RSK Group Ltd, a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has announced that it has formally acquired four more businesses - the first acquisitions for RSK in the new financial year.
UK-headquartered international environmental, engineering and technical services business RSKGroup is set to acquire the UK and Asia water businesses of engineering, procurement, consulting and construction firm Black & Veatch.
Energy company Centrica plc has acquired FlowGem Ltd, an early stage UK-based business developing unique and innovative technology to remotely detect water leaks, for £13 million.
The Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s primary competition and consumer authority, has published its first annual report since it took over the functions of the Competition Commission and certain consumer functions of the Office of Fair Trading in April 2014.
Balfour Beatty has rejected the bid by John Laing Infrastructure Fund Ltd to acquire its entire PPP portfolio for approximately £1 billion.
Mott MacDonald has acquired its UK water industry design and build joint venture partner Bentley Holdings Ltd (including its subsidiary company JN Bentley Ltd).
The Office of FaIr Trading has confirmed that Kier Group's takeover bid for May Gurney will not be referred to the Competition Commission for consideration - clearing the way for the deal to proceed.
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has announced the completion of the acquisition of Robbins & Myers -the firm says the deal merger will make NOV Mono® the global leader in progressing cavity pumps.
Amiblu, a global leader in Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipe systems for wastewater, stormwater, drinking water, irrigation, hydropower, and industrial applications, has announced the appointment of Martyn Turton as its Sales Director for the UK & Ireland, driving strategic market development in the infrastructure and water sectors, effective immediately.
As a project manager at Metasphere, a Grundfos-owned remote telemetry company at the cutting edge of innovation, Fey McHarg, has witnessed firsthand how the intelligent harnessing of data, specifically through the data-as-a-service model, is fundamentally reshaping and revolutionising the water sector.

Attendees at next month’s National Civils Show, Floodex, National Drainage Show and Waterways Management on 26th and 27th November are set to benefit from an expert speaker line-up and the opportunity to visit a wide range of exhibitors all co-located in one place at Excel, London, one of the UK’s leading international exhibition and convention centres.
Tackling leakage is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for utilities to bolster water security, writes Ben Crabtree, Product Line Director, Ovarro, revealing how the potential of smart technologies is being demonstrated around the world.