United Utilities News

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced the latest version of its Darwin Calibrator module featuring water-leakage modeling capabilities.

United Utilities' chief executive, Philip Green, said the UK water sector faces a "tough challenge" in keeping prices down while dealing with the increasing cost of raising capital, rising energy prices and ...

Investments don't come much more defensive than shares in United Utilities . Stock in the 6.7 billion company has not budged a jot in 12 months quite an achievement given the travails of the credit crunch ...

United Utilities is calling on the water regulator to let prices rise to reflect both higher energy costs and the effects of the credit squeeze.

“We are very pleased to have extended this contract through to 2015 in our key market for utility outsourcing. It builds on our strong performance and further supports our position as the leading utility infrastructure outsourcing company in the UK.”

United Utilities secures contract extension Comtex United Utilities PLC 7 May 2008 UNITED UTILITIES SECURES CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH SOUTHERN WATER THROUGH TO 2015 United Utilities PLC today announces that the ... via Fox News

Research and Markets has announced the addition of United Utilities PLC - SWOT Analysis to their offering. via Earth Times

“He is an extremely good speaker and somebody who is really switched on. "He is certainly a live wire when he stands up and says that government ministers don't know what they are talking about.”

BUSINESS heavyweight and former BAE Systems national chairman Sir Richard Evans will be returning to Furness next year as a celebrity speaker. via The North West Evening Mail

A Public Works Authority delegation has visited London and met a number of company representatives. via Gulf Times

“We're looking forward to building a strong relationship where the emphasis will be on supporting the ambitions and priorities of the Rolls-Royce legal team as well as the wider Rolls-Royce business.”

Addleshaw Goddard has knocked Pinsent Masons off the Rolls-Royce legal panel. The engineering company also reappointed existing panel member Eversheds alongside Addleshaws to act on national issues. via TheLawyer.com

Our must-read guide to who's up and who's down Woolworths Group has announced the appointment of Peter Bamford to the board as a non-executive director. via Telegraph.co.uk

United Utilities has lured Gallaher Group general counsel Tom Keevil to take up the role of general counsel and company secretary, with a mandate to reshape the in-house team. via TheLawyer.com

Sir Richard Evans will be the guest speaker at the annual Furness Enterprise open meeting being held at the Abbey House Hotel on December 6. Sir Richard is a former chairman of BAE Systems and is now chairman ... via Westmorland Gazette

Shares in United Utilities PLC were higher in midmorning trade lifted by news of an upgrade in rating to 'buy' from 'hold' by Deutsche Bank with an increased target price of 780 pence, up from 710. via Utility Products

An investment division of Commonwealth Bank of Australia has teamed up with JP Morgan to bid for electricity distribution group Norweb, which has been put up for sale for 1.3bn-1.5bn. It is understood Colonial ... via Telegraph.co.uk