Yorkshire Water has placed a £1.1m order for Blackline Safety (TSXV: BLN) connected safety products and services, through Blackline Safety Europe’s distribution partner, Breathe Safety. Yorkshire Water is the latest company to protect its workface from the risk of environmental gas exposure to flammable, toxic and asphyxiating gases while delivering water
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Keyland launches major West Yorkshire industrial site to market
Keyland Developments Ltd, the property trading arm of Kelda Group and sister company to Yorkshire Water, has launched to market a 57 acre former water treatment works site in West Yorkshire with planning consent for circa 400,000 sq ft of industrial and employment space which could facilitate around 800 new
Yorkshire Water invites firms to bid for £1bn contracts
Yorkshire Water is on the lookout for firms to join a multi-supplier framework for a £1bn programme of civils and building work. The programme is split into two frameworks - a "complex civils" framework and a "minor framework". The 'minor framework' has two lots covering minor civil and building works and
Yorkshire Water to create “Openness Charter” to help build public trust
Yorkshire Water will create the first "Openness Charter" in the water sector, as part of efforts to lead the way in strengthening public trust with water companies. The move comes at a time when the government has challenged all water firms to simplify their financial structures and act more in the
Yorkshire Water ranked as one of country’s most responsible businesses
Yorkshire Water has maintained its five star rating as one of the country’s most responsible businesses, with its recognition received from national charity Business in the Community (BiTC). The award, part of the BiTC’s annual Corporate Responsibility’s Index, means Yorkshire Water is listed alongside a small elite of other UK companies
Virtual reality gaming technology helping Yorkshire Water engineers design futuristic sites
Engineers at Yorkshire Water are turning to virtual reality technology developed by The University of Sheffield to help design and visualise new treatment works which could help save the company £1m in design costs by 2020. The university’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has developed virtual reality headsets that allows Yorkshire
Yorkshire Water aims to create “citizen regulation” by publishing operational and service data
In a bid to increase transparency and boost operational performance, Yorkshire Water has announced that it aims to release the majority of its operational and service data by 2020. The company plans to start with critical areas such as leakage and pollution with the first major data release being all leakage
Scores of new leakage inspectors to join Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water appoint Stantec as £50m strategic planning partner
Yorkshire Water has announced the major appointment of Stantec (previously MWH) as its sole strategic planning partner (SPP) in a deal worth £50m, as the water firm prepares supply chain arrangements and contracts for the AMP7 period (2020 – 2025). The major seven-year contract will commence in January 2018 until March
Keyland completes £1m sale of four Yorkshire sites
Keyland Developments Ltd, the property trading arm of Kelda Group and sister-company to Yorkshire Water, has completed almost £1m of site sales to enable the conversion and redevelopment of residential accommodation to be brought forward. The sites at Holme Barn, Hartshead Moor Top, Baildon Reservoir and Thornton Filter House have all