A report from the London Assembly is warning that London’s economy is at significant risk from extreme world weather and is calling for urgent action to be taken to address the issue.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has set out its new casework strategy for dealing with the range of investigations and enforcement activity it carries out to resolve complaints, disputes and company failures.

Five British companies have received £700,000 in grant funding from the Government’s innovation agency  Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities.

The government’s latest National Infrastructure Pipeline includes £25.6 billion-plus of programmes and one project by the UK water sewerage companies, together with an investment of £3.5 billion-plus in flood defence work.

Following Thames Water’s announcement of Bazalgette Tunnel Limited as the preferred bidder for the Infrastructure Provider to deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel Project on 14 July, Ofwat has launched a new consultation prior to granting a project licence and issuing a waiver notice.

Black & Veatch has been awarded a £56 million contract by United Utilities to deliver upgrades at its Oldham and Royton wastewater treament works.