Southern Water is getting ready to tender a monitoring and instrumentation contract for AMP6 – with the option to extend for a further five years into AMP7.

Skanska UK’s construction business recorded an operating income (profit) of £30.8 million in the first nine months of 2014 and revenue of £1,001.3 million, equating to an operating margin of 3.1 per cent according to its latest trading update.

The Middle East is fertile ground for the deployment of advanced emission control technologies designed to ensure that key industries can offer improved environmental protection whilst sustaining economic growth.

Scottish Water is about to start investment of more than £10m in major improvements to waste water infrastructure in the Yoker area of Glasgow and part of Clydebank, which will help improve the water quality and natural environment of the River Clyde and tackle flooding issues.

Ibstock Bricks Ltd,  based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire has been fined £27,000 and ordered to pay £6,501.25 in costs, along with a £120 victim surcharge, for polluting a local brook.

Companies should invest in partnerships to secure water availability and quality and protect both the environment and long-term profitability, according to Karl Lippert, President, of global brewer SABMiller’s Latin America business.

A new study is warning that technology, automation and robotics will cause a significant shift in the UK labour market in the next twenty years, with one-third (35%) of existing jobs at risk of being replaced.