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Thames Water-linked firm paid £14m in dividends despite concerns over group

Kennet Properties sells off Thames Water land, whose owner, Kemble Water, has warned it would not be able to pay a £190m loan

The Guardian - UK

Where are Britain's Got Talent winners now? From Vegas success to secret splits

The ITV series returned on Saturday night for its 17th season

Evening Standard

IMF’s Georgieva says border migration is helping US outperform Europe; UK car insurance prices finally falling – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

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Thames Water break-up is a promising idea

It is unlikely that the company’s owners will invest more or it will be fully nationalised, but its structure needs a rethink

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water has six weeks to agree survival plan with Ofwat

While the company believes it has cash to last 15 months, it will have to move fast to stave off insolvency

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water is everyone’s problem and time is running out to fix it

Ailing water company hopes higher bills can save it, but that depends on Ofwat agreeing its salvage plans are workable

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Thames Water funding crisis: the key players in the row over its future

In latest twist to finger-pointing standoff, debt-stricken supplier’s parent company has defaulted on loan

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Thames Water parent tells creditors it has defaulted on debt

Missed interim payment raises prospect of restructure or collapse of troubled company

The Guardian - UK

Chinese lenders key as Thames Water’s owner seeks time to pay debts

ING, AIB and two Chinese state-owned banks expected to agree extension on £190m loan

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Thames Water wants to raise prices 40%, spill more sewage and not be fined - after lining shareholders' pockets

Early last year, regulator Ofwat at last woke up to the exploitation of the complex financial structures around our water companies. Holding companies had been allowed to borrow against water firms’ assets to increase dividends to shareholders.

Evening Standard

Thames Water hires restructuring advisers amid fears of collapse

Crunch talks expected after investors refuse to secure short-term cashflow and parent company due to repay £190m loan

The Guardian - UK

What now for Thames Water as investors turn off the taps?

With £500m of emergency funding withdrawn, calls are growing for the stricken company to be taken into public ownership

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water on road to state rescue amid investor standoff with Ofwat

After regulator resists 40% increase in bills, shareholders deny request for more money – raising prospect of nationalisation

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Who will win in standoff between Thames Water’s investors and watchdog?

Ofwat denies shareholder demands for higher bills and looser environmental regulation

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The fate of Thames Water hangs in the balance. So what are its options?

Troubled utilities firm at risk of running out of money by end of April or of cash crunch

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Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers

Party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills and lower fines

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‘I’ve seen solid waste float by’: Surrey riverside residents try to Stop the Poo

The sewage treatment works at Horley seem to be crumbling, much like owner Thames Water itself

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Thames Water accused of ‘misleading’ customers over level of debt payments

Britain’s biggest water company said just 3p in every pound that appeared on bills went to its lenders

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Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive

Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative

Evening Standard

Hundreds of thousands of Thames Water customers may be unable to pay bills from April

Prediction comes as Britain’s biggest water supplier battles to stabilise its finances

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water forecasts more leaks over next two years than predicted

Revision will pile further pressure on firm to invest in infrastructure amid anger over its sewage-dumping record

The Independent UK

Eton College pupils forced to stay away at start of term as flooding blocks sewers

Thames Water apologises to staff and pupils as college forced to bring back remote learning

The Guardian - UK

Eton mess: start of school term delayed as flooding causes toilets to back up

Problems with Thames Water-run sewers from recent rains force pupils at £46,000-a-year school to learn remotely

Evening Standard

Few drops of comfort for new Thames Water boss

City Comment: The ex-military man will surely have no illusions about the scale of the challenge in front of him

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s second largest investor slashes value of its stake

USS’s write-down of almost two-thirds comes after utility admitted it cannot afford debt repayments

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