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Utilities

July 2024

  • Severn Trent van

    Every water firm in England and Wales under investigation over sewage spills

  • a view of the River Lea near the Olympic park in Stratford, east London, showing brownish foam and scum around a grille from an overflow pipe; the waterway is otherwise pretty, with tall greenery, plants and trees to either side, and is seen on a greyish day with light reflecting off the water

    Information commissioner urges water firms to ‘be open’ about sewage spills

  • A worker in hi-vis jacket at work on a floating solar panel array on London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir

    Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis

  • The Havant Thicket reservoir will be the first to be built in the UK for three decades

    £1.2bn plan to turn sewage waste into drinking water branded a ‘white elephant’

  • Thames Water hit with £39m of penalties after missing regulatory targets

  • Thames Water placed in special measures due to ‘significant issues’

  • Rise of £94 in water bills over five years is ‘bitter pill’, says chancellor

  • Debt, sewage and dividends: the rising tide of Thames Water’s troubles

  • Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works

  • Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

  • Thames Water to tap investors for funds as it will run out of cash by next June

  • Poor state of Thames Water a ‘critical risk’ to UK, Starmer and Reeves told

  • Nils Pratley on finance
    Houses and pylons: Labour’s biggest business challenges

    Nils Pratley

  • Ruling paves way for businesses and public to sue water firms over sewage

  • Observer business profile
    ‘I totally understand why people are sceptical’: the co-founder of collapsed energy giant Bulb on his new venture

  • Thames Water accused of ‘chicanery’ over £150m dividend payment

June 2024

  • A young woman in a Surfers Against Sewage wetsuit paddling a surfboard while wearing a gas mask

    Observer business agenda
    Will rising debt cause Thames Water to sink under a Labour government?

  • Thames Water sign at its HQ

    Thames Water board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn

  • View of Windermere

    Lake District sewage campaigners launch nuisance complaint in legal first

  • An energy smart meter on a radiator

    EDF, Utilita and British Gas rated worst energy suppliers for customer service

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