Collaboration between water companies and their supply chain is moving in the right direction, according to the latest Water & Wastewater Company Performance Survey published today by British Water, the voice of the UK water and wastewater supply chain.

Ofwat has today published its annual Monitoring Financial Resilience (MFR) report, which sets out its assessment of the financial resilience of water companies in England and Wales for the year ending 31 March 2026.

In a strategic update released this morning, Pennon Group PLC has announced the launch of a fully underwritten £550 million rights issue and rebased dividend to support c.£1 billion of additional investment.

United Utilities has today published a trading update ahead of its interim results announcement for 2026/27 on 12 November 2026.

Southern Water has welcomed a more positive outlook from credit ratings agencies, saying that the improved credit outlooks for the water company from Moody’s Ratings and S&P Global Ratings have recognised the progress being made across the business.

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded work by Thames Water to upgrade strategic treatment assets across the Thames Valley region.

Anglian Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 contract for major infrastructure planning and consents support, and advisory services with an estimated value of £58.8 million including VAT.

Ofwat has this morning confirmed provisional approval for £3.4 billion of funding for 13 water companies o improve infrastructure, support growth and improve the environment.

Yorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 contract establishing a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of technical consultancy, engineering design, technical assurance, and specialist support services required to deliver its AMP8 investment programme (2025-2030) with an estimated total value of £80 million.

Barhale has been awarded a £16 million contract by Yorkshire Water to deliver a new service reservoir (SRE) at Springhill, strengthening Scarborough’s long-term water resilience.