A delegation from the European Investment Bank’s (EIB), European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) and the European Commission has visited Wales to highlight the potential opportunities to tap into significant infrastructure financing and maximise the impact of EU funding.

A joint bidding pilot in Wales aimed at encouraging Welsh businesses and organisations to work collaboratively to bid for public sector contracts, has resulted in contracts being won by consortia in nearly two thirds of those awarded so far – contracts which would not have been secured independently.

The Construction Products Association is predicting further growth for the construction industry, including a 13.6% rise in infrastructure in 2015.

Veolia has been collaborating on Masdar’s ambitious Renewable Energy Water Desalination Program. sharing the costs to build and operate a pilot plant with the same characteristics as future large scale and low energy consumption desalination plants.

The application by Snowdonia Pumped Hydro Ltd for an order granting development consent for the Glyn Rhonwy Pumped Storage Scheme has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate.

The European Commission is proposing a fine of nearly €16 million and the referral of Greece back to the Court of Justice of the EU over persistent poor waste water treatment.

Jonathan Grant, Sustainability & Climate Change Director at PwC, provides a  pre-COP21 briefing ahead of the upcoming UN Climate Summit in Paris.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers has won a £6 million contract for the management and implementation of initiatives under Welsh Water’s Retail Transformation Programme.

Market Operator Services Limited (MOSL) has today announced the appointment of SQS Group Limited to help define the company’s future testing approach ahead of retail market opening in 2017.