Shropshire-based Wrekin Construction, which employs up to 600 workers across the UK, has gone into administration. Both Wrekin Group PLC and Wrekin Construction Company Limited have ceased to trade and are now in the hands of administrators Ernst and Young. The company, which had a turnover of just over £60 million in 2007, blamed a lack of support from its bank the Royal Bank of Scotland. The company’s work included a number of contracts on canals, rivers, sewers and drainage. For companies interested in acquiring any existing contracts, the Joint Administrators have appointed Naismiths to advise in relation to ongoing contracts. GVA Grimley have been appointed to deal with the sale of the companies’ plant and machinery assets.
In a TV show that will explain the complex journey of the wastewater treatment process, Lakeside Equipment Corporation is set to feature in US Public Television’s All Access program with Andy Garcia.
Environmental Services & Solutions (ESS) Expo, the UK’s largest environmental event, has released the full speaker programme for its 2025 event, which now features seven shows spanning all corners of the environmental sector, under one roof at the NEC Birmingham.
We are exhibiting at WWEM – Water, Wastewater and Environmental Management Expo, which is one of the eight exhibitions taking place at the NEC, Birmingham 17-18 September 2025 as part of ESS Expo 2025. Please come along and visit us at Stand WW-S60.
Publication of the Independent Water Commission’s Final Report, alongside new legislation and updated national standards, marks a major turning point in the wider adoption of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) by water companies and developers, according to Alex Stephenson, director, SuDSPlanter.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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What is to be done about the UK’s failing utilities? Listen to Professor Dieter Helm explore the options to tackle the UK’s failing utilities – Thames Water, the Royal Mail and Network Rail in particular.