Costain sells its share in three Severn Trent water JVs
Costain Group PLC has announced an agreement to sell its minority shareholdings in three joint venture companies to Severn Trent Plc for £12 million.
Four water companies join financial leadership network
Anglian Water, South West Water, United Utilities, and Yorkshire Water. together with the Chief Financial Officers of some of Europe’s biggest organisations have joined forces to create a network of leaders aimed at embedding environmental and social issues into company strategy and finances.
United Utilities outlines £6.6 bn totex spend in AMP6 Business Plan
United Utilities Water PLC has submitted to Ofwat its AMP6 Business Plan covering the 2015-20 period – with a total expenditure of £6.6 billion made up of £3.8 billion on capital investment and £2.8 billion on operating expenditure.
Ofwat board says water companies have opportunity "to deliver falling bills in real terms" for AMP6
Water industry regulator Ofwat has confirmed that the water companies in England and Wales have today submitted their AMP6 Business Plans for the period 2015 – 2020.
South West Water publishes £868m AMP6 Business Plan
South West Water has published its draft £868 million AMP6 Business Plans submitted to Ofwat today – representing a 19% increase on its AMP5 spend of £730 million.
Profits up 19.2% at Thames Water- net debt increases to £8,677m
Thames Water has seen its pre- tax profits rise by 19.2% to £134.2m for the six-month period ended 30 September 2013 compared with £112.6 million in the previous 6 months.
Speedy Hire Chief resigns as Board examines "accounting irregularities"
Steve Corcoran, group chief executive at Speedy Hire has resigned following the announcement that a legal investigation into accounting irregularities in its international division has been launched.
South West Water profits up 7.6% to £87.3m and prices frozen for 2014/15
Pennon Group, owner of South West Water, has reported a 7.6% increase in profits to £87.3m at the utility with the publication this morning of its results for the half year ended 30 September 2013.
RPS and Morrison take top places in SBWWI awards
Over 120 members and industry guests attended the SBWWI annual awards lunch on 19 November where the Health & Safety and People Awards proved to be very closely contested, with four companies in each category being shortlisted.
Arup turnover passes the £1bn mark for first time
Professional services and engineering consultancy Arup saw its turnover pass the £1 billion mark for the first time as the firm released its results for the financial year ending 31 March 2013.
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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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