Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers Companies in England and Wales get green light for extra spending that will add billions to bills The Guardian - UK · Aug 13
Why Shoppers Are Fighting Over Bottled Water at a Leicester Costco as Water Crisis Continues Leicester residents are panic-buying bottled water due to a heatwave and water crisis. Social media users criticise bulk-buying, while local authorities work to resolve the issue. International Business Times UK · Aug 4
Utility stocks support FTSE 100 in nervy trade The FTSE 100 Index closed up 28.13 points at 10,600.37. Evening Standard · Jul 17
South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple supply failures Ofwat says repeated errors led to ‘real disruption and hardship for residents and businesses across many years’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
Severn Trent spared Ofwat fine after ‘serious’ waterwaste and sewage failures Regulator found ‘unacceptable’ breaches in water company’s handling of drainage and sewage network The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Severn Trent Water avoids fine despite ‘serious and unacceptable’ wastewater failings The water watchdog has been investigating how wastewater and sewage networks are managed across the industry The Independent UK · Jul 8
Severn Trent avoids fine for wastewater failures after taking ‘accountability’ The water watchdog has been investigating how wastewater and sewage networks are managed across the industry. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Severn Trent doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay Increase to long-term incentive plan means James Jesic could significantly outearn predecessor Liv Garfield The Guardian - UK · Jul 4
‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation Track record of Welsh Water shows changing ownership status is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector The Guardian - UK · Jul 1
The English community that brought its river back from the brink: ‘If we can get it right here, we can do it everywhere’ For 150 years, the Mease had been altered by human hands, which destroyed habitats. But in 2013, a restoration project began – and now its wetlands are abuzz with wildlife The Guardian - UK · May 20
Severn Trent H2 Earnings Call Highlights Severn Trent (LON:SVT) executives said the water utility is seeking to unlock additional investment in asset health through regulatory reopeners, while emphasizing that its current financing plans do not require additional equity before 2030. Speaking on his first annual results call as chief execu MarketBeat · May 20
Oil price gains and Westminster worry sink stocks The FTSE 100 closed down 177.56 points, 1.7%, at 10,195.37. Evening Standard · May 15
If you’re not Thames, the water looks lovely for investors Share prices of United Utilities and Severn Trent show that investors seem keen to throw capital at the right firms The Guardian - UK · Apr 30
FTSE 100 rallies as oil eases and Bank of England holds rates The FTSE 100 closed up 165.71 points, or 1.6%, at 10,378.82. Evening Standard · Apr 30
International Business Times UK · Apr 21 'They Don't Know 15:00 Means 3pm': Shock as Severn Trent Boss Says Apprentices Struggle Telling Time and Basic Maths A growing number of apprentices lack basic maths skills, raising concerns about workforce readiness, financial understanding, and widening inequality across Britain.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6 Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000 Most recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery
Evening Standard · Feb 24 Women bosses face more scrutiny than men, says chief of Government-backed review The chief executive of the FTSE Women Leaders Review said firms can have a tendency to ‘fish in the same pool’ for top bosses.
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The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025 Severn Trent chief executive to step down after becoming longest serving female boss in FTSE 100 Liv Garfield is currently the longest serving female boss in London’s blue chip share index, followed by GSK chief executive Dame Emma Walmsley,
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025 Severn Trent boss to step down after 11 years in top role Liv Garfield is currently the longest serving female boss in the FTSE 100.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025 Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025 English water firm doubles CEO’s pay despite ‘elevated concern’ over finances Boss of Affinity Water, which serves 3.9 million customers in London and south-east, receives £1.6m
Evening Standard · May 27, 2025 Premier Inn owner appoints Severn Trent boss as new chairwoman Christine Hodgson joins partway through a five-year growth plan at the company, which involves building thousands more hotel rooms.
Evening Standard · May 21, 2025 Severn Trent enjoys bumper profits as water bills soar The water firm, which hiked customer bills by an average of 21% in April, saw profits rise by more than half to £320 million last year.
Evening Standard · May 14, 2025 Residential street flooded as burst main shoots 100ft jet of water into the air Some properties in Sneedhams Green in Matson, Gloucester, were left without supplies.