United Utilities: Water firm found to be the most polluting in England hikes dividend utilities United Utilities, the water company for the North West of England, has pointed to its robust finances as being behind an uptick in revenue and operating profit in its final results that also included substantial falls in profit after tax and earnings per share.
Traders bet on Thames Water crisis contagion as firm races to agree survival plan Utilities Traders at major hedge funds are betting against the assets of British water companies amid fears over their levels of debt highlighted by the crisis engulfing Thames Water.