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Thames Water appoints Steve Buck as Chief Financial Officer

Thames Water Utilities Limited has appointed Steve Buck as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 7 April 2025. This follows the sudden departure of...

Institute of Water appoints Oliver Grievson and Sally Walters as new Co-Vice Presidents of Engineering

The Institute of Water has announced the appointment of Oliver Grievson and Sally Walters as its new Co-Vice Presidents of Engineering. Both bring a...

Mike Haigh, former executive chair of Mott MacDonald, has died aged 64 

Mike Haigh, the former executive chair of Mott MacDonald, has died aged 64. He passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday 30th March.  In...

Four new non-executive board members appointed by DAERA

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has made new non-executive appointments to the Departmental Board and to the Boards of its...

Siltbuster specialist Joe Buckland is named Engineering Apprentice of the Year

Apprentice electrical engineer Joe Buckland has overcome the challenges of dyslexia to win an Apprentice of the Year award. Joe once felt nobody expected him...

SAVECO appoints Arron Kwiatek to expanding division

SAVECO Environmental has announced the appointment of Arron Kwiatek as the company’s new industrial wastewater Sales Engineer within its Industrial Water Treatment Division. Arron’s previous...

Thames Water Chief Financial Officer, Alastair Cochran, steps down

Thames Water Utilities Limited has announced that Alastair Cochran, its Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his role on 31 March 2025. He will...

Scottish Water workers strike, as union blames ‘executive arrogance’

Strike action hit Scottish Water today (Friday 28 March) as the pay dispute at the public body escalates after a breakdown in talks.  24-hour strike...

Everflow achieves strong 2024 revenue growth and drives EBITDA up 572%

Everflow, a leading multi-utility provider for UK businesses, drove double figure revenue growth in 2024 and saw the business further diversify its service offering...

Bruton Knowles’ Utilities and Infrastructure Team records 20% growth in profits

National chartered surveyor, Bruton Knowles, has seen record growth within its Utilities and Infrastructure (U&I) Team over the last 12 months, with profits soaring...

Lantra announces appointment of next CEO

Lantra has announced the appointment of Nick Juba as its new CEO. Nick will be joining the business in June. Nick joins Lantra with a...

Ofwat opens consultation on banning bonuses for water companies

Ofwat has published a consultation seeking feedback on a new rule that will prevent water companies from awarding bonuses to water bosses in certain circumstances. The...

Polypipe makes senior promotion to increase customer focus and drive strategic partnerships

Polypipe Building Services (PBS) has appointed Dominic Yeandle to the role of Key Account Director, to support national and large regional customers through enhanced...

Welsh Water becomes the first fertility friendly water company

Welsh Water has become the first fertility friendly accredited employer in Wales and in the water industry, as recognition of the work it is...

Squeezing the supply chain could have adverse long-term impact on water employers

Cutting supply chain costs across the water industry will not only have a detrimental impact on AMP8, but could also see the sector face...

Tony Juniper CBE reappointed as Chair of Natural England for a third term

The Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, confirmed on Monday 24th March that Tony Juniper CBE has been reappointed as Chair of Natural England for a...

Quartet of promotions for flood risk consultancy

Midlands-based environmental consultancy, GeoSmart Information has announced four promotions. As part of the business’ continued team investment and wider growth plans, Wajid Wastakaran has been...

Clare Pillman announces retirement as Chief Executive of NRW

Clare Pillman, who has served as Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) Chief Executive, has announced her retirement after seven years of dedicated service.  Clare joined NRW...

River Thames Lock Keepers set for strike vote over safety fears, GMB warns Government

River Thames weir and lock keepers are set to ballot for industrial action over safety concerns, GMB has warned the Government.   In a letter...

Final episode of BBC documentary, Thames Water: Inside the Crisis, to air tonight

The second of a two-part documentary on Thames Water airs tonight, Tuesday 18 March, at 9pm on BBC Two. The documentary, called Thames Water: Inside...

Star attraction – leading the next generation to water 

The winner of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Rising Star award, Tom Bowman of Metasphere, reflects on the challenges on skills and...

Sara Vaughan joins South Staffordshire Plc’s Water Board of Directors

South Staffordshire Plc has announced the appointment of Sara Vaughan as an Independent Non-Executive Director and forthcoming Chair of the Board for its regulated...

New Non-Executive Director at Meteor Communications targets continued expansion

Following successive years of vigorous growth, Meteor Communications, the specialist developer of remote environmental monitoring equipment and services, has appointed Thierry Bouzac as Non-Executive...

NI Water announces fast-trach programme for Wastewater Assets Technicians

NI Water is searching for individuals to join its Fast-Track Learning for Operational Wastewater (FLOW) Programme. The water company says the programme is ideally suited...

Scottish Government launches recruitment campaign for new WICS Board Members

The Scottish Government has announced up to three vacancies for members of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland's (WICS) Board. WICS was established under the...

Pennon maintains commitment to championing gender equality in leadership roles

Pennon has again been ranked third in the prestigious FTSE Women Leaders Review 2025 report. Following the celebration of International Women’s Day on Saturday 8...

Water woman award for world-leading expert at Andel

A world-leading environmental chemist at Andel has won an award for her work in water sustainability and environmental protection. Devakunjari Vadibeler, won the ‘Water Woman...

80 Years of developing water professionals

The Institute of Water (IWater) has celebrated its 80th anniversary this year, marking eight decades of supporting and developing professionals in the water sector....

Women-in-water’s voices must be heard

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, Perminder Atwal, HR business partner at Xylem, discusses experiences of working in water with her...

‘Net zero needs more women in climate tech,’ says Solivus CEO Jo Parker-Swift ahead of International Women’s Day

Ahead of the upcoming International Women’s Day taking place on 8th March, Jo Parker-Swift, CEO and founder of Solivus, has highlighted the gender imbalance...

Royal HaskoningDHV acquires Arch Henderson, strengthening its maritime position in Scotland and globally

International consulting engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV has acquired Scotland-based maritime engineers Arch Henderson. The company said that by bringing Arch Henderson onboard, Royal HaskoningDHV will...

Leo Quinn to step down from Balfour Beatty board after 10 years as Group Chief Executive

Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, has announced that Leo Quinn will step down from the Board later this year, after over 10...

Minister Muir makes new CNCC appointment

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has appointed Sara McCracken as the new Deputy Chair of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC). The CNCC...

The International Water Association UK Young Water Professionals Conference returns this summer for its 26th edition

The International Water Association UK Young Water Professionals (YWP UK) has announced the return of it's conference. The 26th edition of the conference will take...

Krystian Skrzypczyk of Georg Fischer UK announced as new Chair of BPF Pipes Group Future Industry Group

Krystian Skrzypczyk of Georg Fischer UK has been announced as the new Chair of the Future Industry Group (FIG), part of the BPF Pipes...

The LK Group bolsters senior team with new director among trio of hires 

Geo-environmental consultancy and remediation contractor, The LK Group, has strengthened its team with a trio of recruits.   The multidisciplinary company's latest raft of hires comprises...

South Staffordshire Plc appoints Joanna Smith as Group CFO following Rob O’Malley’s decision to step down

South Staffordshire Plc has appointed Joanna Smith as Group CFO, following Rob O’Malley’s decision to step down from the role in April 2025. Joanna Smith...

Graf appoints a commercial wastewater manager for Ireland and the UK

A wastewater specialist with 20 years of experience in the design, sales, installation and servicing of domestic, commercial and municipal systems has been appointed...

South Staffs Water appoints new Managing Director

South Staffordshire Plc has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director for its clean water businesses South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water. Elena Karpathakis...

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