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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

Thames Water secures extra £750m from shareholders to help stave off nationalisation

a glass of water with glass showing the thames water logo
Thames Water serves 15 million customers throughout the south-east. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Thames Water has secured £750m of emergency funding from its shareholders but the debt-ridden company warned it would need further funding in the years ahead.

The new funds come on top of the £500m investors pumped into Britain’s biggest water company in March.

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