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Portsmouth is competition bound as sales and cost cuts overcome headwinds
Portsmouth Water reported a near 75% gain in pre tax profits in 2015-16 fuelled by increases in bills and customer numbers along with a...
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Jun 6, 20162 min read
Energy recovery fires up Pennon as water arm outperforms under cost pressures
Group revenue growth at Pennon was flat year-on-year at £1,352m for 2015-16 with profit before tax similarly unchanged at £211m. Earnings...
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May 30, 20161 min read
United Utilities bad debt is checked but profit shaved by higher costs
United Utilities unveiled a pre tax profit down nearly 9% on the previous year at £408m. Underlying operating profit was off by a similar...
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May 29, 20161 min read
Analyst comment: tie ups hedge against "full-blown" competition as Severn Trent prelims sh
Incumbent water companies may hedge against the possibility of "full-blown wholesale competition" by forming "mutual non-encroachment...
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May 24, 20162 min read
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