A new defined benefits pension scheme is being offered to some Northumbrian Water Group employees to replace an existing final salary scheme which the company says is "no longer sustainable."

NI Water has awarded a contract valued at £58 million to Cookstown based company, GO Power.  NI Water is the largest consumer of electricity in Northern Ireland and the new contract covers the company’s entire metered electricity requirements for the next two years.  

A new report published today shows that manufacturers are not feeling the benefit of ‘green’ red tape culls and calls for bolder Government action on environmental legislation.

Pipeline inspection specialist JD7, a subsidiary of Aquam Corp, has been awarded a framework contract with Scottish Water which will see it carry out condition assessments and inspect pipelines across Scotland.

Carillion has attributed a fall in new first-half orders plus probable orders of £1.0 billion from £3.2 billion in 2014 to an expected pause in public sector contract awards due to the UK General Election.

Investment funds managed by Searchlight and Duke Street have acquired controlling interests in Fork Rent Limited and One Call Hire Limited - combining the businesses will create one of the UK’s largest providers of rental equipment to the construction industry.