The Amplio Group has acquired Environmental Water Systems (UK) as part of a continued expansion of Amplio Filtration, its water filtration subsidiary.

The latest Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index research shows that a increasing number of construction companies has made staff cuts ahead of next week’s comprehensive spending review.

Hungary has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for urgent international assistance in the response to the severe pollution caused by the break of a sludge depository in the city of Ajka.

A harmful invasive plant which has been problematic at a London wetland centre for more than a decade has finally been eradicated by the Environment Agency and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) - a rare success in the ongoing fight to contain the plant's spread.

Waterworks Europe, the European market leader of water supply valves and fittings has been sold by its parent company, Tyco International to private equity firm Triton.

Business leaders from global corporations have committed to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions across a wide range of sectors, including energy, communications, building and construction.