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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Isaac

Thames Water board split over two competing deals to save it from insolvency

Thames Water vans are parked as repair and maintenance work takes place.
Thames Water is labouring under an unsustainable £15bn debt burden after years of paying hefty dividends as well as fines for pollution scandals. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Thames Water’s board is split over two competing deals from its lenders aimed at saving the UK’s biggest water supplier from going insolvent.

Two classes of creditors, group A bondholders and group B bondholders, are offering high-interest £3bn rescue packages intended as a liquidity lifeline while the company burns through cash and seeks to restructure its debts.

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