May Gurney acquires transport business
May Gurney, the support services company providing essential maintenance and enhancement services to the public and regulated sectors, has acquired TransLinc, a market leader in the UK's £730 million per annum local authority specialist fleet services and £3 billion local authority passenger services markets.
Enterprise acquires Byzak
Enterprise, the UK's largest dedicated provider of maintenance and front-line services to the public sector and utility industry, has announced that it has acquired the multi-disciplinary contractor Byzak Limited.
Work starts on £1.2M Braunton flood defence scheme
The Environment Agency is starting work this week on the £1.2 million flood defence improvement scheme at Braunton in Devon to reduce the risk of flooding in the village.
CLYDEUNION Pumps wins Saudia Arabian desalination plant expansion contract
CLYDEUNION Pumps has been awarded a contract by Kindasa Water Services to supply pumps for an additional train for the existing Kindasa SWRO desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.
Water companies do well in 1st CRC energy efficiency league table
The Environment Agency has this morning published the first CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Performance League Table which ranks thousands of UK businesses according to how they manage their energy use. The water companies did well, with six in the top one hundred.
Tidal scheme at heart of £50bn Thames Hub plan
The Thames Hub scheme proposed by architects Foster + Partners, in collaboration with engineering consultants Halcrow, has placed tidal power at the heart of the £50bn plan to transform London’s Thames Estuary.
Defra consults on costs recovery proposal for Drinking Water Inspectorate
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on its proposal to implement a charging scheme to enable the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) to recover the cost of regulatory work undertaken on behalf of the water industry.
Welsh Assembly launches consultation on private sewers adoption
The Welsh Assembly has launched a new consultation on the new mandatory adoption arrangements and Mandatory Build Standards for new gravity foul sewers and lateral drains.
Brisk business in UK with strong growth and revenues up at Vinci
Following strong growth in the first half of 2011, international construction group Vinci has reported that business remained steady in the third quarter, while business remains brisk in the UK.
UK construction sector faces accelerating downturn
The latest Construction Trade Survey published today, shows that a combination of falling demand and rising costs hit the construction industry hard during Q3 and this is only adding to the sense of pessimism over the future.
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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. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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