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.
Thames Water issues fifth Consent Requests to access further funding from £1.5 billion facility
Thames Water has issued its fifth consent requests for Super Senior Issuer Funding from the initial £1.5 billion available under its super senior liquidity facility - Thames Water Utilities Ltd has so far drawn £872 million of the facility.
Achilles partners with DIRO to launch supply chain bank account verification
Achilles, a global leader in supply chain risk and performance management, has announced the launch of Bank Account Verification in partnership with DIRO, an AI-powered digital verification platform.
FT reports Thames Water paid £20 million costs of due diligence for KKR’s abortive bid
A report by the Financial Thames at the weekend says that Thames Water had to pay the due diligence costs of private equity firm KKR for its abandoned financial bid.
Thames Water invites Class B debt holders to form ad hoc group of lenders
Thames Water is inviting holders of its Class B debt to form an ad hoc group of lenders in its latest update covering its proposed recapitalisation.
Thames Water Class A creditors submit “detailed and improved proposal” to Ofwat to stave off company’s collapse
Thames Water investors have today submitted a new plan to Ofwat to stave off the company’s collapse – the proposal from the London & Valley Water (L&VW) consortium aims to deliver £5.4 billion of committed funding to Thames Water.
Thames Water gets overwhelming approval of creditors to make initial £24.5 million payment to meet Ofwat penalties
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced that the Fourth Consent Requests it launched on 5 September have been overwhelming approved by its creditors, with a deemed approval rate of over 99%.
Anglian Water confirms first £300 million tranche of £500 million equity injection
Anglian Water has confirmed that its shareholders have now injected £300 million of equity into the group.
Thames Water draws remaining available sum of first £1.5 billion tranche of emergency funding
Thames Water has today announced it has drawn down the remaining available sum of the first £1.5 billion tranche of emergency funding under the restructuring plan proposed by the company in connection with implementing the liquidity extension transaction sanctioned by the High Court on 18 February 2025.
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South West Water explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards. -
Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.
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