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Yorkshire Water has revealed it has a 4.8 per cent mean gender pay gap compared to the national average of 17.4 per cent.
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United Utilities has announced it is trading in line with group expectations and on course to see a slight increase in revenue on last year’s £1.7 billion, with “moderately higher” underlying profits than 2017’s £662 million.
Bristol Water has paid out more than £100,000 in compensation to customers who experienced supply interruptions after the discovery of cryptosporidium at its Clevedon treatment works in January.
Thames Water has been criticised for its “massive, catastrophic failure” in the aftermath of the cold snap earlier this month, which “brought havoc” to the south of the London borough.
Infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners has completed its acquisition of Portsmouth Water.
Anglian Water has agreed to pay £50,000 to an environmental charity after a manhole overflowed with black sludge and grey liquid into a watercourse in Bedfordshire due to a blocked sewer.
Sudden severe weather caused water supply outages across the UK. Now Ofwat is scrutinising how well companies dealt with them in a formal investigation. Katey Pigden reports.
A team of Northumbrian Water’s directors will attempt to live on 50 litres of water a day, in a bid to experience the hardship of supply issues for residents in Cape Town.
Ofwat has launched an investigation to get to “the bottom” of recent water supply interruptions experienced by customers following the freeze and thaw.
Water supply issues plagued the UK after a rapid thaw caused multiple pipe bursts, and water companies have taken the rap for being ill-prepared. Katey Pigden reports.
Ofwat has been asked to report to the government by the end of the month with “initial lessons” about water supply disruptions throughout the country following the cold spell and rapid thaw.
Several water companies have "fallen well short" on their forward planning to ensure the recent adverse weather did not impact water supplies, Ofwat has said.
Affinity Water has awarded contracts worth an estimated combined £55 million to undertake network modifications needed for the proposed high speed two (HS2) rail project.
Everyone agrees that it is important to help those most in need, but identifying them can be difficult, and the help available can be a postcode lottery. Lois Vallely reports.
Ofwat has published its service delivery report for 2016-17, which measures how far companies have kept commitments they made in PR14. Katey Pigden looks at the winners and losers.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has called on the public to ‘Be Winter Ready’ and report power cuts by calling the distribution network operator on 105, instead of alerting the supplier.
Affinity Water has announced its customers can now manage their accounts with a voice-activated service via a new Alexa Skill.
The Environment Agency has called on water companies to cut the amount of pollution incidents harming England’s waters and for penalties to made tougher.
Portsmouth Water has been acquired by infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners for an undisclosed sum, although Utility Week understands the deal could be worth around £150 million.
As part of Ofwat’s bid to drive innovation in the water sector the regulator has been looking to other industries and large organisations to explore what helps create a culture of innovation.