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News in-depthUK infrastructure
Water companies pay £2.5bn in dividends in two years as debt climbs by £8.2bn
...All 16 companies have been criticised for service failures, including tipping unknown quantities of sewage into waterways, high leakage rates or water outages....
April 15, 2024
Utilities
Lack of internal auditors at water companies a ‘significant weakness’
...Together, the three companies supply water to 3.7mn people across south-east England. South East Water, which is under investigation by Ofwat for service failures, declined to comment on the letter....
February 25, 2024
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
Thames Water
Thames Water lobbies for higher bills, dividend payouts and lower fines
...supplies water and sewage services to about 25 per cent of England’s population, would have far-reaching consequences....
February 27, 2024
Utilities
Planned water bill rises ‘unaffordable’ for most customers, says UK watchdog
...Water companies have pushed for the bill increases to pay for maintenance and investment as well as to service their debt, encourage investors to inject equity and underpin future borrowings....
March 13, 2024
Thames Water
Thames Water bills likely to rise as UK ministers try to save company
...and sewage services to millions of customers....
March 29, 2024
Eton College
Eton College moves lessons online after rainfall hits sewer system
...The school said: “Following extensive flooding in the region, the Thames Water sewers which serve the town of Eton flooded....
January 10, 2024
FT Live
Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers
Wednesday, 12 June237 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
UK infrastructure
Thames Water shareholders backed away over regulator’s debt demands
...The company, which provides water services to 15mn people in England, is now facing a messy debt restructuring or even the prospect of a temporary renationalisation under the government’s special administration...
April 12, 2024
Thomas Sharpe
The political temptations of ‘nationalisation-lite’ at Thames Water
...But it could well leave the investors stuck with some or even all of the debt — around £18bn in the case of Thames Water....
March 13, 2024
Thames Water
No one has security over Thames Water’s assets
...The ringfence can be seen as a security lockbox around the water company and the assets it needs to provide essential services, which are basically the provision of fresh water and the removal of wastewater...
April 16, 2024
Education
Columbia University faces pressure to help impoverished students
...The large number of these students and their level of financial need marks Columbia out from other elite universities....
February 11, 2024
ExplainerThames Water
What next for Thames Water?
...services are crying out for cash,” they said....
March 29, 2024
Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
What UK water can learn from global banking
...Yet the challenges confronting the likes of Thames Water and many others among the UK’s 17 suppliers of water and sewerage services do smack unnervingly of the issues that banks faced in the period running...
April 15, 2024
Fukushima nuclear accident
Japan’s release of radioactive water from Fukushima angers China
...It is not a sewer for Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water. China strongly urges Japan to stop its wrongdoing,” said ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin....
August 22, 2023
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The cautionary tale of Thames Water
...Scotland and Northern Ireland remain in the state sector, and David Hall, visiting professor at the University of Greenwich, says globally about 90 per cent of water and sewage services are publicly owned...
March 31, 2024
LexThames Water
Thames Water enters its end game Premium content
...In a statement of intent, the shareholders have hired restructuring advisers at Alvarez & Marsal to engage with the creditors of Thames Water’s ultimate parent, Kemble Water Holdings....
March 28, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Artificial intelligence
AI boom sparks concern over Big Tech’s water consumption
...Microsoft, Google and Meta have raised their water consumption over recent years, with millions of users hooked on their online services....
February 25, 2024
Thames Water
Thames Water shareholders signal readiness to take £5bn hit
...In the meantime, Thames Water’s ability to service its £18.3bn debt pile has been put under pressure by the regulator’s moves to limit dividend payments....
March 28, 2024
Special ReportFuture of Water
Brewers come under pressure to minimise water footprint
...National Meteorological Service data shows that rainfall in 2023 was 20 per cent below average, and that about three-quarters of the country is currently abnormally dry or in drought....
March 22, 2024
Sovereign bonds
Ukraine creditors form committee as Kyiv seeks debt restructuring
...Bondholders organised the committee, a key step before beginning talks, “in response to a request from the government of Ukraine”, the committee said on Tuesday....
April 16, 2024
Thames Water
Thames Water faces prospect of fresh parliamentary inquiry into finances
...The prospect of a fresh investigation will add to pressure on Thames Water, which provides water and sewerage services to around 15mn households in London and surrounding areas....
December 2, 2023
UK retail sales
UK retail sales growth picks up as price pressures ease
...The value of retail sales increased at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent last month, up from 1.1 per cent in February, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday....
April 8, 2024
Due Diligence
Are Thames Water investors ‘blackmailing’ Britain? Premium content
...Either way, the company remains in dire straits as it grapples with an £18.3bn mountain of debt, faces fines for sewer discharges and needs to invest billions of pounds to revamp its ageing infrastructure...
March 29, 2024
Due Diligence
The Chinese banks behind Thames Water Premium content
...a group of foreign investors of “blackmailing” regulators over the future of the country’s biggest water utility....
April 5, 2024
Sexual misconduct allegations
MPs call for NDA ban in sexual harassment cases after probe of City culture
...financial services sector....
March 8, 2024
Water Services Regulation Authority UK
UK regulator warns on financial health of four water suppliers
...Customer service also deteriorated, the regulator said, though the number of incidents of sewage flooding in properties decreased....
October 26, 2023

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