CK Infrastructure, the owner of Northumbrian Water, has re-entered the bidding process for Thames Water and approached the water sector regulator Ofwat to say it is ready to submit its own rescue package, according to a report in The Sunday Times at the weekend.
Thames Water investors have today submitted a new plan to Ofwat to stave off the company’s collapse – the proposal from the London & Valley Water (L&VW) consortium aims to deliver £5.4 billion of committed funding to Thames Water.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced that the Fourth Consent Requests it launched on 5 September have been overwhelming approved by its creditors, with a deemed approval rate of over 99%.
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has recalled Thames Water’s Chair Sir Adrian Montague, CEO Chris Weston and Independent Non-Executive Director Ian Pearson, who chairs Thames’ Remuneration Committee, for further questioning on Tuesday 15 July in the light of ongoing concerns.
Thames Water has announced it is seeking a further drawing of £157 million in July 2025 from the initial £1.5 billion loan available under the group's liquidity facility.
The Government has confirmed that paying bonuses in the form of retention payments to senior executives are not an an option for Thames Water, following comments by water company Chair Sir Adrian Montague when he appeared before the House of Commons Select Committee for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) last week.
Thames Water chiefs were on the defensive when they appeared in person before the House of Commons EFRA Committee earlier this week in an intensive two hour evidence session which made for compelling – and at times uncomfortable – viewing.
The Court of Appeal has been told that a plan to restructure Thames Water through a loan of up to £3 billion should not have been approved by the High Court as its terms are "mispriced and inappropriate."
The Appeal Court has this morning started a three day hearing of an appeal against the High Court decision to allow Thames Water’s restructuring plan which would see it receive an emergency £3 billion loan from its Class A creditors.
Moody's Ratings has downgraded Thames Water Utilities Ltd.'s (Thames Water) Probability of Default (PDR) rating to D-PD from Ca-PD - the rating action coincides with the effective date of Thames Water's restructuring plan announced by the company on 21 February 2025.

Attendees at next month’s National Civils Show, Floodex, National Drainage Show and Waterways Management on 26th and 27th November are set to benefit from an expert speaker line-up and the opportunity to visit a wide range of exhibitors all co-located in one place at Excel, London, one of the UK’s leading international exhibition and convention centres.
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UK-headquartered South Staffordshire Plc, the integrated services group operating within the UK critical infrastructure and essential services markets, has received a prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Award for global health and safety excellence.
Balfour Beatty, the UK’s largest construction and infrastructure provider, has delivered exceptional environmental results on the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (TEAM2100) framework, one of the nation’s most ambitious flood defence initiatives.