The Environment Agency is to start building flood defences to protect hundreds of homes and businesses from the threat of flooding.

Balfour Beatty has announced that one of its key supply chain partners, A-Plant, has joined The 5% Club, the industry group that was formed to create momentum behind the recruitment of apprentices and graduates into the workforce. A-Plant is Balfour Beatty’s first supply chain partner to do so.

Over the last 5 years Huber Technology have been working closely with the AD industry to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, and have worked successfully with many leading operators and designers  of food waste AD plants including Tamar Energy , Biogen, Andigestion and Shanks Group.

Yorkshire Water has launched a new tariff which will help to reduce the bills of around 10,000 customers on low incomes and whose water bills are higher than average.

Thames Water is making continued progress with its investigations programme to identify and remove misconnections from its network - but it is predicted that there are at least another 60,000 misconnections still to be found.

Severn Trent Water’s new wind turbines, Winnie and Tony at Derby, yesterday started turning intermittently, as the world’s first 3D holographic radar system is brought into operation to support them.

NI Water has announced that 5000 pipes have been laid on the £14 million Castor Bay-Belfast Water Pipeline – an essential package of work, which will improve the security of the water supply infrastructure for its customers.

The Environment Agency is seeking new members for the English Severn and Wye Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) to help shape future flood plans.

World leaders have just finalized new guidelines on how countries can address increasing natural disasters related to by extreme weather. For the first time, the framework also shows how the private sector can boost its climate resilience.