011 has already seen a number of successful prosecutions brought by Severn Trent Water against a number of companies for illegal discharges into the sewer network.
Neil Woodford, Head of Investment and water stocks investor at Invesco Perpetual, has reduced his exposure to the water industry, making approximately £400m worth of recent disposals in the industry’s FTSE 100 companies.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury.
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.