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Thames Water

  • Thursday, 10 July, 2025
    Thames Water dismisses last-minute rescue bid backed by ex-Lib Dem peer

    Utility says proposal prepared by The Water Retail Company chief Rupert Redesdale with Muinín Holdings has ‘little credibility’

    Man at back of van with Thames Water logo
  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Thames Water refuses to claw back bonuses despite government threats

    Chair of troubled utility recalled to give evidence to parliamentary committee amid fresh concerns

    A roadworks sign for Thames Water in London, England
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    UK infrastructure
    Campaigners launch legal challenge to Thames Water reservoir plan

    Company should fix leaky pipes instead of pursuing £2.2bn Oxfordshire project, say activists

    An artist’s impression of the reservoir at Abingdon
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Canadian export agency hit by £350mn loss on loans to Thames Water

    Agency said the losses, more than half of what it lent, were ‘part of the reality of doing business’

    aerial view of the North London sewage treatment works, operated by Thames Water,
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Utilities
    Thames Water error may require restating accounts

    Any amendment of key figures would come at a sensitive time for the troubled utility

    Thames Water engineers’ vans parked at the South Woodford pumping station
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    UK rebuffs Thames Water creditor demands as administration looms

    Bondholders’ rescue plan for utility hinges on waivers from regulations and fines, documents show

    A Thames Water van on a London street
  • Sunday, 15 June, 2025
    Utilities
    UK water industry needs ‘root and branch reform’, MPs say

    Cross-party group calls for ministers to consider bringing Thames Water under temporary state control

    Thames Water staff member works outside homes in London
  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    House & Home
    A wild, foraged take on glassmaking wins the Design Museum’s Ralph Saltzman Prize

    Mussel shells, sea purslane and wine lees add local colour to Lulu Harrison’s innovative and alchemical craft

    Woman on a pebbly beach, at sunset, adding sand-like ingredients to a wok-like pan on a burning stove
  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    Thames Water bosses were set for £18.5mn before outcry over bonuses

    Creditors have proposed injecting £3bn of equity and taking a 20% writedown on loans in latest rescue plan

    Thames Water van parked on a London street
  • Thursday, 5 June, 2025
    Utilities
    UK bans bonuses at Thames Water and 5 other utilities

    Ofwat’s new powers enable it to backdate veto on awards for CEOs and CFOs at poorly performing water companies

    Thames Water ban’s relates to its poor financial resilience and seven environmental incidents
  • Thursday, 5 June, 2025
    Jonathan Guthrie
    Swan upmanship — learning to live with these regal birds is an ancient art

    The English have long had a special relationship with mute swans. But when a magnificent male rears to his full 5ft height, stretches out his 7ft wingspan and hisses like a steam iron, what are the secrets of harmonious cohabitation?

  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    Thames Water faces weeks of uncertainty as watchdog reviews £4bn creditor plan

    Senior bondholders propose injecting equity to match KKR’s defunct bid but plan needs approval from Ofwat and courts

  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    Lex
    Thames Water’s financial options are narrowing Premium content

    KKR’s exit highlights difficulty of pursuing market-based solution for embattled utility

    A Thames Water van is seen parked in London
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Explainer
    What next for Thames Water?

    UK’s largest utility at risk of nationalisation after KKR walked away from £4bn rescue deal

    A graphic showing KKR & Thames Water logo as well as a tap and £20 sterling notes
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    KKR feared political risk from Thames Water rescue deal

    US private equity firm’s withdrawal throws future of Britain’s largest water utility into doubt

    A Thames Water sign against a blue sky with white clouds
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Thames Water fined £123mn over sewage leaks and ‘undeserved’ dividends

    Repeated failings led to raw effluent pouring into waterways, watchdog finds

    A Thames Water van with shrubbery in the foreground
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Thames Water freezes executives’ ‘retention payments’ after backlash

    Crisis talks with regulator and government led to agreement to pause controversial payouts

  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
    Thames Water on collision course with government over bonuses

    Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’

    Thames Water employees carry out repair and maintenance in London
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan

    Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff

    Adrian Montague
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Due Diligence
    Macquarie’s Thames Water pride Premium content

    Plus, the lawyer facing Trump’s wrath and Japan’s Toyota-inspired stock rally

    A sign at the entrance to the South Woodford pumping station, operated by Thames Water, in London, UK
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership

    Debt-laden utility a ‘better business after our stewardship’, says executive from Australian group

    Thames Water vans
  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
    News in-depth
    Barbarians at the sluice gate: KKR’s Thames Water quest

    US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation

    Overhead view of Beckton Sewage Treatment Works
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Thames Water claims cost of sewage works repairs has risen 10-fold since 2021

    Company documents show work at 13 treatment facilities is behind schedule and over budget

    The Thames Water Oxford Sewage Treatment Works
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Thames Water names Steve Buck as its new chief financial officer

    Former finance head at Anglian Water replaces Alastair Cochran who unexpectedly resigned last month

    Thames Water’s logo on the side of a van
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Thames Water selects KKR as preferred bidder

    Private equity interest comes as UK’s largest water utility fights to avoid renationalisation

    A Thames Water van is parked on a street in London, with the company's logo prominently displayed on its side
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