There’s still time to for suppliers to register for Scotland Meet the Buyer National 2025 which will take place next week from 9:30am to 3:30pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.
The Cabinet Office has published new public procurement rules to drive growth, opportunities for small businesses and exclude suppliers that fail to deliver.
Ofwat has agreed that the proposed Havant Thicket Reservoir solution should continue to receive development funding to progress to gate four of the RAPID process – despite significant concerns raised by a wide range of stakeholders following the water sector regulator’s draft decision published on 12 November 2024.
The massive scale-up of work across the UK’s water and wastewater companies in AMP8 is no secret, but the way projects are delivered will have to change, says Dominic Hurd, managing director, ACWA Services.
Thames Water has released the latest update for its Capital Delivery Major Projects Pipeline - the water company’s Capital Delivery Office is planning to spend around £1.34 billion on remaining AMP7 and upcoming AMP8 major projects.
Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology, has joined the top 1% of sustainable companies globally, according to sustainability ratings agency EcoVadis.
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Paul Hubbard, of Chairman AVK UK Group, and Group Management Board member at AVK Holding A/S, says the UK water sector is at a critical turning point – and the supply chain has a key role to play in bringing about change.
Consultants, contractors and investors have flagged up the risks and gaps regulators need to address to facilitate successful delivery of the 18 major schemes currently under development in the £14 billion RAPID programme.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major contract to put a Programme Partners Framework in place for its Strategic Resource Options projects worth an estimated £150 million – the water company has also this week separately tendered a £300 million SRO Technical Partners Framework.
Southern Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP7/8 contract for wastewater network services with an estimated total value of £466 million – the water company is anticipating that AMP8 will be the largest investment programme it has ever undertaken.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.