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Thames Water chairman accused of conflict of interest over £37m share dividend payment

Defra officials concerned about ‘conflicted position’ of Sir Adrian Montague over dual role chairing holding company

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Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis

Exclusive: solar developer Trinzic to voluntarily shut down as holding company seeks to recoup more than £25m

The Guardian - UK

Will rising debt cause Thames Water to sink under a Labour government?

The crisis-hit utilities company could quickly spoil the post-election mood for whichever party wins next week

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How UK's Biggest Water Supplier Sank Into Crisis

Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment, sinking into a deep financial crisis which has sparked bailout speculation.

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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

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Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state

Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money

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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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Australia’s Macquarie among lenders to Thames Water’s parent company

Controversial investment bank could play important role in fate of Britain’s biggest water firm

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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

Thames Water owner Kemble defaults on £400 million of bonds

It failed to make some interest payments when they were due

Evening Standard

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

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One in three UK water workers verbally abused amid sewage fury, GMB finds

Exclusive: public anger over river pollution affecting employee safety, union survey suggests

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Thames Water owner bond slumps to record lows amid uncertainty over firm

Fall to 14.4p comes after shareholders said they were unwilling to inject further funds

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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

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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

Evening Standard

The Thames Water crisis is an unseemly stand-off — with Londoners caught in the middle

City Comment: Who will pay to keep the water flowing and the toilets flushing?

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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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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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Thames Water apologises to MPs for ‘confusion’ over £500m loan

Labour MP calls firm’s finances an ‘absolute shambles’ as Ofwat vows it is prepared to put it into administration

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Thames Water’s biggest investor has cut value of stake by nearly 30%

Debt-laden company has faced questions over financial stability and ability to raise funds

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