Glas Cymru (and its subsidiary company Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water) has announced the appointment of Mick Jeavons as a new Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, alongside the appointment of David Staziker as a Non-Executive Director.

Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply and delivery of hand tools, power tools and ancillaries with a total estimated value of £1.992 million including VAT.

The Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (Defra) has made a direct contract award for expert advice on water regulation without going out to tender for £198,156 including VAT.

Northumbrian Water is continuing to progress multi-million pound projects modernise its water infrastructure including a £4 million scheme in rural North Northumberland to strengthen water networks.

Portsmouth Water has awarded an AMP8 Telephony and Resilience Framework contract to UK-based OT and IT infrastructure specialist Vysiion with an estimated value of of £3.6 million (including VAT).

Yorkshire Water will start work on completing an upgrade to the telemetry at Cleveland Avenue combined storm overflow (CSO) in Scarborough beginning Monday 15 June.

Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.

Pennon Group plc returned to profitability in 2025/26, according to its Full Year Results for 2025/26 published today – the Group is reporting a statutory profit before tax of £114.4 million compared to a loss of £72.7 million in 2024/25.

The Environmental Audit Committee is about to start the first session of its new inquiry into how more data centres will impact the UK climate and nature goals – the evidence session starts at 2.30pm this afternoon.