'Water not the low-risk investment it once was' The political climate has changed too, including new laws threatening imprisonment for bosses in reaction to public outrage about sewage spills and owner dividends. Water no longer appears the long-term, low-risk investment it...
The [Pounds Sterling]500m That Did NOT Go Down the Drain ( - and Should Have Done ); MASSIVE THAMES WATER DIVIDENDS SIPHONED OFF BY GERMAN OWNERS
has attracted much opprobrium for its ownership of Thames Water between 2006 and 2017, when it added billions of pounds in debt and extracted billions more in dividends. The Australian investment bank, famously known as the “millionaires’ factory,” may have been opportunistic in its financial ...
The Company charged with building the tunnel, the Thames Tunnel Company, was formed in February 1824, and work began that same year. The project was funded by private investors who hoped to receive dividends once the tunnel was opened and users started to pay the passage toll for the convenie...
Martin Baggs, right, the chief executive of Thames Water from 2009 to 2016, with Prince Charles during a visit to Abbey Mills pumping station in 2015© Getty £1.16bnDividends paid by the utility from 2006 to 2015 0Corporation tax paid by Thames Water from 2011 to 2015 ...
The Company charged with building the tunnel, the Thames Tunnel Company, was formed in February 1824, and work began that same year. The project was funded by private investors who hoped to receive dividends once the tunnel was opened and users started to pay the passage toll for the convenie...