Thames Water's finance chief departs at crucial stage of survival battle - Alastair Cochran steps down next week after more ...

The utility, which is the UK’s biggest water company, had over £1.1bn of cash on its balance sheet as recently as September. Alastair Cochran, Thames Water’s chief financial officer, ...

Thames Water, which supplies a quarter of the UK ... even more than happened at many counterparts, leveraged up its balance sheet to the hilt to maximise returns. A regulatory focus on consumer ...

A US private equity firm is in pole position to buy Thames Water as the embattled utility tries to stave off a looming cash crunch. New York-based KKR, whose staff were once dubbed “barbarians ...

Britain’s Southern Water Ltd. is trying to fix its finances in an effort to preserve its investment grade status, safeguard its balance sheet — and avoid the same debt woes as Thames Water.