South Staffs Water tops customer service league on SIM, Thames in last place
South Staffordshire is once again the top-performing company in the customer service league table published by Ofwat today, achieving the highest SIM score of 89 out of 100, with Thames Water once again scoring the lowest score of 71.
Interserve workload up to £7.5bn
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has reported that its future workload is up to £7.5 billion (FY 2013: £6.4 billion) with the publication of its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2014.
Dalkia rebrands to Veolia
Veolia has announced that the Dalkia brand in Ireland has now officially become Veolia.
Royal Imtech in talks with backers: significant debt reduction a key priority
Royal Imtech has said that significant debt reduction is a key priority with the publication of its latest trading update ahead of its half year results announcement on 26th August.
Morgan Sindall Group order book up 14% at £2.7 billion
The Infrastructure business of construction, infrastructure and design company Morgan Sindall, has contributed to half year results released today by parent company Morgan Sindall Group plc, the construction and regeneration group.
South West Water seeks new water abstraction licence
South West Water has submitted an application to the Environment Agency to abstract 504,576,000 cubic metres of water per annum at Upton Pyne near Exeter.
Carillion “surprised” as Balfour ends merger talks
The Board of Carillion has responded to yesterday’s statement by Balfour Beatty plc that it has unilaterally terminated discussions regarding a combination of the two businesses.
Hyder performance update: UK business has performed well
Hyder Consulting PLC, the multi-national design and engineering consultancy, has said that UK business has performed with the publication of its Interim Management Statement for the period 1 April to 31 July 2014.
Balfour Beatty calls off £3.05bn merger talks with Carillion
In a surprise announcement which Balfour Beatty said was ”not being made with the consent of Carillion”, the UK's biggest construction company has called off merger talks with its rival after just seven days.
Arcadis acquires Hyder Consulting in £256.2m deal
Netherlands-headquartered consultancy Arcadis has announced that it has agreed a cash offer through which its subsidiary Arcadis UK Investments B.V. will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Hyder Consulting in a deal which values the firm at £256.2 million.
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Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
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