Thames Water issues Eleventh Consent Requests to secure £200 million in further funding
On Friday 5 June Thames Water issued its Eleventh Consent Requests to secure further funding – two days after the company announced that its Tenth Consent Request had been approved, allowing it to access £413.49 million in further funding.
Regulator approves record €13.6 billion investment in Uisce Éireann’s water and wastewater infrastructure for 2025-2029
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator, has published its Final Determination for Revenue Control 4 (RC4) which sets the allowed expenditures and associated revenues for Uisce Éireann for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029.
South East Water in breach of licence condition after Moody’s downgrades credit rating
Moody’s Ratings has downgraded South East Water (Finance) Ltd to Ba1 from Baa3 and assigned a Ba1 Corporate Family Rating (CFR) and Ba2-PD probability of default rating to South East Water, taking it to junk status and putting it in breach of its licence condition with Ofwat.
Government to provide £470 million funding package to back long-term resilience of UK’s chemicals and ceramics sectors
The Government has announced new funding packages to back the long-term resilience of the ceramics and chemicals sectors, worth £120 million and £350 million respectively.
Thames Water issues tenth Consent Request to secure further funding of £413.49 million
Thames Water has launched a tenth consent request seeking the consent of the super senior creditors to waive the Accordion Conditions and thereby allow the Super Senior Issuer to draw £413.49 million of the New Commitments.
New CCW report examines how customers understand and experience financial information published by water companies
A new report commissioned by CCW released today provides timely and much-needed evidence on how customers understand and experience financial information published by water companies.
United Utilities delivers strong financial performance in 2025/26 – underlying profits up 35% compared to previous year
United Utilities says it has delivered strong financial performance in 2025/26 - the first year of AMP8 – its preliminary, unaudited full year results show underlying revenue increased 20% in line with allowances set out in the PR24 Final Determination, resulting in an underlying operating profit of £1.06 billion, a 35% increase compared with the prior year.
United Utilities announces equity issue to raise gross proceeds of c. £800 million for AMP8 investment
United Utilities has today announced an equity issue to raise gross proceeds of c. £800 million to fully fund the equity element of c. £2.5 billion of its incremental investment for the AMP8 period 2025-30.
Thames Water creditors approve Ninth Consent Requests for further funding of £205 million
Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TWUL) announced on Friday that the Ninth Consent Requests launched on 9 April 2026 to be granted access to further funding have been approved by its creditors, including the extension of the June Release Condition to 30 April 2026.
Water sector must take technology-driven approach to debt resolution in order to reduce enforcement levels
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Jamie Gibson, Managing Director at DCBL discusses why the water sector must take a technology-driven approach to debt resolution in order to reduce enforcement levels
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IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
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