Fitch Ratings has downgraded the financing company of Southern Water Services Ltd senior secured class A rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' and is maintaining the Negative Outlook.
S&P Global Ratings has this morning placed its 'BBB' and 'BB+' issue ratings on Thames Water's class A and class B debt on CreditWatch with negative implications, indicating S&P could lower the ratings by one notch in the absence of sufficient clarity on the management transition and timing of additional equity support from shareholders.
A new report commissioned by the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has found that if Ofwat replaced its ‘early view’ on how much it will cost water companies to raise finance to deliver investment for the 2024 Price Review with a ‘market-led-view’, it could save customers £2.6 billion over 5 years.
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has invested £50 million in Portsmouth Water to fund the construction of the Havant Thicket Reservoir, the first reservoir to be built in the UK since the 1990s.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Thames Water’s holding company Kemble Water Finance Limited's (Kemble) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B' from 'B+' and senior secured debt rating to 'B' from 'B+'. The Outlook on the IDR is Negative.
A new report shows how global companies are taking action to stem the global water crisis and stand ready to reap major financial rewards as a result.
On the back of a Sky news report at the weekend that Thames Water is facing a £14 billion debt crunch, new analysis from data science company Outra finds England and Wales water firms are facing the risk of £2.13 billion in unpaid bills this year.
UK technology business Evove has today announced the completion of a funding round of £5.7 million - capital was injected by existing investors and two new international specialist investors from climate-tech and additive manufacturing venture funds, alongside continued support from existing investors.
Ofwat has published its final decision confirming that it will allow an increase in totex funding for Portsmouth Water's Havant Thicket Storage Reservoir to £339 million from the £123.6 million first outlined at PR19.
Moody’s Investors Service has announced that its 2023 outlook for the UK water sector has turned negative, primarily reflecting increasing cost pressures in the current macroeconomic environment and, to some extent, early expectations for the next regulatory price review in 2024.
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
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, 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.
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.