Japanese firm outbids Arcadis to win Hyder Consulting
Nippon Koei Uk Topco Ltd, a subsidiary of leading Japanese engineering consultancy firm Nippon Koei, has outbid Arcadis Consulting’s offer of £256.2m for Hyder Consulting in a deal worth £268.1m.
Access hire business in management buyout deal
Access Hire Nationwide Limited and Welfare Hire Nationwide Limited have been acquired in a venture capital backed management buyout by Elysian Capital I LP.
NG Bailey back in profit – order book stands at £600m
NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering, IT and facilities services provider, has announced its financial results for the year to 28 February 2014, posting an underlying operating profit of £2.1m.
South Staffs Water tops customer service league on SIM, Thames in last place
South Staffordshire is once again the top-performing company in the customer service league table published by Ofwat today, achieving the highest SIM score of 89 out of 100, with Thames Water once again scoring the lowest score of 71.
Interserve workload up to £7.5bn
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has reported that its future workload is up to £7.5 billion (FY 2013: £6.4 billion) with the publication of its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2014.
Dalkia rebrands to Veolia
Veolia has announced that the Dalkia brand in Ireland has now officially become Veolia.
Royal Imtech in talks with backers: significant debt reduction a key priority
Royal Imtech has said that significant debt reduction is a key priority with the publication of its latest trading update ahead of its half year results announcement on 26th August.
Morgan Sindall Group order book up 14% at £2.7 billion
The Infrastructure business of construction, infrastructure and design company Morgan Sindall, has contributed to half year results released today by parent company Morgan Sindall Group plc, the construction and regeneration group.
South West Water seeks new water abstraction licence
South West Water has submitted an application to the Environment Agency to abstract 504,576,000 cubic metres of water per annum at Upton Pyne near Exeter.
Carillion “surprised” as Balfour ends merger talks
The Board of Carillion has responded to yesterday’s statement by Balfour Beatty plc that it has unilaterally terminated discussions regarding a combination of the two businesses.
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Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies. -
ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
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