MPs warn UK Government policy changes cause collapse in green investment
Ministers must publish a plan to secure the investment needed to meet the UK’s carbon budgets after a series of Government policy changes have contributed to a collapse in clean energy investment, according to MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee.
Environmental Audit Committee to scrutinise Government’s Green Finance strategy
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a Green Finance inquiry to scrutinise the Government’s strategy to develop ‘world leading Green Finance capabilities’.
CBI/AECOM survey shows record number of firms dissatisfied with state of infrastructure
Both business and the public are concerned about the pace of delivery and a record number of firms are dissatisfied with the state of infrastructure in their region, according to the 2017 CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey.
Welsh Water secures £250m loan from European Investment Bank
Welsh Water has signed a £250 million loan facility with the European Investment Bank. The loan will help finance the company’s extensive capital expenditure programme and its plans to further develop renewable energy generation capacity at its sites.
EIB confirms record € 5.5bn UK investment in 2016
Last year the European Investment Bank provided more than € 5.5 billion for a record number of UK based projects, compared to € 5.6 billion in 2015. New financing agreed in 2016 represented the second largest annual engagement since the start of EIB lending in the UK in 1973.
EIB lends €100m for Noord-Holland drinking water programme
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and PWN, the water utility for the Dutch province of Noord-Holland, have signed a lending agreement of €100 million.
EIB provides €40m funding to improve water and flood infrastructure in Cyprus
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €40 million finance contract to improve drinking water supplies to the greater Nicosia region, along with an additional EUR 15 million of financing for anti-flooding infrastructure investments in Larnaca, reaffirming the EU bank’s commitment to Cyprus.
EU bank signs €120m loan to support Dutch water authority investment programme
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €120 million loan agreement with the Dutch local water authority Waterschap Hollandse Delta (WSHD).
EIB agrees groundbreaking £100m investment into UK small businesses
The European Investment Bank has agreed a £100 million investment in loans to UK small businesses originated through Funding Circle, the world’s leading marketplace for business loans.
Tideway issues £100m bonds to fund London's "super sewer'
Tideway, the new company established to construct the Thames Tideway Tunnel in London, has announced a bond issue totalling £100 million to help fund construction of the £4.2 billion supersewer.
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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. -
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.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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