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...Water Plus, a joint venture between Severn Trent and United Utilities, has received the largest number of complaints for services to UK business customers, according to the Consumer Council for Water....
...Matthew Cox, investment director at Esmée Fairbairn, says the pandemic has magnified inequalities across society....
...Keith Cox at Bloc Digital took the plunge 20 years ago....
...All three of the publicly listed companies including Pennon, which runs South West Water, Severn Trent and United Utilities, have accepted the regulatory settlement....
...He replaces Philip Cox. Ropes & Gray has hired Martin Ruhaak as a private equity partner in the law firm’s Chicago office. Ruhaak was previously at Katten Muchin Rosenman....
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...Geoffrey Cox, the attorney-general, told Mrs May in a letter that, while the EU’s letter did not “alter the fundamental meanings” of her exit deal, its assurances did have “legal force”....
...In a speech delivered to industry executives in the City, Mr Gove pointed out that the chief executive of United Utilities is paid £2.8m per annum; Severn Trent’s chief executive takes home £2.42m, and the...
...A drop in bond yields helped push utilities sharply higher, with Severn Trent, United Utilities and Pennon all in demand....
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...Customers of Severn Trent already enjoy the lowest average bills across England and Wales, set at £335 earlier this year....
...Jonson Cox, chairman of Ofwat, has also suggested water companies could be making excessive profits to the detriment of customers....
...In an interview with the Financial Times this month Jonson Cox, chairman of industry watchdog Ofwat, pointed to water assets commonly trading hands at a multiple of 1.3 times their regulated capital value...
...Mr Cox’s call for water companies to share gains made from the regulatory settlement has led some – including Severn Trent – to offer service improvements beyond their contractual obligations....
...Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Northumbrian Water and Severn Trent are slated to increase bills below the rate of RPI as measured in November....
...Now Severn Trent may become the next to be taken private....
...Last month, Jonson Cox, chairman of industry regulator Ofwat, told the Financial Times that the emergence of a 30 per cent bid premium benchmark could be suggestive of excess returns in an industry that...
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