Thames Water issues Eighth Consent Requests and STID Proposal to secure further funding
Thames Water yesterday issued its Eighth Consent Requests and STID Proposal relating to Super Senior Issuer Funding - Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TWUL) has so far drawn £1.426 billion of the initial £1.5 billion available under the super senior facility entered into with its subsidiary, Thames Water Super Senior Issuer PLC.
Thames Water launches process to allocate further funding under Accordion facility
Thames Water Utilities Ltd and its subsidiary, Thames Water Super Senior Issuer plc have launched the process to allocate a further £823 million under its £1.5 billion Accordion facility.
Goverment provides further £6.5 million funding to support repair, maintenance and long-term projects of canals
The government has provided an additional £6.5 million government funding to help build long-term resilience across the canal network in England and Wales and ensure it continues to operate safely.
Thames Water creditors approve further set of consent requests to secure continued funding
Thames Water announced yesterday that the seventh set of consent requests launched on 19 December 2025 have been approved by its creditors – including the drawdown in January 2026 of the remaining £233.5 million undeferred portion of its initial £1.5 billion facility.
YTL Enterprises issues UK’s first blockchain-verified water reuse credits
YTL Enterprises (YTLE), the commercial innovation arm of YTL Construction UK, has partnered with Swiss technology company Hypercube to issue the UK’s first blockchain-verified water reuse credit under WTR (Hypercube’s water credit standard).
Southern Water secures additional £245 million in new equity to fund record £6bn AMP8 investment programme
Southern Water has secured additional equity investment to fund its ambitious £6 billion AMP8 investment programme over 5 years.
Thames Water launches more consent and waiver requests from creditors with 18 December 2025 deadlines
Thames Water Utilities Ltd and Thames Water Super Senior Issuer PLC have aunched parallel consent and waiver requests with voting deadlines of 18 December 2025.
Fitch Ratings: Neutral Outlook for UK Utilities in 2026; water improving
Fitch Ratings has maintained its ‘neutral’ outlook for UK utilities, as higher electricity network investments should cut transmission curtailment costs and build distribution network capacity ahead of demand.
Thames Water gets go-ahead from creditors to access further funding from £1.5 billion facility
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced today that its Fifth Consent Requests have been approved by its creditors – meaning the water company will now be able to access further funding from its existing £1.5 billion facility.
S&P Global Ratings removes Southern Water debt rating from CreditWatch Negative; 'BBB-' Ratings Affirmed
aS&P Global Ratings has removed its CreditWatch negative on the 'BBB-' ratings on the debt issued by Southern Water (Finance) PLC, Southern Water’s financing vehicle, and assigned a negative outlook to the rating.
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Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner. -
Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000. -
Owen Mace takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
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