A new report by Atkins, has found that a risk adverse culture within the infrastructure sector and a lack of certainty about which new technologies to invest in could cost the UK millions of pounds in efficiency savings and restrict the ability of its businesses to capitalise on the global digital revolution.

A new report says that access to funding, a coherent long-term strategy and greater collaboration are required make wave power work for the UK.

The global market in drone-powered solutions for the power and utilities industries is worth as much as US$9.46 billion a year, according to a new report from PwC. The report has flagged up the potential benefits of implementing drone technologies for the water sector.

The market for new appointments and variations (NAVs) may have some way to go in order to reach its potential according to a new study published by Ofwat.

United Utilities says that it is expecting group revenue to be just under 3% higher in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to its latest trading update for the six months ending 30 September 2017.

In a keynote speech at the Labour Party conference yesterday, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell confirmed that if the party wins the next General Election it will take the privatised water companies back into public ownership.

An article in yesterday's Sunday Times newspaper is warning that if the Labour Party gets into power at the next General Elelection it would simply take water companies back into public ownership with little or no compensation. 

South West Water’s innovative £60 million Mayflower Water Treatment Works project, the first of its kind in the UK, is attracting widespread interest from other UK water companies and around the world.