Company strategy

Scottish Water awards Wrekin manhole cover contract

Yu Energy wins Nottinghamshire County Cricket contract

Bulb named in LinkedIn’s ‘top 25’ startups in UK

Labrador announces contract with FCC Paragon

Severn Trent begins work on £11m Stroud pipeline project

The upgrade scheme in Stroud, Gloucestershire will deliver drinking water to 55,000 people and will see 10 miles of new pipeline stretching from Whaddon to Minchinhampton reservoir.

Good Energy wins Blenheim Palace contract

What next for Eco?

"Eco has done a lot to improve Britain's energy efficiency, but it was not designed as a mechanism to tackle the fuel poverty target"

Ofgem publishes first annual ‘whistleblowing report’

Ofgem has published its first annual "whistleblowing report" to increase openness in the way that disclosures are dealt with and to reassure whistleblowers they are "taken seriously". 

Swansea Bay tidal lagoon firm enters into debt agreement

A “Tidal Lagoon Taskforce” has convened in Wales to enable local and national authorities, as well as community and business leaders, to consider the full suite of options for financing and delivering Swansea Bay tidal lagoon independent to Westminster.

Rising wholesale energy costs cause ‘one price rise a week’

Rising wholesale costs resulted in British energy customers facing on average one price rise a week so far this year, according to research from uSwitch.

Water firms submit ‘Beast from the East’ improvement plans

Water companies across England and Wales will submit plans to Ofwat today (28 September) that detail how they intend to address the shortcomings identified in their handling of the “Beast from the East”.

CCWater calls for innovation to protect vulnerable customers

The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) suggests “collaboration, communication and consistency” are three key ways water companies can improve how they deliver priority support to consumers in vulnerable circumstances.

Wylfa nuclear site will be ‘considerably cheaper’ than Hinkley

Leon Flexman, corporate affairs director at Hitachi-backed Horizon Nuclear Power said that cost reductions in the Wylfa project are having a knock-on impact on the strike price, the guaranteed floor for the sum it will be paid for generating electricity.

Interview: Colin Skellett, chief executive, Wessex Water

MHI Vestas unveils record-breaking 10MW wind turbine