The EFRA Committee will continue its ‘reforming the water sector’ inquiry this week – four more water companies are due to appear before the Committee during two evidence sessions on the mornings of 25 and 26 February.

Amey, one of the UK’s leading regulated services providers, has been successful in retaining its current AMP5 water metering contract with United Utilities into AMP6.

United Utilities has gone out to tender with a contract worth up to £11 million for the provision of sampling and analysis services for CIP2/P1.

Amey has won two major extensions on existing AMP5 contracts into AMP6 with United Utilities and Severn Trent Water with a combined value of £415 million.

United Utilities (UU) has selected the 12 suppliers that have been successful in the Pre-Qualification application for its AMP6 Construction Delivery Partner (CDP) Framework Agreement.

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).

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to deliver a new regional telemetry system to United Utilities.

Nomenca is set to start a £4.9 million package of work with United Utilities as part of the water company’s AMP5 Phosphorus Removal Programme.

United Utilities will host a contractor day later this month to set out its plans for its AMP6 framework arrangements, which could potentially extend into AMP7.

United Utilities has said it expects underlying operating profit to be slightly higher than last year due to the tight management of costs.