Three bidders shortlisted for £5.7bn Thames Water reservoir
Thames Water has shortlisted three consortiums to bid for a £5.7bn contract to build the proposed White Horse Reservoir in Oxfordshire. Balfour Beatty is biddi…


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Thames Water has shortlisted three consortiums to bid for a £5.7bn contract to build the proposed White Horse Reservoir in Oxfordshire. Balfour Beatty is biddi…

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The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.

Chris Weston said Thames wanted "to do better" but some of its targets were not achievable.

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The BBC understands creditors would would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts, in the multi-billions of pounds.

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The UK's largest water company reported a post-tax profit for the 12 months to the end of March, but its net debt also swelled.

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Thames Water customers could be offered shares in the struggling supplier as part of an attempt to see off the threat of nationalisation under Andy Burnham.

A government spokesman tells the BBC that the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".

The UK is "sleepwalking" into bad deal on Thames Water says a frustrated rival bidder.

Thames Water has launched a £5.7bn tender for the main works contractor to deliver a new reservoir in Oxfordshire. The client is seeking a firm to design, buil…

As it stands, Thames Water has sufficient cash to make it to the first quarter of next year.

Potential bidders say they are frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK's biggest water utility.

London & Valley Water, a consortium of investors, plans to write off some of the company's huge debts.

Sources close to the deal accept that the government needs to be seen to be tough with the company.

FTI Consulting is working on contingency plans should Thames go bust but how did it end up in this state?

The company's future remains uncertain as it posts losses of £1.65bn for the year to March.

The Environment Secretary Steve Reed says the government "stand ready for all eventualities".

British utility Thames Water says a U.S. investment firm has dropped a rescue bid for the debt-burdened company

The setback increases the possibility that the company will collapse into a government supervised administration.

Thames Water faces a record fine, mounting debts, and crumbling infrastructure. How did it get to this point?

The company has been fined for breaching rules over wastewater operations and dividend payments.

The company pauses its "retention scheme", which pays out cash to top executives linked to its rescue loan.
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