Lanes Group plc has acquired the Arlo Group, the owners of AQS Environmental Solutions, one of the largest providers of drainage, industrial and waste management services in Ireland.

Northumbrian Water Group has topped the list of UK utility companies and been declared one of the best employers to work for in the UK.

Water management specialist Graf UK has expanded its operations to Ireland after experiencing considerable growth– and is now providing its full range of stormwater management, rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment solutions to projects across the country.

In its latest trading update, Galliford Try has announced that its construction order book has increased to £3.7 billion (2014: £3.2 billion) in an improving market.

Southern Water has set outs its approach to flooding following a number of flooding incidents it is currently dealing with due to the severe weather – including a pledge to invest a total of £268 million on flood protection schemes up to 2020.

Severn Trent Water has started work a scheme costing more than half a million pounds to prevent sewer flooding in Normanton in Nottinghamshire.

Portsmouth Water has set out details of its Charges Schemes for 2016/17 in a letter to Cathryn Ross, Ofwat Chief Executive, quantifying the price changes its customers will see in their water bills from 1 July 2016.

The NI Water team working on the Bangor Sewerage Improvement Programme has won a prestigious CEEQUAL award (Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment) in recognition of their work to upgrade a Pumping Station at Luke’s Point, Ballyholme in Bangor, as part of the overall programme of improvements.