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Thames Water - Nearing Collapse?

Graham Watson

6th April 2024

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The fate of Thames Water hangs in the balance with its parent company, Kemble, having announced that they are going to default on the interest payment on a loan on Monday and will be unable to payback £190m loan due at the end of April.

The implications for Thames include a possibility of nationalisation, new ownership and the implications for bill payers. Remarkably, there's one group of stakeholders who aren't mentioned - executives - what's their fate? They've overseen this farrago.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.